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Mandar

Mandar is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Mandar · 3.3°S 119.1°E

Mandar is an Austronesian language spoken by the Mandar people living in provinces of West Sulawesi and South Sulawesi, Indonesia—particularly in the coastal regencies of Majene and Polewali Mandar. It is written in the Lontara script but now is also written in Latin script.

The ethnic Mandar are closely related to three other groups living in South Sulawesi: Bugis, Makassar, and Toraja.

From Wikipedia · Mandar language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Mandar

MeaningWordRomanization
mantommuane
womantobaine
waterwai
fireapi
rainurang
dogasu
fishbau
pigboe
fourappeʔ

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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