About
Me and My Language:
| My Name: | Andi Ahmad Yani |
| Where I'm From: | Soppeng, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia |
| My Email: | andiy at hawaii dot edu |
| My Language: | Bugis |
| Classification of My Language: | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Bugis |
| Spoken In: | Some regions in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, such as: Soppeng, Bone, Sinjai, Sidrap, Barru, Sengkang, Parepare, Maros, Pangkep, Luwu, and Bulukumba. |
| Total Number of Speakers: | 3,500,000 in Indonesia (www.ethnologue.com) |
| Official Status: | Language of the home and not used in education or government. |
| Language(s) used at school/government office: | Bahasa Indonesia |
| Other languages spoken in region/province: | Makassar, Toraja, Mandar, Enrekang and Luwu |
| Alternate names: | Boegineesche, Boeginezen, Bugi, Buginese, De’, Rappang Buginese, Ugi (www.ethnologue.com) |
| Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? | We can use Bugis script and the Latin alphabet. |
| Dictionary | Bugis Dictionary |
| Bugis Song | Indo
Logo (sound file) Bugis Script Romanization and Translation |