Van Ophuijsen Spelling System

History

Characteristics

• The digraph dj was used to write, for example djari.
• The digraph tj was used to write, for example tjutji.
• The letter j was used to write, for example jang, pajah and sajang.
• The digraph nj was used to write, for example njamuk.
• The digraph sj was used to write, for example sjarat.
• The digraph ch was used to write, for example achir.
• The digraph oe was used to write, for example goeroe, itoe and oemoer.
• An apostrophe was used to write the glottal stop, for example ma'moer, akal, ta and pa.
• A diaeresis, for example ä, ë, ï and ö, was used indicate that a vowel was pronounced as a full syllable and not as a diphthong, for example dinamaï.
• Letters with diacritical marks were omitted, except ā and ē.