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Language Comparison: Makassar vs Jawi
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| Aspect | Makassar | Jawi |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Arabic script derivative |
Speakers | Approximately 2.1 million | Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages |
Features | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. | An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic |
Countries | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) | Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) | Extended Arabic script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships | No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch | From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English |
Dialects | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar | Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds |
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 | ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya) |
Family
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Jawi
Arabic script derivative
Speakers
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Jawi
Used by speakers of Malay and related Austronesian languages
Features
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Jawi
An Arabic script adapted for writing the Malay language and several other languages in Southeast Asia, incorporates additional letters to accommodate phonemes not present in Arabic
Countries
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Jawi
Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and southern Thailand
Writing System
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Jawi
Extended Arabic script
Tonal
Makassar
No
Jawi
No
Grammatical Cases
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Jawi
No, Malay as written in Jawi follows the grammatical structure of standard Malay
Derived From
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Jawi
Arabic script, with modifications to represent the sounds of Malay
Loanwords
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Jawi
From Arabic, Sanskrit, Portuguese, Dutch, and English
Dialects
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Jawi
Used across various dialects of Malay and related languages, with local variations in usage and additional letters for regional sounds
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
Jawi
ا (‘alif), ب (ba), ت (ta), ث (tha), ج (jim), ح (ha), خ (kha), د (dal), ذ (dhal), ر (ra), ز (zai), س (sin), ش (shin), ص (sad), ض (dad), ط (ta), ظ (dha), ع (‘ain), غ (ghain), ف (fa), ق (qaf), ك (kaf), ل (lam), م (mim), ن (nun), و (wau), ه (ha), ي (ya)
Language Facts:
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