The Buginese

The Bugis are the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South of Sulawesi, the southwestern province of Sulawesi and Indonesia's is a third largest island. Although many Bugis live in the large port cities of Makassar and Parepare, the majority are farmers who grow wet rice on the lowland plains to the north and west of the town of Maros The name Bugis is an exonym which represents an older form of the name, (To) Ugi is the endonym.

The Bugis speak a distinct regional language in addition toIndonesia called Basa Ugi, Bugis or Buginese. In reality, there are a several dialects, some of which are sufficiently different from others to be considered separate languages. Bugis belongs to the South Sulawesi language group; other members include Makasar, Toraja, Mandar and Enrekang, each being a series of dialects.
In historical European literature, the Bugis have a reputation for being fierce, war-like, and industrious. Honor, status, and rank are of great importance to the Bugis. They are a self-sufficient people who have a positive self-image and are very confident of their own abilities. As the most numerous group in the region (more than 5 million), they have had considerable influence on their neighbors.

Bugis of Sabah are a Bugis tribe residing in Sabah mainly on the east coast and particularly around the districts of Tawau, Semporna, Kunak, Sandakan and Lahad Datu. The expansion of the Bugis influence to Sabah began in the 16th century when members of the tribe migrated from to Sulawesi, Jawa, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. However, only in 1840 did some move to Tawau, where they settled at Ranggu, which was founded by the chief village K.K. Salim's grandmother of Sungai Imam village, Bombalai. The settlers were traders, and later others came as workers on plantations established by the British. Later, Petta Senong, who was a member of the Bone royalty, resided in the same village. He was sent by the Sulu Goverment to stop the piracy around the Sulu Sea. The Bugis continued to explore new places to develop Tawau town and among the Bugis settlers were Puang Ado, Daeng Mappata, Wak Neke, Wak Gempe and Haji Osman.

Looking at this tribe's social aspects, because of their close connection with royalty they place strong emphasis on an individual's status as well as family relationships. The Bugis prefer to marry close relatives and they are strongly against divorce because they believe it can destroy family relationships and it is not really encouraged by their religion, Islam. The Bugis people use their own dialect known as Basa Ugi as well as their own script, called aksara Ugi, which has existed since the 12th century, during the expansion of the Hinduism in the Indonesian islands.Bahasa Ugi usually many type and different dialect but mostly every to ugi can understand each other dialect.The following is an axample of bahasa To Ugi from Soppeng(South Sulawesi) district:

