The Lontara script also known as the Bugis script, is an abugida with 23 basic letters. The script is a descendant of Brahmi through Kawi intermediaries. This remarkable writing system, was derived from the Malay word lontar, meaning palmyra palm, whose leaves were used as writing material.
The Dutch, who colonized much of what is now Indonesia, introduced the Latin alphabet, which has almost completely replaced all the traditional scripts in the islands.
Lontara is usually written from left to right, but sometimes follows a boustrophedonic style.
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