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Language Comparison: Makassar vs Ilocano
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| Aspect | Makassar | Ilocano |
|---|---|---|
Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Austronesian |
Speakers | Approximately 2.1 million | Approximately 10 million |
Features | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. | Widely spoken in the northern regions of the Philippines, particularly in the Ilocos Region and parts of the Cordillera Administrative Region |
Countries | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) | Philippines |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use) | Latin script |
Tonal | No | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships | No, uses prepositions and verb focus similar to other Philippine languages |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, part of the Austronesian language family |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch | From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages |
Dialects | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar | Includes Northern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Norte), Southern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Sur), and others |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
Family
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Ilocano
Austronesian
Speakers
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Ilocano
Approximately 10 million
Features
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Ilocano
Widely spoken in the northern regions of the Philippines, particularly in the Ilocos Region and parts of the Cordillera Administrative Region
Countries
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Ilocano
Philippines
Writing System
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Ilocano
Latin script
Tonal
Makassar
No
Ilocano
No
Grammatical Cases
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Ilocano
No, uses prepositions and verb focus similar to other Philippine languages
Derived From
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Ilocano
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, part of the Austronesian language family
Loanwords
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Ilocano
From Spanish, English, and other Philippine languages
Dialects
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Ilocano
Includes Northern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Norte), Southern Ilocano (spoken in Ilocos Sur), and others
Alphabets
Makassar
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, NG, NY, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Ilocano
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ, Ng, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Language Facts:
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