Pallawa Hasti

The Pallawa Hasti script was created by Reza Sumanda in 2026 as an alternative way to write Indonesian, Malay, and other languages. It was was inspired by the Pallawa script, particularly all the variations in how Pallawa is written. The word Hasti comes from the Sanskrit word hashtam likhati (hand writing).

Notable features

Type of writing system: Abugida: each consonant letter carries an inherent vowel /a/. Other vowels are written with diacritics, or with separate letters when not preceeded by a consonant.
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.
Used to write: Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) and Malay (Bahasa Melayu), and other languages

Pallawa Hasti script

Sample text (Malay)

Sample text in Malay in the Pallawa Hasti script

Transliteration

Dia membangun kuil untuk memuja Shiva dan Parvati di Utara Meghalaya.

Translation

He built temples to worship Shive and Parvati in Northern Meghalaya.

Information about Malay | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel | Learning materials

Scripts created by Reza Sumanda

Pakis, Pallawa Hasti, Ranting Mualang, Saramukhi, Surat Binua, Tenzu, Urup Bakatiʼ, Urup Bidayuh

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