Old Malay script
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Old Malay script is an early writing system used in the Malay world, derived from South Indian Brahmic scripts and employed primarily for inscriptions and administrative records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Malay script canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abugida
ⓘ
historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Srivijaya Empire ⓘ |
| containsLoanwordsFrom | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Buddhist milieu
ⓘ
Southeast Asian empires ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms
early Malay polities ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ South Indian scripts ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| function |
commemorating religious acts
ⓘ
marking territorial claims ⓘ recording royal decrees ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
South Sumatra ⓘ
surface form:
southern Sumatra
|
| hasFeature |
conjunct consonants
ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct script ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sanskrit orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| notableInscription |
Karang Brahi inscription
ⓘ
Kedukan Bukit inscription ⓘ Talang Tuwo inscription ⓘ Telaga Batu inscription ⓘ |
| primaryUsage |
administrative records
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ religious inscriptions ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ |
| region |
Srivijaya Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Srivijaya
|
| replacedBy |
Jawi script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmic
|
| scriptFor | Old Malay inscriptions ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage | Old Malay ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Borneo
ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ Malay world ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
metal
ⓘ
rock surfaces ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf |
Old Malay
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Malay language
|
| writingSystemType | consonant-based ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.