Lontara

{{Short description|Indonesian palm-leaf manuscripts}}

{{For|the writing system|Lontara script}}

File:Aksara Lontara-7 naskah lontara di Museum Balla Lompoa 1.jpg

Lontara or lontaraq ({{Script|Bugi|ᨒᨚᨈᨑ}}) are Bugis-Makassar palm-leaf manuscripts that record knowledge on such topics as history, science, custom, and laws.{{cite book

| last = A. E.

| first = Fachruddin

| title = Ritumpanna Wélenrénngé: sebuah episoda sastra Bugis klasik Galigo

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u3jZXmdmv0oC

| year = 1999

| publisher = Yayasan Obor Indonesia

| location = Jakarta

| isbn = 9789794613184

| page = 36

}}

The term originates from the Javanese/Malay word lontar, which is the name of the palm tree Borassus flabellifer that provides the leaves used.

The types of lontara includes{{cite journal|title=Notes on the Lontara' as Historical Sources|journal=Indonesia|author=Andi Zainal Abidin|location=Indonesia|volume=12|issue=12|date=October 1971|pages=159–172|publisher= Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University|jstor=3350664|doi=10.2307/3350664|hdl=1813/53521|hdl-access=free}}

1. attoriolong (bug) patturioloang (mak) – history
2. bilang or kotika (bug-mak) – characteristics of each day of the week
3. ade{{hamza}} (bug) or ada{{hamza}} (mak) – adat
4. ulu ada (bug) or ulu kana (mak) – past treaties or texts between kingdoms or countries
5. alopi-lopping (bug) – shipping adat
6. pangoriseng (bug) or pannossorang (mak) – genealogies of the royals.