Batak Script to Romaji Translation

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Batak script or also known as Ina ni Surat is consist of 19 characters, Bataknese also call this with Surat si Sapulu Sia. Batak script does not recognize the usage of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and space. Letters without space also known as Scriptio Continua.

Scriptio Continua (Continuous Script)

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Ina ni Surat

At the table bellow, those character is mostly end with a sound. Except for i and u. In the Batak script ᯤ or i and ᯥ or u is just use for open syllable, and for closed syllable is using ᯀ with punctuation instead. Batak script is not recognize core sound like c f k q v x z. Like mostly the nick name of Batak boys called Ucok is written as Unsok or Ussok NOT Ucok.

No	Character	Letter	Usage
1	`ᯀ`	a	Normal
2	`ᯂ`	ha / ka	Normal
3	`ᯔ`	ma	Normal
4	`ᯉ`	na	Normal
5	`ᯒ`	ra	Normal
6	`ᯖ`	ta	Normal
7	`ᯘ`	sa	Normal
8	`ᯑ`	da	Normal
9	`ᯎ`	ga	Normal
10	`ᯐ`	ja	Normal
11	`ᯞ`	la	Normal
12	`ᯇ`	pa	Normal
13	`ᯅ`	ba	Normal
14	`ᯝ`	nga	Normal
15	`ᯠ`	nya	Normal
16	`ᯋ`	wa	Normal
18	`ᯛ`	ya	Normal
18	`ᯤ`	i	Syllable
19	`ᯥ`	u	Syllable

Anak ni Surat

No	Character	Mean	Convertion
1	`ᯪ`	Uluwa	`a` → `i`
2	`ᯮ`	Boruta	`a` → `u`
3	`ᯩ`	Hatadingan	`a` → `e`
4	`ᯬ`	Siala	`a` → `o`

Example usage of vowel sign.

No	Character	Letter
1	`ᯂ`	ha
2	`ᯂᯪ`	hi
3	`ᯂᯮ`	hu
4	`ᯂᯩ`	he
5	`ᯂᯬ`	ho

Dependent Consonant Sign

Character	Mean	Description
`ᯰ`	Hamisaran	Consonant sign `ng`

Sign

Character	Mean	Description
`᯲`	Pangolat	Remove `a` sound from letter

Pangolat cannot be used with following a letter.

Punctuation

Punctuation is use for decorative and have several sign.

No	Sign	Mean	Description
1	`᯼`	Bindu na metek	Split between tabs
2	`᯽`	Bindu pinarboras	Split between tabs
3	`᯾`	Bindu judul	Sign for letter tittle
4	`᯿`	Bindu pangolat	Disambiguation

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