Batak script

Surat Batak
ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲
"Surat Batak" in Toba variant.
Script type
Time period
c. 1300–present
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesBatak languages
Related scripts
Parent systems
Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
Sister systems
Direct family relationships unclear. Sister scripts on hypothesis of common Kawi origin:
Balinese
Baybayin scripts
Javanese
Lontara
Makasar
Old Sundanese
Rencong
Rejang
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Batk (365), ​Batak
Unicode
Unicode alias
Batak
U+1BC0–U+1BFF
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The Batak script (natively known as Surat Batak, Surat na Sampulu Sia ("the nineteen letters"), or Sisiasia) is a writing system used to write the Austronesian Batak languages spoken by several million people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The script may be derived from the Kawi and Pallava script, ultimately derived from the Brahmi script of India, or from the hypothetical Proto-Sumatran script influenced by Pallava.[1]

  1. ^ Uli Kozok. "Sejarah Aksara Batak". Retrieved 17 May 2014.