Batak script

E123201

Brahmic script abugida writing system

Batak script is an indigenous writing system from northern Sumatra historically used to write the various Batak languages.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Batak script canonical	10
Batak scripts	1
Karo Batak script	1
Mandailing Batak script	1
Pakpak Batak script	1
Simalungun Batak script	1
Toba Batak script	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brahmic script ⓘ abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	Batak cultural heritage ⓘ
currentlyStatus	limited use ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Aceh ⓘ surface form: Aceh (Batak areas) North Sumatra ⓘ surface form: North Sumatra Province West Sumatra ⓘ surface form: West Sumatra (Batak areas)
hasApproximateLettersCount	over 20 basic consonant signs ⓘ
hasDiacriticFunction	marking final consonants ⓘ marking vowels ⓘ
hasFeature	consonant signs ⓘ final consonant signs ⓘ inherent vowel /a/ ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasPunctuation	special Batak punctuation marks ⓘ
hasType	alphasyllabary ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Batak (U+1BC0–U+1BFF) ⓘ
hasUnicodeStandard	Unicode Standard version 6.0 ⓘ
hasVariant	Batak script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Karo Batak script Batak script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mandailing Batak script Batak script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pakpak Batak script Batak script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Simalungun Batak script Batak script self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Toba Batak script
historicallyUsedFor	Karo Batak language ⓘ Mandailing language ⓘ surface form: Mandailing Batak language Pakpak Dairi language ⓘ surface form: Pakpak Batak language Simalungun language ⓘ surface form: Simalungun Batak language Toba Batak language ⓘ
ISO15924Code	Batk ⓘ
primaryMedium	bamboo ⓘ bark books ⓘ bone ⓘ wooden tablets ⓘ
region	Sumatra ⓘ
replacedBy	Latin alphabet ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ surface form: Brahmic
timePeriod	pre-colonial era ⓘ
usedBy	Batak ⓘ surface form: Batak people
usedFor	divination texts ⓘ letters ⓘ magic texts ⓘ
usedIn	northern Sumatra ⓘ
usedInReligion	indigenous Batak religious practices ⓘ
writingDirection	horizontal ⓘ
writingSurface	pustaha (folded bark manuscripts) ⓘ
writingSystemFor	Batak languages ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Batak → traditionalScript → Batak script ⓘ

Pallava script → influenced → Batak script ⓘ

Toba Batak language → writingSystem → Batak script ⓘ

Angkola language → hasWritingSystem → Batak script ⓘ

Karo Batak language → writingSystem → Batak script ⓘ