The Transliteration and Translation of the KITTAQ USSULUQ Manuscript

Kittaq Ussuluq is one of Bugis scripts that uses two languages with three characters. The languages used are the Bugis language with Lontaraq script, the Arabic script, and the Bugis language with Serang script. This manuscript is all about Tauhid, which is knowledge about monotheism, the "oneness of Allah", which was very useful for the past community and still relevant to lives today. This manuscript is used as one of the traditions in the local community known as "Mangaji Ussuluq". Therefore, transcription, transliteration and translation of the Kittaq Ussuluq manuscript are important to do, considering the language and script used in the old manuscripts were not contemporary with today's readers. Based on that problem, the purpose of this paper is to make a transcription that can be easily read and understood by today's readers. The research method used is a philological research method adapted to the stages of research and descriptive methods. The data collection technique used was the literature study or observation method while in the manuscript description stage, the descriptive method is used. At the transcription stage, the researchers used the transcription method by moving letters from one script to another. This research began with tracing and inventorying manuscripts, followed by a description of the manuscript and transcription. Meanwhile, the translation was done from the Arabic language and Bugis language to the Indonesian language.