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Makasar script

The Makasar script, also known as Ukiri' Jangang-jangang (bird's script) or Old Makasar script, is a historical Indonesian writing system that was used in South Sulawesi to write the Makassarese language between the 17th and 19th centuries until it was supplanted by the Lontara Bugis script.

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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Makassarese language
Parent systems
PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script · AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script · BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script · Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script · PallavaKawiMakasar Script
Period
17th–19th century AD
Script type
Abugida
Sister systems
Balinese Batak Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Old Sundanese Rencong Rejang

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Makasar script

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples145
Avg. degree1.96
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Makasar script

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related to history · 27
Makasar script → AD, Arabic, Brahmi, Christopher Miller, Druce's, Furthermore, Gujarati, However, India, Islamic, Javanese, Kawi, Lontara Bugis, Makasar, Miller, Philippines, Rejang, Scholars, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra
related to Punctuation · 24
Makasar script → Amiri, Arabic, Arabic Transparent, Arabic Typesetting, Arial, Calibri, Droid Arabic Naskh, Harmattan, Historical Makassarese, In, Lateef, LateefGR, Latin, Microsoft Sans Serif, Noto Naskh Arabic, Noto Sans Arabic, Parastoo, Passimbang, Sakkal Majalla, Scheherazade New
related to Usage · 23
Makasar script → AD, Buginese, Chronicle, Compared, Daily, Each, Even, For, Gowa, Kingdom, Like, Lontara, Makasar, Makassar, Makassar's, Malay, Not, One, South Sulawesi, Sulawesi
related to Ambiguity · 13
Makasar script → Arabic, As, Cummings, Even, For, Given, Jukes, Makasar, Makassar, Makassarese, Readers, The, This
related to Basic letters · 10
Makasar script → Basic, Buginese Lontara, KIT, Makasar, Makassar, Note, Pangeran Gowa, The, There, Tropenmuseum
Parent systems · 7
Makasar script → AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script, BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script, KawiMakasar Script, Makasar Script, PallavaKawiMakasar Script, PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script, Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script
related to Comparison to Lontara script · 6
Makasar script → In, Lontara Bugis, Makasar, Makassarese, New Lontara, These
related to Unicode · 6
Makasar script → June, Makasar, Makassar, The Unicode, Unicode Standard, Version
related to Others · 5
Makasar script → Aksara, Makasar ScriptDownload Makasar, Makasar ScriptPreliminary Unicode Proposal, Nusantara, Unicode Proposal
related to External links · 4
Makasar script → Makasar, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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script makasar lontara south writing sulawesi written gowa makassarese century bugis language historical used ad scripts use context letters characters

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Makasar scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Makasar scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Maka (366), ​Makasar1.00infobox
Makasar scriptLanguagesMakassarese language1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsPallavaKawiMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsKawiMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptParent systemsMakasar Script1.00infobox
Makasar scriptPeriod17th–19th century AD1.00infobox
Makasar scriptScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Makasar scriptSister systemsBalinese Batak Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Old Sundanese Rencong Rejang1.00infobox
Makasar scriptUnicode aliasMakasar1.00infobox
Makasar scriptUnicode rangeU+11EE0–U+11EFF1.00infobox
Makasar scriptis aabugida which consists of 18 basic characters0.90text
Makasar scriptis asignature of the delegates from the Sultanete of Gowa in the Treaty of Bongaya from 16670.90text

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