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Writing system is the most important tool to spread the high and noble knowledge of Indonesian people since the ancient time. Let me take you on a journey to see some of the writing systems in Indonesia.

So strong was the Javanesse influence around the Nusantara, the Hanacaraka/Carakan was also used by their neighbours and vessel kingdoms.The Balinesse Carakan has enough variety to distinct their Carakan from the Javanesse Carakan. There are additional consonants in the Balinesse Carakan, and they are used for writing words from the Kawi (Old Javanese) language.

Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet / abugida
Each consonant has an inherent vowel. Other vowels can be indicated using diacritics which appear above, below, in front of or after the consonant. If the vowels appear in the middle of a word, the vowel signs are attached to the syllable ha. Independent vowel letters are used when a word begins with a vowel.
Each consonant has an appended form (Pangangge Akśara) which is used when one consonant follows another without a vowel in between.
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
There are no spaces between words.

Description
Writing system is the most important tool to spread the high and noble knowledge of Indonesian people since the ancient time. Let me take you on a journey to see some of the writing systems in Indonesia.

So strong was the Javanesse influence around the Nusantara, the Hanacaraka/Carakan was also used by their neighbours and vessel kingdoms.The Balinesse Carakan has enough variety to distinct their Carakan from the Javanesse Carakan. There are additional consonants in the Balinesse Carakan, and they are used for writing words from the Kawi (Old Javanese) language.

Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet / abugida
Each consonant has an inherent vowel. Other vowels can be indicated using diacritics which appear above, below, in front of or after the consonant. If the vowels appear in the middle of a word, the vowel signs are attached to the syllable ha. Independent vowel letters are used when a word begins with a vowel.
Each consonant has an appended form (Pangangge Akśara) which is used when one consonant follows another without a vowel in between.
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
There are no spaces between words.