Ulu scripts

Ulu scripts
Ulu scripts;
	Examples of the Ulu family of scripts: Incung (top), Lampung (middle), and Rejang (bottom)
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 13th–present
Direction	Left-to-right
Region	Sumatra, Indonesia
Languages	Malay, Bengkulu, Kerinci, Lampung, Rejang, Serawai, and others
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a] Phoenician alphabet[a] Aramaic alphabet[a] Brāhmī Pallava Old Kawi Ulu scripts; ; ; ; ; ;
Sister systems	Balinese; Batak; Baybayin scripts; Javanese; Lontara; Makasar; Old Sundanese
Unicode
Unicode range	U+A930–U+A95F; Rejang;
	[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.

The Ulu scripts, locally known as Surat Ulu ('upstream script') 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.

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