[8][9] It could also be derived from the word runcing ('sharp'), as this script family was originally written with a sharp knife tip.

[11][d] The Kaganga script is another name coined by Mervyn A. Jaspan (1926-1975), an anthropologist at the University of Hull.

He was probably not aware that most Brahmi script lineages use KA Ga and Nga as the first characters of the alphabetic order.

[12] The name "Kaganga" is derived from the first three letters of the Pāṇini sequence, which is used in the Brahmi (Indian) script family.

niet, of de bij Europeanen gebruikelijke term "rèntjong-schrift" inderdaad ergens door Maleisch wordt gebezigd.