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Bugis

South Sulawesi language predominantly spoken by the Bugis ethnic group
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Summary

Bugis is a language[1]. Bugis ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (566 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Indonesia[3]
  • Instance of: modern language[4]
  • Subclass of: South Sulawesi[5]
  • Writing system: Latin script[6], Lontara[7]
  • Commons category: Buginese language[8]
  • Wikimedia language code: bug[9]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5,017,800[10], 500,000[11]
  • Native label: ᨅᨔ ᨕᨚᨁᨗ[12], basa Ogi[13]
  • Indigenous to: Sulawesi[14], West Sulawesi[15], South Sulawesi[16]
  • Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BUG[17]
  • Ethnologue language status: 3 Wider Communication[18]

Why It Matters

Bugis has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Bugis is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Indonesia Sonja Lang Sulawesi Vatican City

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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