Buri Wolio script

E569507

Buri Wolio script is an indigenous writing system historically used to record the Wolio language of the Butonese people in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Buri Wolio script canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf writing system ⓘ
associatedWith Buton Island ⓘ
Buton Sultanate ⓘ
culturalSignificance part of Butonese cultural heritage ⓘ
currentStatus limited contemporary use ⓘ
derivedFrom Lontara script ⓘ
hasFeature consonant letters with inherent vowel ⓘ
diacritics to modify vowels ⓘ
historicalUsage historically used to record Wolio language ⓘ
languageFamilyWritten Austronesian languages ⓘ
region Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes
relatedTo Buginese script ⓘ
linked to: Bugis script

Makassarese script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptType abugida ⓘ
scriptUserCommunity Wolio-speaking community ⓘ
status historical script ⓘ
usedBy Butonese people ⓘ
usedFor literary works ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
royal documents ⓘ
writing the Wolio language ⓘ
usedIn Indonesia ⓘ
Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium manuscripts ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
writingSystemOf Wolio language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Wolio language → usesScriptHistorically → Buri Wolio script ⓘ