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Language Comparison: Makassar vs Tongan
Explore the linguistic characteristics and features of both languages
| Aspect | Makassar | Tongan |
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Family | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian | Austronesian, Polynesian |
Speakers | Approximately 2.1 million | Approximately 187,000 |
Features | Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning. | A Polynesian language with VSO (verb-subject-object) word order, characterized by its limited phonemic inventory and lack of consonant clusters; spoken mainly in Tonga |
Countries | Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas) | Tonga, with communities in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States |
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 word order and particles for grammatical relationships |
Derived From | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | Proto-Polynesian |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch | From English, Samoan, and other Polynesian languages |
Dialects | Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar | Primarily homogeneous, though some regional variation exists in informal speech across Tonga’s islands |
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, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, NG, O, P, S, T, U, V |
Family
Makassar
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian
Tongan
Austronesian, Polynesian
Speakers
Makassar
Approximately 2.1 million
Tongan
Approximately 187,000
Features
Makassar
Agglutinative language with extensive use of affixes to indicate grammatical relationships and meaning.
Tongan
A Polynesian language with VSO (verb-subject-object) word order, characterized by its limited phonemic inventory and lack of consonant clusters; spoken mainly in Tonga
Countries
Makassar
Indonesia (primarily in South Sulawesi, especially in Makassar City and surrounding areas)
Tongan
Tonga, with communities in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States
Writing System
Makassar
Latin script (modern use), Lontara script (traditional use)
Tongan
Latin script
Tonal
Makassar
No
Tongan
No
Grammatical Cases
Makassar
No, uses prepositions and affixes to indicate grammatical relationships
Tongan
No, uses word order and particles for grammatical relationships
Derived From
Makassar
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Tongan
Proto-Polynesian
Loanwords
Makassar
From Arabic, Portuguese, Malay, and Dutch
Tongan
From English, Samoan, and other Polynesian languages
Dialects
Makassar
Includes dialectal variations such as Turatea, Konjo, and Selayar
Tongan
Primarily homogeneous, though some regional variation exists in informal speech across Tonga’s islands
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
Tongan
A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, NG, O, P, S, T, U, V
Language Facts:
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