Bima script
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Bima script is an indigenous writing system historically used by the Bima people of Sumbawa Island in Indonesia to record their language and cultural traditions.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup | Bima people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Bima identity ⓘ |
| currentUse |
cultural preservation
ⓘ
limited ceremonial use ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Kawi script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Javanese script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant-based characters with inherent vowel
ⓘ
diacritics for vowels ⓘ special signs for punctuation ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfUse |
early colonial era
ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ |
| languageFamilyOfLanguageWritten | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Bima language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationEfforts |
documented by Indonesian scholars
ⓘ
studied by epigraphers ⓘ |
| region | West Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Balinese script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bugis script NERFINISHED ⓘ Javanese script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | Southeast Asian indigenous script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Brahmic scripts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptUserCommunity | Sultanate of Bima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | largely obsolete ⓘ |
| usedBy | Bima people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative records
ⓘ
royal correspondence ⓘ writing Bima language ⓘ |
| usedIn | Sumbawa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedToRecord |
cultural traditions
ⓘ
historical chronicles ⓘ oral literature ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
bamboo
ⓘ
palm leaf manuscripts ⓘ paper manuscripts ⓘ |
| writingSurfaceTools |
ink pen
ⓘ
stylus ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
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