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  2. Lontara script - Wikipedia

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    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. The script is primarily used to write the Buginese language, followed by Makassarese and Mandar.

  3. Buginese language - Wikipedia

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    The word Buginese derives from the word Bahasa Bugis in Malay. In Buginese, it is called Basa Ugi while the Bugis people are called To Ugi. According to a Buginese myth, the term Ugi is derived from the name to the first king of Cina, an ancient Bugis kingdom, La Sattumpugi. To Ugi basically means 'the followers of La Sattumpugi'. [2]

  4. Bugis - Wikipedia

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    Outside the province, the language hybrid is not solely influenced by Bahasa Indonesia, but alongside traces of other local languages and dialects amalgamated with the diaspora Bugis language. Similarly beyond Indonesia, the extension of the language blend can also be seen in parts of Malaysia and Singapore, home to a sizable Bugis community.

  5. Makasar script - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Makassarese language - Wikipedia

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    It is a member of the South Sulawesi group of the Austronesian language family, and thus closely related to, among others, Buginese, also known as Bugis. The areas where Makassarese is spoken include the Gowa , Sinjai , Maros , Takalar , Jeneponto , Bantaeng , Pangkajene and Islands , Bulukumba , and Selayar Islands Regencies, and Makassar .

  7. Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI ; lit. ' Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language ' ) is the official dictionary of the Indonesian language compiled by Language Development and Fostering Agency and published by Balai Pustaka .

  8. La Galigo - Wikipedia

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    The original Bugis language, in which also the production is sung, is now only understood by fewer than 100 people [2] but so far only parts of it have been translated into Indonesian and no complete English language version exists either. [1] The majority of La Galigo manuscripts still existent can be found in Indonesia and the Netherlands.

  9. Bugis (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Bugis People, or the Buginese, are an ethnic group of Austronesian ancestry that inhabit parts of Southeast Asia. Bugis may also refer to: Buginese language, the language of the Buginese people; Bugis, Singapore, a subzone of the Downtown Core district of Singapore; Kampong Bugis, a subzone located in the town of Kallang, Singapore