Sundanese script are used. Such punctuations are: comma, dot, semicolon, colon, exclamation mark, question mark, quotes, parenthesis, bracket etc. Old Sundanese, though, was written using its own set of punctuation symbols. The bindu surya 〈〉, a representation of the Sun, was used in the sequence 〈〉, which denoted a religious text. Likewise, the bindu panglong 〈〉, a representation of a half Moon, was used in the sequence 〈〉, which had the same meaning. A third punctuation sequence used as a liturgical text marker is 〈〉. The bindu purnama 〈〉, on the other hand, representing a full Moon, was used in the sequence
What Is a Nation? What Is a Nation? "What is a Nation?" ("Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?") is an 1882 lecture by French historian Ernest Renan (1823–1892), known for the statements that a nation is "a daily referendum", and that nations are based as much on what the people jointly forget, as what they remember. It is frequently quoted or anthologized in works of history or political science pertaining to nationalism and national identity. Renan wrote "What is a Nation" in order to symbolize the nationalism which was born in France as a result of the French Revolution of 1789. Renan begins his essay by noting