Lontara

E541746

Lontara is a traditional Brahmic-derived script used primarily for writing the Buginese and several other languages of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lontara canonical 5
Lontaraq 2
Lontara’ Ade’ Wajo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf writing system ⓘ
associatedPeople Bugis people ⓘ
linked to: Bugis

Makassarese people ⓘ
Mandar people ⓘ
Toraja people ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
Old Kawi script ⓘ
linked to: Kawi script
direction left-to-right ⓘ
geographicOrigin Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes
hasAlternateName Bugis script ⓘ
hasBaseConsonantCount 23 ⓘ
hasCharacterCategory consonants ⓘ
punctuation marks ⓘ
vowel signs ⓘ
hasInherentVowel a ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Bugi ⓘ
hasModernStatus cultural heritage script ⓘ
limited everyday use ⓘ
hasPunctuation word separator marks ⓘ
hasScriptType syllabic ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Buginese ⓘ
linked to: Buginese language
hasVowelSigns true ⓘ
historicalUse chronicles ⓘ
court documents ⓘ
genealogies ⓘ
letters ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic ⓘ
timePeriodOfWidespreadUse 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
unicodeBlockRange U+1A00–U+1A1F ⓘ
usedFor legal documents ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
traditional literature ⓘ
usedForWriting Buginese language ⓘ
Makassarese language ⓘ
linked to: Makassarese

Mandar language ⓘ
Toraja language ⓘ
usedInCountry Indonesia ⓘ
usedInRegion South Sulawesi ⓘ
usesDiacriticsForVowels true ⓘ
writingDirectionality horizontal ⓘ
writingMedium palm leaf manuscripts ⓘ
paper manuscripts ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Lontara script → hasAlternateName → Lontaraq ⓘ
linked to: Lontara
Kingdom of Wajo → hasLegalCode → Lontara’ Ade’ Wajo ⓘ
linked to: Lontara
Lont → scriptName → Lontara ⓘ
Bugis script → hasUnicodeBlock → Lontara ⓘ
Bugis script → hasNativeName → Lontara ⓘ
Bugis script → hasAlternateName → Lontaraq ⓘ
linked to: Lontara
Basa Ugi → hasScript → Lontara ⓘ