Rencong script

E86977
Brahmic script abugida writing system

The Rencong script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used in parts of Sumatra, Indonesia, particularly for Malay and related regional languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedRegion Malay world ⓘ
associatedReligion Islam ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ
geographicDistribution Bengkulu ⓘ
Jambi ⓘ
Lampung ⓘ
South Sumatra ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters true ⓘ
hasDescendant Lampung script ⓘ
Rejang script ⓘ
hasIndependentVowelLetters true ⓘ
hasInherentVowel true ⓘ
hasNumerals true ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock false ⓘ
hasVowelDiacritics true ⓘ
historicalPeriod precolonial era ⓘ
inherentVowel a ⓘ
materialUsed bamboo ⓘ
bark ⓘ
horn ⓘ
palm leaves ⓘ
region central Sumatra ⓘ
southern Sumatra ⓘ
replacedBy Jawi script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
scriptCategory Indonesian indigenous script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic ⓘ
status historical ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Lampung people ⓘ
Malay peoples ⓘ
surface form: Malay people

Rejang people ⓘ
usedFor legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
usedForLanguage Lampung language ⓘ
Malay language ⓘ
Minangkabau ⓘ
surface form: Minangkabau language

Rejang languages ⓘ
surface form: Rejang language
usedIn Indonesia ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium incised ⓘ
ink ⓘ
writingSystemScope regional ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

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Old Malay → writingSystem → Rencong script ⓘ