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Description : Hanacaraka or known by the name Carakan or cacarakan (Sundanese) is a derivative script Brahmi script used or have been used for writing texts in Javanese, the language Makasar, Madurese language, Malay, Sundanese, Balinese, and Sasak language. Hanacaraka form now used (modern) has been fixed since the time of the Mataram Sultanate (17th century) but a new printing form appears in the 19th century. This script is a modification of the script and is a abugida Kawi. This can be...