ID:	Word:	Item:
1	hand	lima
2	left	abeo
2	left	abio
3	right	atau
4	leg/foot	aje
5	to walk	joppa
6	road/path	laləŋ
7	to come	lao komai
8	to turn	ləsu
9	to swim	naŋe
10	dirty	ma-rotaʔ
11	dust	awu
12	skin	oli
12	skin	uli
13	back	aləkkəʔ
13	back	monri
14	belly	baua
15	bone	buku
16	intestines	paruu
16	intestines	pəruu
17	liver	ate
18	breast	susu
19	shoulder	salaŋkaŋ
20	to know, be knowledgeable	issəŋ
21	to think	man-nawa nawa
22	to fear	metauu
23	blood	dara
24	head	ulu
25	neck	əlloŋ
26	hair	gəmməʔ
27	nose	iŋəʔ
28	to breathe	mañ-ñawa
29	to sniff, smell	maŋ-əmmau
30	mouth	bawa
31	tooth	isi
32	tongue	lila
33	to laugh	macawa
34	to cry	tarii
34	to cry	tərii
35	to vomit	tal-lua
36	to spit	mam-meccu
36	to spit	mam-miccu
37	to eat	manre
38	to chew	ota
39	to cook	man-nasu
40	to drink	menuŋ
40	to drink	minuŋ
41	to bite	mak-kokko
42	to suck	maŋ-iso
43	ear	doccili
44	to hear	mar-eŋkaliŋa
45	eye	mata
46	to see	mak-kita
47	to yawn	maŋ-aleale
48	to sleep	ma-tinro
49	to lie down	lewuu
49	to lie down	liwuu
50	to dream	nipi
51	to sit	tudaŋ
52	to stand	təttoŋ
53	person/human being	tau
54	man/male	orane
54	man/male	burane
55	woman/female	makunrai
56	child	anaʔ
57	husband	lakkai
58	wife	baine
59	mother	indoʔ
60	father	amboʔ
61	house	bola
62	thatch/roof	pabbiŋəŋ
63	name	asəŋ
64	to say	mak-kədaa
64	to say	pau
65	rope	tulu
66	to tie up, fasten	mas-sio
67	to sew	maʔ-jai
68	needle	jaruŋ
69	to hunt	rəŋŋəŋ
70	to shoot	maʔ-balliliʔ
71	to stab, pierce	maʔ-gajaŋ
71	to stab, pierce	soppaʔ
72	to hit	tətteʔ
73	to steal	mennau
74	to kill	maʔ-buno
75	to die, be dead	mate
76	to live, be alive	tuo
77	to scratch	mak-kakkaŋ
78	to cut, hack	təttaʔ
79	stick/wood	aju
80	to split	pueʔ
80	to split	pue
81	sharp	ma-tarəŋ
82	dull, blunt	ma-kunru
83	to work	maʔ-jama
84	to plant	tanəŋ
85	to choose	mile
86	to grow	tuo
87	to swell	bəkkaʔ
88	to squeeze	tassipi
89	to hold	mak-katənni
89	to hold	warəkkəŋ
89	to hold	gəŋkəŋ
90	to dig	mak-kae
91	to buy	əlli
92	to open, uncover	timpaʔ
92	to open, uncover	buka
93	to pound, beat	man-nampuʔ
93	to pound, beat	təttuʔ
94	to throw	maʔ-dempəʔ
95	to fall	mabuəŋ
96	dog	asu
97	bird	manuʔ manuʔ
98	egg	[it]təllo
99	feather	bulu
100	wing	panni
101	to fly	luttu
102	rat	balawo
103	meat/flesh	juku
104	fat/grease	lunraʔ
105	tail	ikkoʔ
106	snake	ula
107	worm (earthworm)	[a]lati
108	louse	utu
109	mosquito	namoʔ
110	spider	garaŋkaŋ
110	spider	lawa-lawa
111	fish	bale
112	rotten	ma-kəbboŋ
113	branch	takke
114	leaf	dauŋ
115	root	urəʔ
116	flower	buŋa
117	fruit	bua
118	grass	sarii
118	grass	sərii
119	earth/soil	tana
120	stone	batu
121	sand	kəssiʔ
122	water	uae
123	to flow	mas-soloʔ
124	sea	tasiʔ
125	salt	pəjje
126	lake	tappárəŋ
127	woods/forest	aləʔ
128	sky	laŋi
129	moon	wuləŋ
129	moon	uləŋ
130	star	wittaiŋ
130	star	wittuiŋ
131	cloud	əlluŋ
132	fog	salewu
132	fog	saliwu
133	rain	bosi
134	thunder	guttu
134	thunder	lətte
135	lightning	billəʔ
136	wind	aŋiŋ
137	to blow	mat-tappoʔ
138	warm	ma-pəlla
139	cold	ma-kəcceʔ
140	dry	ma-rakko
141	wet	ma-ricaʔ
142	heavy	ma-tanəʔ
143	fire	api
144	to burn	mat-tunu
145	smoke	rumpu
146	ash	awu
147	black	ma-lotoŋ
148	white	ma-pute
149	red	ma-cəllaʔ
150	yellow	ma-ridi
151	green	ma-kudaraʔ
152	small	ma-biccuʔ
152	small	ma-rənniʔ
153	big	ma-raja
154	short	ma-poncoʔ
155	long	ma-lampe
156	thin	ma-nipi
157	thick	ma-umpəʔ
158	narrow	ma-cikkəʔ
158	narrow	ma-cipi
159	wide	ma-sakka
160	painful, sick	pəddi
161	shy, ashamed	siriʔ
162	old	ma-toa
162	old	ma-tua
163	new	ma-baru
164	good	ma-deceŋ
165	bad, evil	ma-jaa
166	correct, true	toŋəŋ
167	night	wənni
168	day	əsso
169	year	tauŋ
170	when?	uppanna
171	to hide	maʔkasubbu
172	to climb	tukaʔ
173	at	ri
174	in, inside	ri laləŋ
175	above	ri aseʔ
175	above	yaséʔ
176	below	ri awa
176	below	yawa
177	this	ia-e
178	that	ia-tu
178	that	ia-ro
179	near	ma-caweʔ
180	far	ma-bela
181	where?	kegi
182	I	iaʔ
183	thou	iko
184	he/she	ia
185	we	idiʔ
185	we	ikkəŋ
186	you	iko manəŋ
187	they	ia-manəŋ
188	what?	aga
189	who?	niga
190	other	laiŋ
191	all	manəŋ
192	and	sibawa
192	and	na
193	if	nakko
193	if	rekko
194	how?	pekua
195	no, not	de
196	to count	bilaŋ
197	One	seʔdi
198	Two	dua
199	Three	təllu
200	Four	əppa
201	Five	lima
202	Six	ənnəŋ
203	Seven	fitu
204	Eight	arua
205	Nine	asera
206	Ten	səppulo
207	Twenty	duappulo
208	Fifty	limappulo
209	One Hundred	səratuu
210	One Thousand	sisəbbu

For the furter follow the link below:
http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=48
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugis