Makassar languages

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Makassar
Geographic
distribution
Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog maka1310
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Map showing the distribution of the South Sulawesi languages in Sulawesi and Kalimantan.
  Languages within Makassar languages group, varying between number 6 to 10.
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The Makassar languages are a group of languages spoken in the southern part of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, and make up one of the branches of the South Sulawesi subgroup in the Austronesian language family. [1] [2] The most prominent member of this group is Makassarese, with over two million speakers in the city of Makassar and neighboring areas.

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The status of the Makassar languages other than Makassarese as distinct languages is not universally accepted. In older classifications, [3] but also in recent studies by local linguists, [4] they are considered to be dialects of the Makassarese language.

Languages

Phonology

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). This echo vowel is dropped if a suffix is added, but retained if followed by an enclitic. [5]

Makassarese Selayar
base/rantas/
rántasaʔ
'dirty'
/lambus/
lámbusu
'straight'
with suffix/rantas/ + /-aŋ/
rantás-aŋ
'dirtier'
/lambus/ + /-aŋ/
lambús-aŋ
'straighter'
with enclitic/rantas/ + /=aʔ/
rántasak=aʔ
'I am dirty'
/lambus/ + /=a/
lámbusu=a
'I am straight'

Konjo (both Coastal and Highland Konjo), Bentong, Selayar and the Labbakkang dialect of Makassarese have j/ɟ/ and /h/ where Makassarese (Maros, Goa, Takalar, Jeneponto) has y/j/ and /w/. In some words, Coastal/Highland Konjo and Selayar have h corresponding to zero in Makassarese, e.g. Konjo/Selayar bahine ('female'), uhuʔ ('hair') vs. Makassarese baine, .

MakassareseCoastal KonjoSelayar
pigbawibahibahi
timewattuhattuhattu
many, muchlowe, [i] [ii] (jai)lohelohe
rat, mousebalawo [i] balahobalaho
waittayangtajangtajang
woodkayukajukaju
look, findboyahojaboja
to makebayu, [ii] (pareʼ)haju(buaʼ)
  1. 1 2 it written as loe, balao in standard orthography
  2. 1 2 dialect form

In Konjo languages, some initial b appears as /h/.

MakassareseCoastal KonjoSelayar
to look, findboyahojaboja
hotbambanghambangbambang

Lexical differences

Makassarese Coastal KonjoSelayar
Gowa (Standard)JenepontoBantaeng
to makeappareʼaʼbayuanghajuaʼbuaʼ
to sitammempoaccidongaccidongattolong
hungrycipuruʼpaʼrepaʼrepaʼre
rice fieldtanagalunggalunggalung
many, muchjailoelohelohe
whyangngapaangnguraangnguraangngura
friendagangurangurangurang
withsiagangsurangsiurangsiurangsurang
waterjeʼneʼereerejeʼneʼ
eggbayaobajaotannoro
dogkongkongasuasuasu
catmiongcammiʼcammiʼ, meongmeong
leaflekoʼraungraungtaha
blackleʼlengbolongetang
whitekeboʼputepute
eightsagantujukaruakarua
ninesalapangsalapangkaʼassa
vegetablegangangutanggangang
houseballaʼballaʼ, bolasapo

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