Republican Spelling

E504942

Republican Spelling was the earlier standardized Indonesian orthography used before the adoption of the modern Enhanced Spelling System (Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan).

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Republican Spelling canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indonesian orthography
spelling system
writing system reform
aim to reflect Indonesian pronunciation more accurately
to simplify Dutch-based spelling conventions
appliesToLanguage Indonesian language
linked to: Indonesian
associatedWith early Indonesian nationalism
basedOn modification of Van Ophuijsen orthography
classification 20th-century spelling reform
country Indonesia
domain standard Indonesian
followedBy Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan
Enhanced Spelling System
follows Van Ophuijsen Spelling System
influenced Enhanced Spelling System
introducedAfterEvent Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
introducedBy Government of Indonesia
introducedInDecade 1940s
nativeName Ejaan Republik
orthographicPrinciple phonemic spelling
partOf history of Indonesian language
precededBy Van Ophuijsen Spelling System
reformType orthographic reform
replacedLetterCombination dj
j (for /j/ sound from Dutch y)
nj
oe
sj
tj
replacementLetter c
j
ny
sy
u
y
script Latin alphabet
status historical orthography
timeInForceUntil 1972
usedBefore Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan was adopted
usedFor Indonesian-language publications
official documents in Indonesia
usedIn early years of the Republic of Indonesia
writingDirection left-to-right

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan replaced Republican Spelling
Perfected Spelling replaced Republican Spelling