Rumi

E147525

Rumi is the Latin-based writing system used for the Malay language, in contrast to the traditional Arabic-derived Jawi script.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rumi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin script–based orthography ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rumi orthography ⓘ
Rumi script ⓘ
associatedWith Romanization of Malay ⓘ
characterSet Latin letters A–Z with diacritics for Malay phonemes ⓘ
contrastWith Jawi ⓘ
linked to: Jawi script
dominantScriptFor Malay language ⓘ
linked to: Malay
historicalRelation modern replacement of traditional Jawi script in many contexts ⓘ
languageWritten Malay language ⓘ
officialStatusIn Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
replaced Jawi as the primary script for Malay in many domains ⓘ
scriptCodeContext uses basic Latin letters with additional orthographic conventions for Malay sounds ⓘ
scriptFamily Latin ⓘ
scriptOrigin Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
standardizedFor Bahasa Indonesia ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian

Bahasa Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malay

Brunei Malay ⓘ
linked to: Bruneian Malay
usedBy Malay-speaking communities ⓘ
usedFor education in Malay ⓘ
government documents in Malay ⓘ
mass media in Malay ⓘ
writing the Malay language ⓘ
usedIn Brunei ⓘ
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
southern Thailand ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malay → scriptVariant → Rumi ⓘ
Rumi Carter → givenName → Rumi ⓘ