Pegon script

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Pegon script is an adapted form of the Arabic script traditionally used by Javanese and Sundanese Muslims to write their local languages, especially for religious and literary texts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-derived script
abjad
writing system
adaptedFrom Arabic orthography
associatedRegion Java (Indonesian island)
surface form: Java Island

West Java
associatedReligion Islam
currentStatus minority script
used in traditional Islamic boarding schools
derivedFrom Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script
encodes Islamic jurisprudence texts in Javanese
Quranic commentaries in local languages
Sundanese Islamic manuscripts
hasAdditionalLettersFor Javanese phonemes
Malay phonemes
Sundanese phonemes
hasAlternateName Jawi script
surface form: Aksara Pegon
hasDiacritics true
hasFeature adapted orthographic conventions for Austronesian languages
additional consonant letters beyond standard Arabic
hasTransliterationTo Javanese script
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
hasVowelNotation true
historicalUsagePeriod Dutch East Indies
surface form: Dutch East Indies period

pre-colonial era in Java
ISO15924Code none
primaryUsage Islamic education
Islamic literature
literary texts
poetry
religious texts
representsVowelsWith harakat diacritics
scriptFamily Arabic script
usedBy Javanese Muslims
Orang Madura
surface form: Madurese Muslims

Sundanese people
surface form: Sundanese Muslims
usedFor Indonesian language
Javanese language
Madurese
surface form: Madurese language

Malay
surface form: Malay language

Sundanese language
usedForReligiousLanguage Arabic loanwords
usedIn Indonesia
Java
Sundaland
surface form: Sunda region
usedInInstitution pesantren
writingDirection right-to-left
writingSystemType consonant alphabet

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

Madurese scriptUsedHistorically Pegon script
Javanese writingSystem Pegon script
Sundanese writingSystem Pegon script