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Makassarese is an Austronesian language from the South Sulawesi branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subfamily, [2] specifically the Makassaric group, which also includes both Highland and Coastal Konjo languages and the Selayar language. [3]
A characteristic feature of the Makassar languages is the occurrence of echo vowels with stems ending in final /r/, /l/ or /s/.E.g. /botol/ 'bottle' is realized as bótolo in Selayar and Coastal Konjo, and as bótoloʔ in Makassarese and Highland Konjo (the latter regularly adds a glottal stop to the echo vowel).
The Makasar script, also known as Ukiri' Jangang-jangang (bird's script) or Old Makasar script, is a historical Indonesian writing system that was used in South Sulawesi to write the Makassarese language between the 17th and 19th centuries until it was supplanted by the Lontara Bugis script.
The Lontara script (ᨒᨚᨈᨑ), [a] also known as the Bugis script, Bugis-Makassar script, or Urupu Sulapa’ Eppa’ "four-cornered letters", is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts developed in the South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi region.
Makassar city sign. Paruntuk Kana (Lontara script: ᨄᨑᨘᨈᨘᨀᨊ, parable) is a type of Makassarese poetry. It is similar to a proverb or aphorism and conveys advice, satire, or praise.
The Bugis people, also known as Buginese, are an Austronesian ethnic group—the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassarese and Torajan), in the south-western province of Sulawesi, third-largest island of Indonesia.
Makassar (/ m ə ˈ k æ s ə r / muh-KASS-uhr), [a] formerly Ujung Pandang (/ ˈ u ˌ dʒ u ŋ p ɑː n ˈ d ɑː ŋ / oo-JOONG PAHN-dahng), [b] [3] [4] is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi.
South Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia.The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province.