Selayar language
| Selayar | |
|---|---|
| Basa Silajara | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Selayar Islands, South Sulawesi |
| Ethnicity | Selayar people |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2024) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sly |
| Glottolog | sela1260 |
Distribution of the Selayar language (number 9) is circled in red in the South Sulawesi languages. | |
Selayar (Basa Silajara) or Selayarese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by approximately 130,000 people of the Selayar people on the Selayar Islands in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This language is egalitarian in its use, there are no levels of language, either rough or weak.