About buginese.com
Tentang kami / About this site
buginese.com is a free educational resource dedicated to the Lontara script and the Buginese (Bugis) language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Our goal is to make this beautiful writing system easier to learn and to help keep it alive for future generations.
buginese.com adalah sumber belajar gratis yang didedikasikan untuk aksara Lontara dan bahasa Bugis dari Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia. Tujuan kami adalah membuat aksara ini lebih mudah dipelajari dan membantu melestarikannya.
What you can do here
- Transliterate — type a word in Latin letters and instantly see it in the Lontara script, or read Lontara back into Latin.
- Learn the alphabet — study all 23 Lontara letters one by one, each with an example word, pronunciation, and vowel forms.
- Look up words — search our growing Buginese dictionary in English or Indonesian.
Our commitment to accuracy
The Lontara script has features that make spelling subtle — for example, it does not write syllable-final consonants. We are committed to accuracy and clearly mark any content that is still awaiting review by a native Buginese speaker. We welcome corrections from the community.
Get in touch
Have a correction, suggestion, or question? Please visit our Contact page. We especially welcome input from Bugis speakers and teachers.