History
The history of Lontara alphabet is unknown. One theory states that it is modelled from a South Sumatran script. The reason of this claim is probably based on the outer form of Lontara alphabet with said alphabet. But this claim is said to be unfounded since some characters of the Lontara alphabet is a late development.
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