Old Malay script
E353436
Old Malay script is an early writing system used in the Malay world, derived from South Indian Brahmic scripts and employed primarily for inscriptions and administrative records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Malay script canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3391045 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Malay script Context triple: [Pallava script, influenced, Old Malay script]
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A.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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B.
Jawi script
Jawi script is an Arabic-based writing system historically used for various Malayic languages in Southeast Asia, including Minangkabau, for religious, literary, and administrative purposes.
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C.
Old Malay
Old Malay is an early historical form of the Malay language that served as a major lingua franca and literary language in maritime Southeast Asia.
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D.
Balinese script
Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.
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E.
Sundanese script
The Sundanese script is an abugida used historically and in modern times to write the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Malay script Target entity description: Old Malay script is an early writing system used in the Malay world, derived from South Indian Brahmic scripts and employed primarily for inscriptions and administrative records.
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A.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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B.
Jawi script
Jawi script is an Arabic-based writing system historically used for various Malayic languages in Southeast Asia, including Minangkabau, for religious, literary, and administrative purposes.
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C.
Old Malay
Old Malay is an early historical form of the Malay language that served as a major lingua franca and literary language in maritime Southeast Asia.
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D.
Balinese script
Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.
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E.
Sundanese script
The Sundanese script is an abugida used historically and in modern times to write the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abugida
ⓘ
historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Srivijaya Empire ⓘ |
| containsLoanwordsFrom | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Buddhist milieu
ⓘ
Southeast Asian empires ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms
early Malay polities ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
Pallava script ⓘ South Indian scripts ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| function |
commemorating religious acts
ⓘ
marking territorial claims ⓘ recording royal decrees ⓘ |
| geographicOrigin |
Southeast Asia
ⓘ
South Sumatra ⓘ
surface form:
southern Sumatra
|
| hasFeature |
conjunct consonants
ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct script ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Sanskrit orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| notableInscription |
Karang Brahi inscription
ⓘ
Kedukan Bukit inscription ⓘ Talang Tuwo inscription ⓘ Telaga Batu inscription ⓘ |
| primaryUsage |
administrative records
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ religious inscriptions ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ |
| region |
Srivijaya Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Srivijaya
|
| replacedBy |
Jawi script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmic
|
| scriptFor | Old Malay inscriptions ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ |
| usedForLanguage | Old Malay ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Borneo
ⓘ
Malay Peninsula ⓘ Malay world ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
metal
ⓘ
rock surfaces ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf |
Old Malay
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Malay language
|
| writingSystemType | consonant-based ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Malay script Description of subject: Old Malay script is an early writing system used in the Malay world, derived from South Indian Brahmic scripts and employed primarily for inscriptions and administrative records.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.