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Ulu scripts

The Ulu scripts, locally known as Surat Ulu ('upstream script') are a family of writing systems found in the regions of Kerinci, Bengkulu, Palembang and Lampung, in central and south Sumatra, Indonesia. They were used to write manuscripts in Malay and other Sumatran languages. The Malay writing was gradually replaced by the Jawi script, a localized…

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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Malay, Bengkulu, Kerinci, Lampung, Rejang, Serawai, and others
Parent systems
Phoenician alphabetAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts · AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts · BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts · Tamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts · PallavaOld KawiUlu scripts
Period
c. 13th–present
Region
Sumatra, Indonesia
Script type
Abugida

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Ulu scripts

Nodes28
Edges27
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Avg. degree1.93
Density0.071429
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Parent systems · 7
Ulu scripts → AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts, BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts, Old KawiUlu scripts, PallavaOld KawiUlu scripts, Phoenician alphabetAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts, Tamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts, Ulu scripts
Direction · 1
Ulu scripts → Left-to-right
Languages · 1
Ulu scripts → Malay, Bengkulu, Kerinci, Lampung, Rejang, Serawai, and others
Period · 1
Ulu scripts → c. 13th–present
Region · 1
Ulu scripts → Sumatra, Indonesia
Script type · 1
Ulu scripts → Abugida
Sister systems · 1
Ulu scripts → Balinese Batak Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Makasar Old Sundanese
Unicode range · 1
Ulu scripts → U+A930–U+A95F Rejang

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script malay ulu bengkulu lampung family alphabet scripts ipa sumatra rejang writing see kerinci indonesia rencong known south also systems

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ulu scriptsDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsLanguagesMalay, Bengkulu, Kerinci, Lampung, Rejang, Serawai, and others1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsPhoenician alphabetAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsPallavaOld KawiUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsOld KawiUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsParent systemsUlu scripts1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsPeriodc. 13th–present1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsRegionSumatra, Indonesia1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsSister systemsBalinese Batak Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Makasar Old Sundanese1.00infobox
Ulu scriptsUnicode rangeU+A930–U+A95F Rejang1.00infobox

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