Makasar script
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The Makasar script, also known as Ukiri' Jangang-jangang or Old Makasar script, is a historical Indonesian writing system that was used in South Sulawesi to write the Makassarese language between the
Makassar-script signature from Treaty of Bongaya, collection of the Indonesian National Archives
Diary of the prince of Gowa, collection of the Tropenmuseum
Manuscript in Makassarese script and language around the 18th and 19th century, collection of the British Library
A fragment of a daily note, collection of the British Library
Batak script
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The Batak script 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 Pa
Batak book about the art of divination from a rooster (Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
Batak script carved into a bamboo tube with wooden stopper (Museum of the Tropics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Bamboo inscribed with Simalungun Batak script (National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, The Netherlands)
Batak palm leaf book (Museum of the Tropics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands)