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Language Comparison: Tok Pisin vs Makassar
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| Aspect | Tok Pisin | Makassar |
|---|---|---|
Family | Creole, English-based | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 4 million fluent speakers (including second-language speakers) | Approximately 2.1 million |
Features | A widely spoken creole with simplified grammar and vocabulary influenced by English, local languages, and German; used as a lingua franca in Papua New Guinea | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. |
Countries | Papua New Guinea | 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 simple subject-verb-object order and particles to indicate tense and aspect | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships |
Derived From | English, with influences from German, Malay, and various indigenous languages of Papua New Guinea | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
Loanwords | Primarily from English, with some influence from German and indigenous languages | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch |
Dialects | Relatively homogeneous, with some regional variations influenced by local languages across Papua New Guinea | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar |
Alphabets | A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y | 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
Tok Pisin
Creole, English-based
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Speakers
Tok Pisin
Approximately 4 million fluent speakers (including second-language speakers)
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Features
Tok Pisin
A widely spoken creole with simplified grammar and vocabulary influenced by English, local languages, and German; used as a lingua franca in Papua New Guinea
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Countries
Tok Pisin
Papua New Guinea
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Writing System
Tok Pisin
Latin script
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Tonal
Tok Pisin
No
Makassar
No
Grammatical Cases
Tok Pisin
No, uses simple subject-verb-object order and particles to indicate tense and aspect
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Derived From
Tok Pisin
English, with influences from German, Malay, and various indigenous languages of Papua New Guinea
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Loanwords
Tok Pisin
Primarily from English, with some influence from German and indigenous languages
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Dialects
Tok Pisin
Relatively homogeneous, with some regional variations influenced by local languages across Papua New Guinea
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Alphabets
Tok Pisin
A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y
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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