Research Article
Unlocking the Relationship of Makassar Language with Click Language
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.11-10-2021.2319604, author={Abdul Rahman Rahim and Andi Sukri Syamsuri and M. Agus and Zulham Anugrah and Muh. Akhir}, title={Unlocking the Relationship of Makassar Language with Click Language}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 6th Batusangkar International Conference, BIC 2021, 11 - 12 October, 2021, Batusangkar-West Sumatra, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={BIC}, year={2022}, month={8}, keywords={language kinship; makassar language; selayar language}, doi={10.4108/eai.11-10-2021.2319604} }- Abdul Rahman Rahim
Andi Sukri Syamsuri
M. Agus
Zulham Anugrah
Muh. Akhir
Year: 2022
Unlocking the Relationship of Makassar Language with Click Language
BIC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-10-2021.2319604
Abstract
One of the regional languages in South Sulawesi is Makassar language. This regional language is used by several urban districts in South Sulawesi, including Makassar ,Gowa, Takalar, Jeneponto, Bantaeng, some Bulukumba, and some speakers in the Selayar Islands Regency. This study aims to identify the level of kinship between the Makassar language and the Selayar language .The results of the identification become the basis for calculate the separation period between Makassar language and Selayar language. This research is quantitative descriptive. The glottochronological analysis shows the separation period Makassar language and Selayar language for 378 years which occurred between 688 AD to 1066 AD. The separation period between Makassar language and Selayar language occurred in a period of 378 years. The applied glotochronological analysis results in data that the language separation occurred approximately between 1,333 to 955 years ago. It was also found that the Makassar language and Selayar language separated in 688 AD-1066 AD Based on the time of separation according to Crowley, the Selayar language is a dialect of the Makassar language
