Ulu scripts

Ulu scripts
Examples of the Ulu family of scripts: Incung (top), Lampung (middle), and Rejang (bottom)
Script type
Time period
c. 13th–present
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
RegionSumatra, Indonesia
LanguagesMalay, Bengkulu, Kerinci, Lampung, Rejang, Serawai, and others
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sister systems
Balinese
Batak
Baybayin scripts
Javanese
Lontara
Makasar
Old Sundanese
Unicode
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

The Ulu scripts, locally known as Surat Ulu ('upstream script')[1][a] are a family of writing systems found in central and south Sumatra, in the regions of Kerinci, Bengkulu, Palembang and Lampung, Indonesia. They were used to write manuscripts in Sumatran languages and Malay, such as the Tanjung Tanah Code of Law. The Malay writing was gradually replaced by the Jawi script, a localized version of the Arabic script.[2]

  1. ^ a b Sarwono & Rahayu 2014, pp. 2.
  2. ^ Sarwono & Rahayu 2014, pp. 5.


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