Bugis script
E541748
Bugis script is a traditional Brahmic writing system used primarily for the Buginese language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buginese script | 4 |
| Bugis script canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5687606 — 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: Bugis script Context triple: [Lontara script, hasAlternateName, Bugis script]
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A.
Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
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B.
Sorabe script
The Sorabe script is an Arabic-derived writing system historically used by Malagasy speakers, particularly in southern Madagascar, for religious, literary, and administrative texts.
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C.
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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D.
Hanunóo script
The Hanunóo script is an indigenous Brahmic-derived syllabic writing system traditionally used by the Hanunóo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines.
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E.
Siddham script
Siddham script is an ancient Indian writing system derived from Brahmi, historically used for recording Sanskrit Buddhist texts and mantras, especially in East Asia.
- 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: Bugis script Target entity description: Bugis script is a traditional Brahmic writing system used primarily for the Buginese language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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A.
Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
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B.
Sorabe script
The Sorabe script is an Arabic-derived writing system historically used by Malagasy speakers, particularly in southern Madagascar, for religious, literary, and administrative texts.
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C.
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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D.
Hanunóo script
The Hanunóo script is an indigenous Brahmic-derived syllabic writing system traditionally used by the Hanunóo Mangyan people of Mindoro in the Philippines.
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E.
Siddham script
Siddham script is an ancient Indian writing system derived from Brahmi, historically used for recording Sanskrit Buddhist texts and mantras, especially in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
traditional script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Bugis people
ⓘ
linked to:
Bugis
Makassarese people ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| currentStatus |
partly replaced by Latin script
ⓘ
used in cultural and ceremonial contexts ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Old Kawi script
ⓘ
linked to:
Kawi script
Pallava script ⓘ |
| geographicScope | South Sulawesi and surrounding areas ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Bugis Lontara
ⓘ
linked to:
Buginese language
Lontaraq ⓘ
linked to:
Lontara
|
| hasCharacterCount | 23 basic consonant letters (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasConsonantLetters | true ⓘ |
| hasDistinctNumerals | false ⓘ |
| hasInherentVowel | /a/ ⓘ |
| hasISO15924Code | Bugi ⓘ |
| hasNativeName |
Lontara
ⓘ
ᨒᨚᨈᨑ ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | limited traditional punctuation ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Lontara ⓘ |
| hasVowelDiacritics | true ⓘ |
| historicalUsage |
court documents
ⓘ
genealogies ⓘ legal texts ⓘ literary manuscripts ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Buginese language ⓘ |
| region |
Sulawesi
ⓘ
linked to:
Celebes
|
| scriptCodeStandard | ISO 15924 ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Brahmic
ⓘ
linked to:
Brahmic scripts
|
| standardization | encoded in Unicode 4.1 ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Lontara script ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWidespreadUse |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+1A00–U+1A1F ⓘ |
| usedByReligion |
Islam (for local texts)
ⓘ
local traditional beliefs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
writing the Buginese language
ⓘ
writing the Makassarese language ⓘ writing the Mandar language ⓘ writing the Toraja language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
South Sulawesi ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | syllabic alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bugis script Description of subject: Bugis script is a traditional Brahmic writing system used primarily for the Buginese language of South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bugis script
linked to: Bugis script
linked to: Bugis script