Republican Spelling System

The Republican Spelling System (in Indonesian: ejaan Republik, when written in the current spelling system, or edjaan Repoeblik, when written in this spelling system) or Soewandi Spelling (in Indonesian: ejaan Suwandi, when written in the current spelling system, or edjaan Soewandi, when written in this spelling system) was the orthography used for Indonesian from 19 March 1947 until 17 August 1972. It was named after the Indonesian Minister of Learning at the time, Raden Soewandi.