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Language Comparison: Makassar vs Tiv
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| Aspect | Makassar | Tiv |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo |
Speakers | Approximately 2.1 million | Approximately 5.2 million |
Features | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. | A tonal language with distinct pitch variations to indicate different meanings; spoken primarily in central Nigeria |
Countries | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) | Nigeria, especially in the Benue, Nasarawa, and Taraba states |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) | Latin script |
Tonal | No | Yes, with three main tones: high, mid, and low |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships | No, uses word order and particles to indicate relationships |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | Benue-Congo language family |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch | From English and Hausa |
Dialects | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar | Relatively homogeneous with minor regional variations, primarily in pronunciation and vocabulary |
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, B, C, D, E, F, G, GB, H, I, J, K, KW, L, M, MB, N, NG, NY, O, P, R, S, SH, T, TS, U, V, W, Y, Z |
Family
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Tiv
Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo
Speakers
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Tiv
Approximately 5.2 million
Features
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Tiv
A tonal language with distinct pitch variations to indicate different meanings; spoken primarily in central Nigeria
Countries
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Tiv
Nigeria, especially in the Benue, Nasarawa, and Taraba states
Writing System
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Tiv
Latin script
Tonal
Makassar
No
Tiv
Yes, with three main tones: high, mid, and low
Grammatical Cases
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Tiv
No, uses word order and particles to indicate relationships
Derived From
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Tiv
Benue-Congo language family
Loanwords
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Tiv
From English and Hausa
Dialects
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Tiv
Relatively homogeneous with minor regional variations, primarily in pronunciation and vocabulary
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
Tiv
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, GB, H, I, J, K, KW, L, M, MB, N, NG, NY, O, P, R, S, SH, T, TS, U, V, W, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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