Malay to Makassar Translator

Spoken in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia, especially around the city of Makassar.

Uses the Latin alphabet. Historically also written using the Lontara script.

Non-tonal; includes glottal stops and prenasalized consonants. Vowel length and consonant clusters affect meaning.

Follows Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) order. Uses affixes extensively to denote tense, aspect, and focus.

Includes borrowings from Malay/Indonesian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Dutch.

Austronesian family, Malayo-Polynesian branch, South Sulawesi subgroup.

Primarily Latin script today; Lontara script used historically.

Traditionally written in Lontara, a Brahmic-derived script, until Dutch colonization introduced Latin script.

Approximately 2 million speakers.

Widely spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia (as Indonesian, which is a standardized dialect of Malay), Brunei, and Singapore. It also has speakers in southern Thailand, southern Philippines, and among some communities in Australia.

Uses the Latin alphabet primarily in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. The letters used are A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Features a simple phonetic structure with a total of 20 phonemes. Vowel length can distinguish meanings.

Subject-verb-object (SVO) order is typical. Tense is not inflected but rather indicated by time adverbs or context.

Includes numerous loanwords from Sanskrit, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch, and English, reflecting its historical and trading influences.

Part of the Austronesian language family, within the Malayo-Polynesian branch.

Currently uses the Latin script. Historically, also used Jawi, an Arabic script, especially in religious contexts.

Transitioned from Jawi to Latin script during the 20th century, influenced by colonial and educational reforms.

Approximately 290 million speakers, including those who speak Indonesian as a standardized form of Malay, making it one of the most spoken languages in the world.