ISO 639-3 · makmak
Austronesian family
Makassar
Basa Mangkasaraʼ
Makassar is a language of the Makassaric branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 1.6 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Makassaric language spoken in South Sulawesi, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mak- Glottocode
maka1311- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- -5.65, 119.83
- Wikipedia
- 37 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
4scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Makassar · Basa Mangkasaraʼ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Makasar, Makassarese language, Makassarese, Makassar language, Makasar language |
| All speakers | 1,600,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Makasar script, Lontara, Jawi |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Makassar
The branches above Makassar, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing