Lontara

E541746

writing system

Lontara is a traditional Brahmic-derived script used primarily for writing the Buginese and several other languages of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	writing system ⓘ
associatedPeople	Bugis people NERFINISHED ⓘ Makassarese people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandar people NERFINISHED ⓘ Toraja people NERFINISHED ⓘ
derivedFrom	Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kawi script NERFINISHED ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
geographicOrigin	Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Bugis script NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBaseConsonantCount	23 ⓘ
hasCharacterCategory	consonants ⓘ punctuation marks ⓘ vowel signs ⓘ
hasInherentVowel	a ⓘ
hasISO15924Code	Bugi ⓘ
hasModernStatus	cultural heritage script ⓘ limited everyday use ⓘ
hasPunctuation	word separator marks ⓘ
hasScriptType	syllabic ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Buginese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVowelSigns	true ⓘ
historicalUse	chronicles ⓘ court documents ⓘ genealogies ⓘ letters ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic ⓘ
timePeriodOfWidespreadUse	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
unicodeBlockRange	U+1A00–U+1A1F ⓘ
usedFor	legal documents ⓘ religious texts ⓘ traditional literature ⓘ
usedForWriting	Buginese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Makassarese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandar language NERFINISHED ⓘ Toraja language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInCountry	Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedInRegion	South Sulawesi NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesDiacriticsForVowels	true ⓘ
writingDirectionality	horizontal ⓘ
writingMedium	palm leaf manuscripts ⓘ paper manuscripts ⓘ
writingSystemType	abugida ⓘ

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

Lontara script → hasUnicodeBlock → Lontara ⓘ

Lontara script → hasAlternateName → Lontara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lontaraq

Kingdom of Wajo → hasLegalCode → Lontara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lontara’ Ade’ Wajo