| Makasae | |
| States: | East Timor |
| Region: | Timor Island, eastern end around Baucau and inland, west of Fataluku, from northern to southern coast in a dialect chain. |
| Coordinates: | -8.65°N 156°W |
| Speakers: | 102,000 |
| Date: | 2010 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea ? |
| Fam2: | West Bomberai ? |
| Fam3: | Timor–Alor–Pantar |
| Fam4: | Eastern Timor |
| Minority: | East Timor |
| Iso3: | mkz |
| Glotto: | maka1316 |
| Glottorefname: | Makasae-Makalero |
| Dia1: | Sa'ane |
| Map: | Makasae.png |
| Mapcaption: | Distribution of Makasae mother-tongue speakers in East Timor |
| Map2: | Makalero.png |
| Mapcaption2: | Distribution of Makalero Distribution of Sa'ane |
Makasae (also known as Makassai, Macassai, Ma'asae, Makasai) is a Papuan language spoken by about 100,000 people in the eastern part of East Timor, in the districts of Baucau and Viqueque, just to the west of Fataluku. It is the most widely spoken Papuan language west of New Guinea.
The data in this section are from Huber (2017).[1]
Native consonant phonemes are shown in the chart below for the Ossu dialect. Borrowed consonants are enclosed in parentheses.
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as /b/ | pronounced as /t/ | pronounced as /d/ | pronounced as /k/ | pronounced as /g/ | pronounced as /ʔ/ | ||||
| pronounced as /f/ | pronounced as /s/ | pronounced as /h/ | |||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /m/ | pronounced as /n/ | |||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /l/ | ||||||||
| Trill | pronounced as /r/ | ||||||||
Makasae has five vowel phonemes.
| Close | pronounced as /i/ (pronounced as /i:/) | pronounced as /u/ (pronounced as /u:/) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /e/ (pronounced as /e:/) | pronounced as /o/ (pronounced as /o:/) | ||
| Open | pronounced as /a/ (pronounced as /a:/) |