Ko te iwi Buginese he rōpū iwi <unk>te tino maha o te toru ngā rōpū reo nui, me te iwi o South Sulawesi, i roto i te kawanatanga ki te tonga-hauauru o Sulawesi, motu nui rawa tuatoru o Indonesia. noho nga tupuna Austronesian o te iwi Buginese i runga i Sulawesi a tawhio noa 2500 BC.E. He "whakakitenga linguistic hītori o te tahi heke mutunga Holocene o Austronesian kaikōrero ki South Sulawesi i Taiwan"<unk>e te tikanga e te Buginese i "te tupuna hopea pea i roto i te Tonga China", a e rite ki te hua o tenei heke, "i reira ko te infusion o te taupori exogenous i Haina Taiwan ranei".
2500 T.N.P.