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Batak script

The Batak script (natively known as Surat Batak (ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ᯅᯖᯂ᯲), Surat na Sampulu Sia (lit. 'the nineteen letters'), or Sisiasia) is a writing system used to write the Austronesian Batak languages spoken by several million people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The script may be derived from the Kawi and Pallava script, ultimately derived from the…

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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Batak languages
Parent systems
Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak · Aramaic alphabetBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak · Brāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak · Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak · Pallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak
Period
c. 1300–present
Script type
Abugida
Sister systems
Direct family relationships is unclear. Sister scripts on hypothesis of common Kawi origin: Balinese Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Makasar Old Sundanese Rencong Rejang

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Batak script

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Batak script

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related to Gallery · 27
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related to Sources · 20
Batak script → Batak, Batak Dan Cap Si, Berikut Pedoman Menulis Aksara, Everson, Gramedia, Indonesian, ISBN, Jakarta, January, Kozok, Michael, N3320R, October, PDF, Proposal, Sejarah Perkembangan Tulisan Batak, Singamangaraja XII, Surat Batak, UCS, Uli
related to history · 14
Batak script → After, Angkola-Mandailing Batak, Batak, Dutch, Europeans, German, It, Karo, Roman, Simalungun, Soon, The, The Batak, World War
related to Unicode · 14
Batak script → Batak, Before, German, Karo, Mandailing, October, Pakpak, Simalungun, The Batak, Toba, Uli, Uli Kozok, Unicode, Unicode Standard
related to External links · 12
Batak script → Batak, Endangered Alphabets, Entry, Full Batak, GNU GPL, Leander Seige, London, Omniglot, Roman, SOAS University, Toba Batak, Uli Kozok
Parent systems · 7
Batak script → Aramaic alphabetBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak, Brāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak, Kawi scriptSurat Batak, Pallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak, Phoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak, Surat Batak, Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak
related to Origin · 6
Batak script → Brahmi, Indic, Old Kawi, Pallava, Southeast Asian, The Batak
see also · 3
Batak script → Batak, Malay, Sitopayan
Direction · 1
Batak script → Left-to-right
ISO 15924 · 1
Batak script → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Batk (365), ​Batak

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batak script used unicode diacritic toba written consonant surat diacritics simalungun kawi vowel pangolat uli ipa scripts mandailing pallava final

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Batak scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Batak scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Batk (365), ​Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptLanguagesBatak languages1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsAramaic alphabetBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsBrāhmī[note 1]Tamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsPallava scriptKawi scriptSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsKawi scriptSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptParent systemsSurat Batak1.00infobox
Batak scriptPeriodc. 1300–present1.00infobox
Batak scriptScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Batak scriptSister systemsDirect family relationships is unclear. Sister scripts on hypothesis of common Kawi origin: Balinese Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Makasar Old Sundanese Rencong Rejang1.00infobox
Batak scriptUnicode aliasBatak1.00infobox
Batak scriptUnicode rangeU+1BC0–U+1BFF1.00infobox

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