# Lontara

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For the writing system, see [Lontara script](/source/Lontara_script).

**Lontara** or **lontaraq** (ᨒᨚᨈᨑ) are Bugis-Makassar [palm-leaf manuscripts](/source/Palm-leaf_manuscript) that record knowledge on such topics as [history](/source/History), [science](/source/Science), [custom](/source/Norm_(social)), and [laws](/source/Law).[1] The term originates from the [Javanese](/source/Javanese_language)/[Malay](/source/Malay_language) word *lontar*, which is the name of the palm tree *[Borassus flabellifer](/source/Borassus_flabellifer)* that provides the leaves used.

The types of lontara includes[2]

1. *attoriolong* ([bug](/source/Buginese_language)) *patturioloang* ([mak](/source/Makassarese_language)) – history
1. *bilang* or *kotika* ([bug](/source/Buginese_language)-[mak](/source/Makassarese_language)) – characteristics of each day of the week
1. *ade* ([bug](/source/Buginese_language)) or *ada* ([mak](/source/Makassarese_language)) – [adat](/source/Adat)
1. *ulu ada* ([bug](/source/Buginese_language)) or *ulu kana* ([mak](/source/Makassarese_language)) – past treaties or texts between kingdoms or countries
1. *alopi-lopping* ([bug](/source/Buginese_language)) – shipping adat
1. *pangoriseng* ([bug](/source/Buginese_language)) or *pannossorang* ([mak](/source/Makassarese_language)) – genealogies of the royals.

## See also

- [Lontara script](/source/Lontara_script)
- [Buginese language](/source/Buginese_language)

## References

1. A. E., Fachruddin (1999). [*Ritumpanna Wélenrénngé: sebuah episoda sastra Bugis klasik Galigo*](https://books.google.com/books?id=u3jZXmdmv0oC). Jakarta: Yayasan Obor Indonesia. p. 36. ISBN 9789794613184.

1. Andi Zainal Abidin (October 1971). "Notes on the Lontara' as Historical Sources". *Indonesia*. **12** (12): 159–172. Indonesia: Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University. [doi:10.2307/3350664](https://doi.org/10.2307/3350664). [hdl:1813/53521](https://hdl.handle.net/1813/53521). [JSTOR 3350664](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3350664)

## External links

- [Historical texts as social maps: Lontaraq bilang in early modern Makassar](http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/3070/3831)

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