Buginese
basa Ogi
Buginese is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, by about 5 million people.
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Buginese (; Basa Ugi, Lontara script: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ, Serang script: بهاس بوڬيس/ بَاسَ أُوْࢴِيْ, pronounced [basa.uɡi]), or simply Bugis, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 4 million people, mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is the mother tongue of the Buginese people.
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Written down
Sininna rupa tau ri jajiangngi rilinoe nappunnai manengngi riasengnge alebbireng . Nappunai riasengnge akkaleng, nappunai riasengnge ati marennni na sibole bolena pada sipakatau pada massalasureng.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Buginese
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina | |
| father | ambo | |
| man | burane | |
| woman | makkunrai | |
| name | aseng | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | toli | |
| tooth | isi | |
| tongue | lila | |
| head | mene | |
| blood | dara | |
| liver | ate | |
| water | toja | |
| fire | api | |
| moon | uleng | |
| star | witung | |
| sky | langiq | |
| rain | bosi | |
| wind | anging | |
| tree | aju | |
| leaf | daung | |
| night | wenni | |
| dog | asu | |
| cat | coki | |
| fish | bale | |
| bird | dongi | |
| pig | bawi | |
| snake | ula | |
| louse | utu | |
| one | si |
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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