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Language Comparison: Samoan vs Makassar
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| Aspect | Samoan | Makassar |
|---|---|---|
Family | Austronesian, Polynesian | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 500,000 | Approximately 2.1 million |
Features | A Polynesian language with a simple phoneme inventory and distinctive glottal stop, often arranged in VSO (verb-subject-object) word order; spoken primarily in Samoa and American Samoa | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. |
Countries | Samoa, American Samoa, and diaspora communities in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States | 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, uses particles and word order to indicate grammatical relationships | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Proto-Polynesian | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
Loanwords | From English and other Polynesian languages | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch |
Dialects | Primarily homogeneous, with minor regional differences in informal speech across Samoa’s islands | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar |
Alphabets | A, E, F, G, I, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, H, K, R (rare), and the glottal stop (ʻ) | 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 |
Family
Samoan
Austronesian, Polynesian
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Samoan
Approximately 500,000
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Features
Samoan
A Polynesian language with a simple phoneme inventory and distinctive glottal stop, often arranged in VSO (verb-subject-object) word order; spoken primarily in Samoa and American Samoa
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Countries
Samoan
Samoa, American Samoa, and diaspora communities in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Writing System
Samoan
Latin script
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Tonal
Samoan
No
Makassar
No
Grammatical Cases
Samoan
No, uses particles and word order to indicate grammatical relationships
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Derived From
Samoan
Proto-Polynesian
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Loanwords
Samoan
From English and other Polynesian languages
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Dialects
Samoan
Primarily homogeneous, with minor regional differences in informal speech across Samoa’s islands
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Alphabets
Samoan
A, E, F, G, I, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, H, K, R (rare), and the glottal stop (ʻ)
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
Language Facts:
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