Pegon script

E39178

Pegon script is an adapted form of the Arabic script traditionally used by Javanese and Sundanese Muslims to write their local languages, especially for religious and literary texts.

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Prompt

Generate an image of Pegon script (Pegon script is an adapted form of the Arabic script traditionally used by Javanese and Sundanese Muslims to write their local languages, especially for religious and literary texts.)

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pegon script canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic-derived script ⓘ
abjad ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
adaptedFrom Arabic orthography ⓘ
associatedRegion Java Island ⓘ
West Java ⓘ
associatedReligion Islam ⓘ
currentStatus minority script ⓘ
used in traditional Islamic boarding schools ⓘ
derivedFrom Arabic script ⓘ
linked to: Arabic alphabet
encodes Islamic jurisprudence texts in Javanese ⓘ
Quranic commentaries in local languages ⓘ
Sundanese Islamic manuscripts ⓘ
hasAdditionalLettersFor Javanese phonemes ⓘ
Malay phonemes ⓘ
Sundanese phonemes ⓘ
hasAlternateName Aksara Pegon ⓘ
linked to: Jawi script
hasDiacritics true ⓘ
hasFeature adapted orthographic conventions for Austronesian languages ⓘ
additional consonant letters beyond standard Arabic ⓘ
hasTransliterationTo Javanese script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
hasVowelNotation true ⓘ
historicalUsagePeriod Dutch East Indies period ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East Indies

pre-colonial era in Java ⓘ
ISO15924Code none ⓘ
primaryUsage Islamic education ⓘ
Islamic literature ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
representsVowelsWith harakat diacritics ⓘ
scriptFamily Arabic script ⓘ
usedBy Javanese Muslims ⓘ
Madurese Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Orang Madura

Sundanese Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sundanese people
usedFor Indonesian language ⓘ
Javanese language ⓘ
Madurese language ⓘ
linked to: Madurese

Malay language ⓘ
linked to: Malay

Sundanese language ⓘ
usedForReligiousLanguage Arabic loanwords ⓘ
usedIn Indonesia ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Sunda region ⓘ
linked to: Sundaland
usedInInstitution pesantren ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemType consonant alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Sundanese → writingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ
Javanese → writingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ
Madurese → scriptUsedHistorically → Pegon script ⓘ
Jawi script → closelyRelatedTo → Pegon script ⓘ
Banjar language → usesScriptVariant → Pegon script ⓘ
Javanese people → writingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ
Sundanese people → writingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ
Cirebonese people → writingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ
Sundanese literature → writingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ
Oreng Madhurâ → script → Pegon script ⓘ
Madura language → hasWritingSystem → Pegon script ⓘ