Mandar language
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Mandar is an Austronesian language
spoken by the group ethnic Mandar living in West Sulawesi
province, Indonesia
, especially in the sea side regencies like - Majene
and Polewali-Mandar as well as few settlements in the islands of Pangkep District also known as Spermonde Archipelago and Ujung Lero, small peninsula near Pare-Pare
).
According to the Ethnologue, it is written in the Lontara (Buginese) script.
The ethic group Mandar is closely related to other three groups living in South Sulawesi: Bugis, Makassar and Toraja.
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
spoken by the group ethnic Mandar living in West Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
province, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, especially in the sea side regencies like - Majene
Majene
Majene is the capital city of Majene County , located in the province of West Sulawesi , Indonesia.- People :...
and Polewali-Mandar as well as few settlements in the islands of Pangkep District also known as Spermonde Archipelago and Ujung Lero, small peninsula near Pare-Pare
Pare-Pare
Parepare is a city in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the Bugis people. The city has a population of 113,615 people, according to a 2004...
).
According to the Ethnologue, it is written in the Lontara (Buginese) script.
The ethic group Mandar is closely related to other three groups living in South Sulawesi: Bugis, Makassar and Toraja.