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Pegon
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Pegon is a modified form of Arabic script that is used in the Javanese cultural zone for writing Javanese, but also Sundanese, Madurese, and even—though very rarely—Balinese (namely one manuscript kept in Leiden University Library, Cod. Or. 4716). Etymologically, the term derives from the Javanese
pego, meaning “strange” (with respect to pronunciation), whereas the (Javanese) homonymous word
pegon means “foreign” or “strange.” This script has the same adjustments made for writing Malay, known as Jawi, that is, the five consonants of /p/, /c/, /ng/, /n…
Source:
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Date:
2021-05-25
