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The Lontara script ( ᨒᨚᨈᨑ ), [a] 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. The script is primarily used to write the Buginese language, followed by Makassarese and Mandar.
The Bugis people, also known as Buginese, are an Austronesian ethnic group—the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassar and Toraja ), in the south-western province of Sulawesi, third-largest island of Indonesia.
According to a Buginese myth, the term Ugi is derived from the name to the first king of Cina, an ancient Bugis kingdom, La Sattumpugi. To Ugi basically means 'the followers of La Sattumpugi'. [2] Little is known about the early history of this language due to the lack of written records. The earliest written record of this language is Sureq ...
Raja Ali Haji. Raja Ali Haji bin Raja Haji Ahmad (1808/9–1869/75) was a 19th-century Bugis - Malay historian, poet and scholar who wrote Tuhfal al-Nafis. [1] [2] He was elevated to the status of National Hero of Indonesia in 2004. Haji has been described as one of the most important Malay writers of the 19th century. [3]
The Kingdom of Luwu (also Luwuq or Wareq) was a polity located in the northern part of the modern-day South Sulawesi province of Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. It is considered one of the earliest known Bugis kingdoms in Sulawesi, founded between the 10th and 14th century. However, recent archaeological research has challenged this idea.
Kue bugis mandi. Kue bugis is Indonesian kue or traditional snack of soft glutinous rice flour cake, filled with sweet grated coconut. The name is suggested to be related to Bugis ethnic group of South Sulawesi as their traditional delicacy, and it is originated from Makassar. [1] In Java the almost identical kue is called kue mendut or Koci ...
Makassarese ( basa Mangkasaraʼ or basa Mangkasarak ), sometimes called Makasar, Makassar, or Macassar, is a language of the Makassarese people, spoken in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It is a member of the South Sulawesi group of the Austronesian language family, and thus closely related to, among others, Buginese, also known as Bugis.
The Malays, Batak, Madurese, Betawi, Minangkabau, and Bugis are the next largest groups in the country. [8] Many ethnic groups, particularly in Kalimantan and Papua , have only hundreds of members.