Have you played the video above? if you have, you know that is our childhood song! :D
Our BAHASA and ENGLISH use the same alphabet, but do you know that in the age of Old English, English (or Englisc ) was using Anglo-Saxon runes (futhorc/fuþorc).
Old English was the West Germanic language spoken in the area now known as England between the 5th and 11th centuries. Speakers of Old English called their language Englisc, themselves Angle, Angelcynn or Angelfolc and their home Angelcynn or Englaland. Anglo-Saxon runes is a runic alphabet, extended from the Elder Futhark from 24 to between 26 and 33 characters. Anglo-Saxon runes were used probably from the 5th century AD until about the 10th century.
Anglo-Saxon Runes
They started to be replaced by the Latin alphabet from the 7th century, and after the 9th century the runes were used mainly in manuscripts and were mainly of interest to antiquarians.
Old English Alphabet
