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Language Comparison: Makassar vs Dinka
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| Aspect | Makassar | Dinka |
|---|---|---|
Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic |
Speakers | Approximately 2.1 million | Approximately 4 million |
Features | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. | A tonal language with complex vowel systems and distinctive pitch variations; features extensive use of tones and vowel length to differentiate meaning. |
Countries | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) | South Sudan (primarily), with smaller communities in Sudan, Uganda, and diaspora populations worldwide |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, tones are critical for distinguishing meanings |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships | No, relies on word order and tone |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | Proto-Eastern Sudanic |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch | From Arabic and neighboring languages |
Dialects | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar | Includes several major dialects: Rek, Agaar, Bor, Twic, and Malual, with significant phonological and lexical variations. |
Alphabets | 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 | A, Ä, B, C, D, DH, E, Ë, F, G, H, I, Ï, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, Ö, P, R, S, T, TH, U, W, Y |
Family
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Dinka
Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic
Speakers
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Dinka
Approximately 4 million
Features
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Dinka
A tonal language with complex vowel systems and distinctive pitch variations; features extensive use of tones and vowel length to differentiate meaning.
Countries
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Dinka
South Sudan (primarily), with smaller communities in Sudan, Uganda, and diaspora populations worldwide
Writing System
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Dinka
Latin script
Tonal
Makassar
No
Dinka
Yes, tones are critical for distinguishing meanings
Grammatical Cases
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Dinka
No, relies on word order and tone
Derived From
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Dinka
Proto-Eastern Sudanic
Loanwords
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Dinka
From Arabic and neighboring languages
Dialects
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Dinka
Includes several major dialects: Rek, Agaar, Bor, Twic, and Malual, with significant phonological and lexical variations.
Alphabets
Makassar
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
Dinka
A, Ä, B, C, D, DH, E, Ë, F, G, H, I, Ï, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, Ö, P, R, S, T, TH, U, W, Y
Language Facts:
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