The native Makassar, Macassar, Makassarese, Makassan (in Thai), or Macassan (in Australian English), are one of the Austronesian people native to the southern Celebic peninsular regions of Sulawesi Island in Indonesia. The Makassar people are rich in culture and they are acknowledged for their traditional culinary and maritime knowledges, together with the Bugis, its closest related ethnic group. The Makassar people speak various native Makassaric languages, with Standard Makassar being the prominent or popular one, they also mastered in non-Makassaric languages such as Indonesian and relatively decent English.