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Rejang alphabet
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Part of a series on</th></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th>Writing systems used in Indonesia</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic scripts</a></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Balinese_script/GFaM7dph">Bali</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Batak_script/P6bdXee5">Batak</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Buda_script/9ucE09Dq">Buda</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Javanese_script/HaMUR9Mw">Javanese</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Kawi_script/NXdMWyYz">Kawi</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Komering_script/X9bCuWAh">Komering</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Lontara_script/nM7GFr0F">Lontara</a> (<a href="/facts/Satera_Jontal/nM7GFr0F">Satera Jontal</a>, <a href="/facts/Mbojo_script/nM7GFr0F">Mbojo</a>, Lota Ende)</li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Makasar_script/jJ0vgE37">Makasar</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Ogan_script/nWASHjKI">Ogan</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Sasak_script/PVASSKXS">Sasak</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Sundanese_script/SdBEctgL">Sundanese</a> (<a href="/facts/Old_Sundanese_script/tvc7yYSJ">Old Sundanese</a>)</li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Ulu_scripts/SCVXJ2J7">Ulu</a> (<a href="/facts/Incung_script/7EkYQ2Ec">Incung</a>, <a href="/facts/Lampung_script/IzMrz8zV">Lampung</a>, <a href="/facts/Lembak_script/SCVXJ2J7">Lembak</a>, Rejang, <a href="/facts/Pasemah_script/SCVXJ2J7">Pasemah</a>, <a href="/facts/Serawai_script/SCVXJ2J7">Serawai</a>)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Controversial scripts</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Malesung</li><li>Minangkabau</li><li>Gayo</li><li>Kanung</li></ul><ul><li>Rikasa Cirebon</li><li>Sangir</li><li>Mongondow</li><li>Alifuru</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Arabic_script/GB5gsj1F">Arabic script</a></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Buri_Wolio/V9pCpDT6">Buri Wolio</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Jawi_script/DdF2xzyM">Jawi</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Pegon_script/qc4mLClp">Pegon</a></li><li>Serang</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Hangul/prUQxzfJ">Hangul script</a></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Cia-Cia_language/sICGWXx2">Cia-Cia</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Alphabetical script</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin script</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Other scripts</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Dunging_script/9PJL62V2">Dunging</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Lontara_Bilang-bilang/UKoD3xR6">Bilang-bilang</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Related</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_writing_systems_of_Indonesia/YDFuW5zg">List of writing systems of Indonesia</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Languages_of_Indonesia/ovMhWzPp">Languages of Indonesia</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th><ul><li> Asia portal</li></ul><ul><li> Indonesia portal</li></ul><ul><li> Language portal</li></ul><ul><li> Writing portal</li></ul></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Rejang script is an <a href="/facts/Abugida/FWhLePru">abugida</a> of the <a href="/facts/Brahmic_family/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic family</a> that is related to other scripts of the region, such as the <a href="/facts/Batak_script/P6bdXee5">Batak</a> and <a href="/facts/Lontara_script/nM7GFr0F">Lontara scripts</a>. Rejang is also a member of the closely related group of <a href="/facts/Ulu_scripts/SCVXJ2J7">Ulu scripts</a> that include the script variants of South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lembak, Lintang, Lebong, and Serawai. Other closely related scripts that are sometimes included in the Surat Ulu group include the Ogan, Kerinci, and <a href="/facts/Lampung_script/IzMrz8zV">Lampung scripts</a>. The script was in use prior to the introduction of Islam to the Rejang area; the earliest attested document appears to date from the mid-18th century CE. The Rejang script is sometimes also known as the KaGaNga script following the first three letters of the alphabet. The term KaGaNga was never used by the users of the script community, but it was coined by the British anthropologist Mervyn A. Jaspan (1926–1975) in his book <i>Folk literature of South Sumatra. Redjang Ka-Ga-Nga texts.</i> Canberra, The Australian National University 1964. </p><p>The script was used to write texts in Malay and <a href="/facts/Rejangese_language/C1hQnkHh">Rejang</a>, which is now spoken by about 200,000 people living in <a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a> on the island of <a href="/facts/Sumatra/Fo192kJb">Sumatra</a> in the southwest highlands, north <a href="/facts/Bengkulu/ko4SAoR2">Bengkulu</a> Province, around <a href="/facts/Arga_Makmur/mlsrE6y3">Arga Makmur</a>, Muaraaman, <a href="/facts/Curup/e78AkewS">Curup</a>, and <a href="/facts/Kepahiang_District/vPn5KzDe">Kepahiang</a>, and also in the Rawas area of <a href="/facts/South_Sumatra/PFCoynHk">South Sumatra</a> Province, near Muara Kulam. There are five major dialects of Rejang: Lebong, Musi, Kebanagung, Pesisir (all in Bengkulu Province), and Rawas (in South Sumatra Province). Most of its users live in fairly remote rural areas, of whom slightly less than half are literate. </p><p>The traditional Rejang corpus consists chiefly of ritual texts, medical incantations, and poetry. </p>