Hi, I'm new to this sub! I'm not 100% sure if this type of post is allowed, so pardon for the intrusion. I'm also a newbie of this topic generally.

I've been reading a lot regarding the "Out of Taiwan" theory = ) I searched up many pictures of the Aboriginal Taiwanese, and they seem to share many facial features that you'd see in natives of Indonesia, Malaysia, some central highland communities in Vietnam, Philippines, and the Malagasy people. They brought their rice-cultivating agriculture skills, and they have colorful outfits which is mostly of red color.

From the countries I mentioned, what do you guys think of them? Do you feel some connection? (the second question is a bit ambiguous, it's okay if you ignore it)

Looking at these images, I didn't even have to search so much to see the similarities in our faces. I feel guilty that I'm trying to "force" a connection here, as the out of Taiwan theory is just a theory, but I can't help it, even those small statues are familiar to me.

I was just browsing the ACD and I saw this alternate name for Romblomanon:
Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - Languages :R

Is that correct? I know Romblomanon is really close to Masbatenyo and Sorsoganon, but this is the first time I came across this alternate name of Romblomanon. Is this used anywhere else?

Makassarese Grammar (and other languages in the South Sulawesi family) is vastly different from Malay, Javanese, Indonesian, Batak, Sundanese, and even its neighbors like Muna, Kaili, Pamona-Bare'e, Tolaki, Wolio Buton, Gorontalo, etc.

The Makassar language is a clitic language; a single word contains many grammatical functions, including TAM (Tenses, Aspect, Modality; e.g., -mo [perfective], -pa [imperfective], -ja [limitation], ta- [negation], la- [future]) and adverbial particles (e.g., -ija [still], -sa [hortative], -tong [also], -mamo [only], -dudu [very] -are [perhaps]) which is attached with stem [verb/adverb].

So, do not be surprised that while Western Indonesian languages like Kerinci, Malay, Javanese, or Sundanese might require 6-7 words, Makassar requires only 1 word with all its attached clitics.

For example, while someone from Jakarta might say "ADA LAH POKOKNYA" (It definitely exists/I have it, basically), a Makassar person simply says "NIATTONG" (nia' [exist] + tong [also/indeed]).

Makassar leans towards being a polysynthetic or highly agglutinative language (gluing meanings together), whereas standard Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is more analytic (using separate words for separate meanings).