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Language Comparison: Hiligaynon vs Makassar
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Aspect | Hiligaynon | Makassar |
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Family | Austronesian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 9.3 million | Approximately 2.1 million |
Features | Also known as Ilonggo, widely spoken in the Western Visayas and Soccsksargen regions of the Philippines | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. |
Countries | Philippines | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, but uses prepositions and a focus marker system | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Part of the Philippine branch of the Austronesian language family | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
Loanwords | From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch |
Dialects | Includes Iloilo Hiligaynon, Bacolod Hiligaynon, and others | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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