South SulawesiSouth Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Selatan; Lontara: ᨔᨘᨒᨓᨙᨔᨗ ᨔᨛᨒᨈ) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi and West Sulawesi to the north, the Gulf of Bone and Southeast Sulawesi to the east, Makassar Strait to the west, and Flores Sea to the south.
Makassar peopleThe native Makassar, Macassar, Makassarese, Makassan(in Thai), or Macassan(in Australian English), are one of the Austronesian people native to the southern Celebic peninsular regions (concentrated around the Makassar area) in Indonesia. The Makassar people are rich in culture and they are acknowledged for their traditional culinary and maritime knowledges, together with the Bugis, its closest related ethnic group.
SulawesiSulawesi ( , Indonesian:), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Within Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra are more populous.
Buginese languageBuginese (; Basa Ugi, Lontara script: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ, Serang script: بهاس بوڬيس/ بَاسَ أُوْࢴِيْ, pronounced), 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. HistoryThe word Buginese derives from the word BahasaBugis in Malay. In Buginese, it is called Basa Ugi while the Bugis people are called To Ugi.
Torajan peopleThe Torajan are an Austronesianethnic groupindigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the regencies of Tana Toraja ("Land of Toraja") and Toraja Utara (North Toraja). Others live in adjacent regencies of South Selawesi, and in the Mamasa Regency of West Sulawesi Province to the west.
Austronesian peoplesThe Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large collection of peoples who speak Austronesian languages, having settled in Taiwan, maritime Southeast Asia, parts of mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar. They also include indigenous ethnic minorities in Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Hainan.
Jawi scriptJawi (جاوي; Acehnese: Jawoe; Acehnese pronunciation:; Malay: Jawi; Malay pronunciation:) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese, Banjarese, Betawi, Iranun, Kutainese, Maguindanao, Malay, Mëranaw, Minangkabau, Tausūg, Ternate, and many others.
Lontara scriptIndonesian writing systemWriting systems used in Indonesia Abugida (Brahmic) BalineseBatakBudaJavaneseKawiLontara (Satera Jontal, Mbojo)MakasarSasakSundanese (Old Sundanese)Ulu (Incung, Komering, Lampung, Lembak,Ogan, Pasemah, Rejang, Serawai)AbjadBuri WolioJawiJawoePegonAlphabetLatin (Van Ophuijsen, Suwandi, EYD)Others AlifuruBondaCia-CiaBilang-bilangDungingRelated List of writing systems of IndonesiaLanguages of IndonesiaThe Lontara script (ᨒᨚᨈᨑ), also known as the Bugis script, Bugis-Makassar script, or Urupu Sulapa’ Eppa’ "four-cornered letters", is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts developed in the South Sulawesi and West Sulawesi region.
IndonesiaIndonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. Comprising between 13,000 and 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, it is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area. Indonesia has extensive tropical forests and marine ecosystems that support one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity.
Indonesian languageIndonesian (bahasa Indonesia) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries. With over 280 million inhabitants, Indonesia ranks as the fourth-most populous nation globally.
AnimismAnimism (from Latin: anima, meaning 'breath', 'spirit', or 'life') is the worldview or perception that various types of natural phenomena, including non-human organisms and often even landforms and inanimate objects, possess distinct spiritual essences, souls, or personhood.
IslamAbrahamic monotheistic religion
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