Bugis

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A language of Indonesia

Central Sulawesi province: Donggola, Oti, and Toaya, west; 3 Tolo bay enclaves east; South Sulawesi province: widespread in peninsular interior (except south and east of Makassar city) east to Bone bay; Southeast Sulawesi province: Kasiputih area, 3 interior enclaves near Sulawesi Tenggara, Lake Towuti, Bone bay east coast; West Sulawesi province: More, Pasangkayu on Mandar bay; possibly in Kalimantan, Maluku, Papua, and Sumatra provinces.

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Malaysia

Language NameBugis

User Population

17,800 in Malaysia (2000 SIL), decreasing. Ethnic population: 138,000 (2015 A. Supeno).

Location

Sabah: Kota Kinabalu, Lahad Datu, Sandakan and Tawau districts, major cities but also scattered.

Alternate Names

Basa Ugi, Buginese

Dialects

Bone, Enrekang, Mandar, Soppeng, Pinrang, Sinjai, Makasar, Duri.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Language Use

Mixed use: Home, Friends, Religion, Work. Some young people, all adults. Mixed attitudes. All also use Sabah Malay [msi]. Some also use Hakka Chinese [hak]. Some also use Standard Malay [zsm]. A few also use English [eng]. A few also use West Coast Bajau [bdr]. Also use Iranun [ilm].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Muslim.

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Singapore

Language NameBugis

User Population

11,000 in Singapore (2018 J. Leclerc).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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