Batak script
The Batak script (natively known as surat Batak, surat na sampulu sia ("the nineteen letters"), or si-sia-sia) 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.
| Surat Batak ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲ | |
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"Surat Batak" in Toba variant. | |
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 1300–present |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Batak languages |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a]
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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 15924 | Batk (365), Batak |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Batak |
| U+1BC0–U+1BFF | |
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. | |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
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