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Javanese script

Javanese script (Javanese: ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫꦗꦮ, romanized: aksara Jawa), also known as hanacaraka, carakan, and dentawyanjana, is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts developed on the island of Java. The script is primarily used to write the Javanese language and has also been used to write several other regional languages such as Sundanese and Madurese, the…

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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Javanese Sundanese Madurese Sasak Malay Indonesian Kawi Sanskrit
Parent systems
Proto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script · PhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script · AramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script · BrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script · Tamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script
Period
c. 1500s CE – present
Script type
Abugida
Sister systems
Balinese script Batak script Baybayin scripts Lontara script Makasar Sundanese script Rencong alphabet Rejang alphabet Sasak script

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Javanese script

Nodes116
Edges115
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Javanese script

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related to Bibliography · 94
Javanese script → Amir, An Introduction, Archived, Arps, Batavia, Behrend, Bijdragen, Century West Java, Codicology, CS1, Culturen, De, Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, Discovering, Dutch, Everson, Formation, Geschieden, Het Begin, Historical
related to Usage · 44
Javanese script → Amir Hamzah, Arjuna, As, Bank, Bataviasche Courant, Calon Arang, Cerita Panji, Damar Wulan, Due, European, From, Ghatotkacha, His, In, Islam, Java, Java's, Javanese, Kajawèn, Kawi
related to Digitized manuscripts · 38
Javanese script → Add Ms, Archived, Babad, Bali Archived, Balinese, Bogor, British Library, Bupati Sepuh Demak, CS, Hamengkubuwana, III, Indonesia, January, Javanese, Jaya Lengkara Wulang, July, June, Kraton, Letters, Malay
related to Gallery · 28
Javanese script → Bank, British Library, Dienst, Droste's CacaoAn, Dutch East Indies, GresikA, Gulden, Gulden/Rupiah, Hamengkubuwana, Java, Javanese, Kyai Tumenggung Pusponegoro, Later, Latin, Mahabharata, Osram, Public Health Service, Pégon, Queen Wilhelmina, Semarang
related to history · 25
Javanese script → Arabic, As, From, However, In, In West Java, Indonesia, Indonesia's, Indonesia's Hindu-Buddhist, Islamic, Java, Javanese, Kawi, Kraton, Mataram, Pallava, Pegon, Southeast Asia, Southern, Sundanese
related to Others · 19
Javanese script → Aksara, Archived, Benny LinHana, CAKRA, DanDownload Javanese, Google Noto, Javanese, Javanese Script Transliterator, KERET, Library Asian-African Studies, Nusantara, October, PENGKAL, September, TOLONG, Tuladha Jejeg Archived, Unicode, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineUnicode
related to Media · 18
Javanese script → As Java, Borassus, Broussonetia, Daluang, Each, Everyday, In, Islamic, Java, Javanese, Kawi, Malay Archipelago, Meanwhile, South, Southeast Asia, There, This, Visually
related to Additional letters in loan words · 15
Javanese script → According, Arabic, Dutch, Dwijasewaya, English, For, Hollander, However, Indonesian, Initially, Javanese, Most, Padmasusastra, The, The Javanese
related to Decline · 14
Javanese script → As, Balai Pustaka, Dutch East Indies, However, In, Indonesia, It, Japanese, Javanese, Latin, Many, Nevertheless, Some, The
related to Contemporary use · 11
Javanese script → Central Java, East Java Province, However, In, Javanese, Kajawèn, Most Javanese, Nevertheless, Several, Therefore, Yogyakarta

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javanese script used writing use aksara paper kawi characters sundanese java pada century punctuation collection letters also library written modern

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Javanese scriptDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Javanese scriptISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Java (361), ​Javanese1.00infobox
Javanese scriptLanguagesJavanese Sundanese Madurese Sasak Malay Indonesian Kawi Sanskrit1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsProto-SinaiticPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsPhoenicianAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsAramaicBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsBrahmiTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsTamil-BrahmiPallavaKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsPallavaKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsKawiJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptParent systemsJavanese script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptPeriodc. 1500s CE – present1.00infobox
Javanese scriptScript typeAbugida1.00infobox
Javanese scriptSister systemsBalinese script Batak script Baybayin scripts Lontara script Makasar Sundanese script Rencong alphabet Rejang alphabet Sasak script1.00infobox
Javanese scriptUnicode aliasJavanese1.00infobox
Javanese scriptUnicode rangeU+A980–U+A9DF1.00infobox
Javanese scriptis aabugida writing system which consists of 20 to 33 basic letters0.90text
Javanese scriptis aTamil-Brahmi script which evolved into the Pallava script in Southern and Southeast Asia between the 6th and 8th centuries0.90text
Javanese scriptis aBalinese script0.90text

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