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Enable translation tools for Acehnese Arabic script

Enable translation tools for Acehnese Arabic script

Hi, could you please enable translation tools for Acehnese Arabic script (Jawoe script) ?

Si Gam Acèh (talk)‎17:34, 7 February 2023

For which purpose?

Is it used anywhere else online?

Amir E. Aharoni (talk)‎12:24, 9 February 2023

We will create Acehnese Wikipedia in 2 scripts, Latin and Jawoe/Jawi (Arabic script).

Si Gam Acèh (talk)‎17:02, 10 February 2023

OK, but that's not what I asked. Where else is it used online?

Amir E. Aharoni (talk)‎06:04, 11 February 2023

The Jawi orthography (based on the arabic scrip) is very common in Indonesia (especially for islamic culture, Just remember that Indonesia is the country with the largest islamic population, and it is official in one of its state with islamic law, except in Bali where it is second after buddhism, and in Western Papua where it coexists with Christianity).

Lot of Indonesian sites display Indonesian languages in Jawi script. The state of Aceh is almost exclusively islamic (and it applies the Sharia law). "Indonesian" (in fact a national standard form of Malay) is also official there, but Acehnese is more native with significant changes compared to standard Indonesian (both being commonly written in the Jawi script).

The Jawi orthography is not just for historic use, its usage is developping again almost everywhere in Indonesia (also in Malaysia, Brunei, as well as Singapore, the south of Thailand, and some islands to the south of the Philippines between the Sulu Sea and the Celebes Sea), notably because there's an official Jawi orthography adopted in 1986 for Indonesia and because the special Arabic letters needed for Malaysian languages are now well supported in the UCS and modern OSes, and by news editors, advertizers, TV channels, social networks; you can see dual script displays everywhere in Aceh, even on official road indicators.

Verdy p (talk)‎10:41, 11 February 2023
 

Acehnese language is written historically with Jawoe script. There are thousands of manuscripts written in Jawoe script since 17th century. It is still used until now especially at traditional Islamic schools. Some websites still use Jawoe script, for example this one: http://akhbarulkarim.blogspot.com/. And we intend to revive it again on Wikipedia.

Si Gam Acèh (talk)‎15:24, 11 February 2023
 
 
 
 
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