Buginese language
| Buginese | |
|---|---|
| Basa Ugi ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | South Sulawesi; enclaves elsewhere in Sulawesi, Borneo, Sumatra, Maluku, Papua |
| Ethnicity | Buginese |
Native speakers | L1: 3.5 million L2: 500,000 Total speakers: 4 million (2015 UNSD) |
| Latin script Lontara script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | bug |
| ISO 639-3 | bug |
| Glottolog | bugi1244 |
The distribution of Buginese and Campalagian speakers throughout Sulawesi | |
Buginese or Bugis (Buginese: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ /basa.uɡi/) is a language spoken by about 4 million people mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia.