Sawerigading
Vol 15, No 2 (2009): Sawerigading

ALTERNATIF PENGEMBANGAN AKSARA LONTARA ( Alternative Way of Developing Aksara Lontara )

Abd. Aziz Ahmad (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Mar 2016

Abstract

AbstractIt has been recognized that the development of “Aksara Lontara” isunsatisfactory, especially in facilitating the punctuation needed to spell the soundof aksara Lontara. Expressing culture through an understanding of locallanguage orthography may give contribution to the connection history of ournation in the past and the present time.The aksara Lontara is used for severalfunctions, such as writing religion book, names of street/road, name plates, andmany others. However, people find difficulties in reading such a spelling ofaksara Lontara. Therefore, punctuation as a sign of consonants for aksaraLontara is required to be developed.In this article, five signs of consonants foraksara Lontara are proposed. They are “o”, “x”, and “Ö” above the letter, “_”below the letter, and the letter written in smaller font, as in m into “m” whichsounds “m”. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sawerigading

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

SAWERIGADING is a journal aiming to publish literary studies researches, either Indonesian, local, or foreign literatures. All articles in SAWERIGADING have passed reviewing process by peer reviewers and edited by editors. SAWERIGADING is published by Balai Bahasa Sulawesi Selatan twice times a ...