Sundanese 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.

Primarily spoken in western Java (Indonesia), especially West Java province, with communities in other parts of Indonesia.

Uses both Latin script and traditional Sundanese script (Aksara Sunda): A, B, C, D, E, É, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Features 6 vowel phonemes including pepet (ə), distinctive prenasalized consonants, and relatively simple phonological system.

Subject-verb-object (SVO) word order. Complex speech level system (undak-usuk basa) with different vocabulary and forms for different social contexts.

Contains loanwords from Sanskrit, Arabic, Javanese, Dutch, and increasingly Indonesian and English.

Part of the Austronesian family, specifically the Malayo-Polynesian branch, closely related to other western Indonesian languages.

Uses Latin script primarily, with traditional Sundanese script (Aksara Sunda) used for cultural and ceremonial purposes.

Traditional script derived from Javanese script, Latin script adopted during Dutch colonial period and predominant in modern usage.

Approximately 40 million speakers, primarily in West Java, making it one of the most widely spoken regional languages in Indonesia.