Klasikal: Journal of Education, Language Teaching and Science
Vol 7 No 3 (2025): Klasikal: Journal of Education, Language Teaching and Science

INDONESIAN MAKASSAR DIALECT EXPRESSIONS INTO ENGLISH

Yassir Mallapiang (English Education Department, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, South Sulawesi
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Risman Wanci (English Education Department, University of Palangka Raya, Middle Kalimantan)
Sujariati Sujariati (English Education Department, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, South Sulawesi)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Dec 2025

Abstract

This research discussed about finding out Indonesian expressions that were embedded by Makassarese dialect and their translations culturally into English language. Non-standard Indonesian of Makassarese dialect is one of Indonesian dialects which is mostly communicated daily by Makassar citizens, one of Indonesian capital provinces; South Sulawesi. Using qualitative Corpus-Based and cultural translation approaches, the researcher had directly observed and identified one thousand six hundred fifty two Indonesian utterances. On the researcher’s observation and identification, the researcher found that those Indonesian utterances most of them had phonological, syntactical and semantical changes that deviated from standard Indonesian expressions. In finding out the cultural equivalences of those expressions into English, the researcher had found five thousand three hundred sixty six English utterances’ translation for the tabulated Indonesian expressions.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

klasikal

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

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Klasikal: Journal of Education, Language Teaching and Science [p-ISSN 2656-9914| e-ISSN 2656-8772] publishes a scientific paper on the results of the study and review of the literature in the sphere of education, language teaching and science in primary education, secondary education and higher ...