Batak script

Surat Batak ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲
"Surat Batak" in Toba variant.
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 1300–present
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Batak languages
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a] Phoenician alphabet[a] Aramaic alphabet[a] Brāhmī Detailed descent of Batak script from Brahmi unclear. Hypotheses of Kawi origin or direct descent through Pallava: Pallava script Old Kawi Surat Batak
Sister systems	Direct family relationships unclear. Sister scripts on hypothesis of common Kawi origin: Balinese Baybayin scripts Javanese Lontara Makasar Old Sundanese Rencong Rejang
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Batk (365), ​Batak
Unicode
Unicode alias	Batak
Unicode range	U+1BC0–U+1BFF
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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The Batak script (natively known as surat Batak, surat na sampulu sia ("the nineteen letters"), or si-sia-sia) 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 Pallava script, ultimately derived from the Brahmi script of India, or from the hypothetical Proto-Sumatran script influenced by Pallava.^[1]