Javanese (Unicode block)

Unicode character block
(2009)91 (+91) Unicode documentationCode chart ∣ Web pageNote: [1][2]
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Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language.

Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There are 91 code points for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:

Javanese[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+A98x ꦀ ꦁ ꦂ ꦃ ꦄ ꦅ ꦆ ꦇ ꦈ ꦉ ꦊ ꦋ ꦌ ꦍ ꦎ ꦏ
U+A99x ꦐ ꦑ ꦒ ꦓ ꦔ ꦕ ꦖ ꦗ ꦘ ꦙ ꦚ ꦛ ꦜ ꦝ ꦞ ꦟ
U+A9Ax ꦠ ꦡ ꦢ ꦣ ꦤ ꦥ ꦦ ꦧ ꦨ ꦩ ꦪ ꦫ ꦬ ꦭ ꦮ ꦯ
U+A9Bx ꦰ ꦱ ꦲ ꦳ ꦴ ꦵ ꦶ ꦷ ꦸ ꦹ ꦺ ꦻ ꦼ ꦽ ꦾ ꦿ
U+A9Cx ꧀ ꧁ ꧂ ꧃ ꧄ ꧅ ꧆ ꧇ ꧈ ꧉ ꧊ ꧋ ꧌ ꧍ ꧏ
U+A9Dx ꧐ ꧑ ꧒ ꧓ ꧔ ꧕ ꧖ ꧗ ꧘ ꧙ ꧞ ꧟
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Javanese block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.2 U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF 91 L2/98-041 Hellingman, Jeroen (1997-05-19), Javanese Proposal
L2/98-070 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.D.1", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/06-080 Sayoga, Teguh Budi (2006-03-13), Proposal for encoding the Javanese Script in the UCS (A900-A97F)
L2/07-232R2 N3292R2 Everson, Michael (2007-07-31), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/07-237 Pentzlin, Karl (2007-07-31), Comment on L2/07-232 - Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
L2/07-248 Anderson, Deborah (2007-08-01), Re L2/07-237 Comment on L2/07-232 Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
L2/07-295 N3319R Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/07-298 N3329 Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Javanese government support for encoding the Javanese script
L2/08-003 Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Javanese", UTC #114 Minutes
L2/08-015R N3319R3 Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
L2/08-318 N3453 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.7", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/09-122 N3613 Anderson, Deborah (2009-04-10), Name correction for FPDAM 6: Javanese A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/09-104 Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C19", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes, Approve the name changes in section A, B, and C of document L2/09-177... [U+A9C0]
L2/09-350 Whistler, Ken (2009-10-21), Property Correction for U+A9B3 Javanese Sign Cecak Telu
L2/16-327 McGowan, Rick (2016-11-07), "Incorrect Indic positional category for Javanese consonant sign cakra", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 27 - Nov 7, 2016)
L2/17-037 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "11. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-038 Lindenberg, Norbert (2017-01-21), Indic positional category for Javanese cakra
L2/17-016 Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "B.14.5 Indic positional category for Javanese cakra", UTC #150 Minutes
L2/17-163 Pournader, Roozbeh (2017-05-09), Indic Syllabic Category of Javanese Cakra
L2/17-103 Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "B.14.7 Indic positional category of Javanese Cakra", UTC #151 Minutes
L2/19-003 Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG
L2/19-004 Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET
L2/19-047 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "16.a. Javanese Consonant sign Keret, 16.b. Javanese Vowel sign Tolong", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-008 Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "B.14.1 Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET, C.4 Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG", UTC #158 Minutes
L2/19-083 Lindenberg, Norbert; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-03-22), Positional category of Javanese pengkal
L2/19-173 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "17. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
L2/19-122 Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "B.13.1 Positional category of Javanese pengkal", UTC #159 Minutes
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

  • Balinese (Unicode block)
  • Sundanese (Unicode block)

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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Javanese language
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Letters of the Aksara Jawa
Nglegena
consonants
  • Ha (ꦲ)
  • Na (ꦤ)
  • Ca (ꦕ)
  • Ra (ꦫ)
  • Ka (ꦏ)
  • Da (ꦢ)
  • Ta (ꦠ)
  • Sa (ꦱ)
  • Wa (ꦮ)
  • La (ꦭ)
  • Pa (ꦥ)
  • Dha (ꦢ)
  • Ja (ꦗ)
  • Ya (ꦪ)
  • Nya (ꦚ)
  • Ma (ꦩ)
  • Ga (ꦒ)
  • Ba (ꦧ)
  • Tha (ꦛ)
  • Nga (ꦔ)
Murda
consonants
  • Ka murda (ꦑ)
  • Ga murda (ꦓ)
  • Na murda (ꦟ)
  • Ta murda (ꦡ)
  • Pa murda (ꦦ)
  • Ba murda (ꦨ)
  • Sa murda (ꦯ)
  • Seldom used: Ca murda (ꦖ)
  • Nya murda (ꦘ)
Extended
consonants
  • Often used: Pa cerek (ꦉ)
  • Nga lelet (ꦊ)
  • Seldom used: Nga lelet Raswadi (ꦋ)
  • Ra agung (ꦬ)
  • Ka sasak (ꦐ)
  • Ja mahaprana (ꦙ)
  • Tha mahaprana (ꦜ)
  • Dha mahaprana (ꦞ)
  • Da mahaprana (ꦣ)
  • Sa mahaprana (ꦰ)
Final and Medial
Consonants
  • Cecak (ꦁ)
  • Layar (ꦂ)
  • Wignyan/visarga (ꦃ)
  • Cakra (ꦿ)
  • Cakra keret (ꦽ)
  • Pengkal (ꦾ)
  • Pangkon/virama (꧀)
Vowels
  • Wulu (ꦶ)
  • Suku (ꦸ)
  • Pepet (ꦼ)
  • Taling (ꦺ)
  • Tarung (ꦴ)
  • Tolong (ꦵ)
  • Dirga mure (ꦻ)
  • Wulu melik (ꦷ)
  • Suku mendut (ꦹ)
  • Foreign: A (ꦄ)
  • I (ꦆ)
  • U (ꦈ)
  • E (ꦌ)
  • Ai (ꦍ)
  • O (ꦎ)
Numbers
  • 0 (꧐)
  • 1 (꧑)
  • 2 (꧒)
  • 3 (꧓)
  • 4 (꧔)
  • 5 (꧕)
  • 6 (꧖)
  • 7 (꧗)
  • 8 (꧘)
  • 9 (꧙)
  • Pada pangkat (꧇)
Punctuations
  • Pada lingsa (꧈)
  • Pada lungsi (꧉)
  • Pada adeg (꧊)
  • Pada adeg-adeg (꧋)
  • Pada piseleh (꧌ and ꧍)
  • Pada luhur (꧅)
  • Pada madya (꧄)
  • Pada andhap (꧃)
  • Pada tirta tumetes (꧞)
  • Pada isen-isen (꧟)
  • Pada windu (꧆)
  • Pangrangkep (ꧏ)
  • Cecak telu (꦳)
  • Panyangga (ꦀ)
  • Rerenggan (꧁ and ꧂)