Makassarese language

Makasar
Makasar
Bahasa Makassar
ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ Basa Mangkasaraʼ
Native to	Indonesia
Region	South Sulawesi (Sulawesi)
Ethnicity	Makassarese
Native speakers	2.1 million (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian South Sulawesi Makassaric Makasar; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gowa-Takalar (Lakiung); Jeʼneʼponto (Turatea); Marusuʼ-Pangkajeʼneʼ;
Writing system	Lontara (present); Latin (present) ; Serang (Makassar Annals, religious purpose) ; Old Makassarese (historical)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	mak
ISO 639-3	mak
Glottolog	maka1311

Makassarese (basa Mangkasaraʼ or basa Mangkasarak), sometimes called Makasar, Makassar, or Macassar, is a language of the Makassarese people, spoken in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It is a member of the South Sulawesi group of the Austronesian language family, and thus closely related to, among others, Buginese.

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