Makassarese language

Spoken in

• Austronesian Malayo - Polynesian languages Sulawesische languages South Sulawesische languages Makassar language

Mak

Makassar ( also spelled Makasar or Macassar; ᨅ ᨔ ᨆ ᨀ ᨔ ᨑ, Basa Mangkasara ) is both a language and a script of Makassar on the South Sulawesi peninsula ( South Sulawesi Celebes ) in Indonesia.

The Makassar language is a member of the Austronesian language family.

Although the Makassar language is now often written with Latin letters, is also its own font in use, the Lontara that was once also used to draft important documents in Buginese and Mandar, two related languages ​​in Sulawesi.

The letters of Makassar font made ​​up of dots and slashes. Despite its special shape, it is derived from the ancient Brahmi script of India. Like other developments of this writing, each consonant has an associated, not written vowel "a". Other vowels can be written by one of five accents, bottom, or side of a character.

Others

The abbreviation according to ISO 639-3 for language is mak, in ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-2, it is not listed.