#buginese

Lontara Bilang-bilang script Buginese cipher script, 18th century

Numbers in some Indonesian Languages.

All except for Indonesian, Banjarese and Minangkabau, which use the Latin script, have their own scripts but resources are limited to English speakers - source recommendations appreciated

Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia and is in the Malay subgroup of the Malayic family in the Malayo-Sumbawan group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch.

Javanese is spoken on the central and eastern side of the island of Java and is in the Malayo-Polynesian branch. It is written in the Javanese script.

Sundanese is spoken on the west side of the island of Java. It is in the Lampung-Sunda family of the Malayo-Sumbawan group of the Malayo-Polynesian branch. It is typically written in the Sundanese script.

Minangkabau is spoken on the west side of the island of Sumatra. It is also in the Malayic family from the Malayo-Sumbawan group. It can be written in both the Latin and the Jawi script.

Buginese is spoken on the southwestern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi. It is in the South Sulawesi branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family and uses Lontara script.

Banjarese is spoken in the south of the island of Borneo. It is also in the Malayic family, and uses the Latin or Jawi script.

Balinese is spoken on the island of Bali. It is in the Bali-Sasak family of the Malayo-Sumbawan group. The Balinese script is used, although infrequently as Latin script use is now more common.

A Year in Language: Day 112: Bugis

Bugis, or Buginese, is a language spoken by 5 million people of the ethnic group of the same name on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian language, nuclear in this case meaning that it is from the geographic and genealogical center of the language family as opposed to the more far flung Polynesian languages, all of whom are part of the larger Austronesian family.

Bugis has the "standard" six vowels. I've mentioned before that languages will generally space their vowels evenly across "vowel space" i.e. the possible positions your tongue takes to make vowels, meaning that certain groups of vowels are more common. Bugis has the expected six vowel pattern of /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, and /ə/.