Kawi script

E13623
Brahmic script abugida writing system

Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kawi 4
Javanese script 2
Old Javanese script 2
Old Kawi script 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedCulture Javanese culture ⓘ
associatedReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
defaultInherentVowel a ⓘ
derivedFrom Pallava script ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
hasCombiningMarks true ⓘ
hasConsonantSigns true ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Kawi script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kawi
hasUnicodeBlock Kawi script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kawi
hasViramaSign true ⓘ
hasVowelDiacritics true ⓘ
historicalPeriod circa 8th century to 16th century ⓘ
influenced Balinese script ⓘ
Baybayin ⓘ
surface form: Baybayin script

Javanese script ⓘ
Sundanese script ⓘ
surface form: Old Sundanese script
ISO15924Number 368 ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Java ⓘ
scriptDirectionality horizontal ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
status no longer in everyday use ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange U+11F00–U+11F5F ⓘ
UnicodeStandardVersionAdded Unicode 15.0 ⓘ
usedBy Old Javanese scribes ⓘ
usedFor Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ
surface form: Old Javanese language

Old Malay language ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form: Sanskrit language
usedForInscriptions true ⓘ
usedForManuscripts true ⓘ
usedForReligiousTexts true ⓘ
usedIn Bali ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Lombok ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
writingMedium metal inscriptions ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystemCategory alphasyllabary ⓘ
writingSystemScope historical ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Balinese script → derivedFrom → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Javanese script
Balinese script → derivedFrom → Kawi script ⓘ
Baybayin → derivedFrom → Kawi script ⓘ
Javanese script → derivedFrom → Kawi script ⓘ
Kawi script → hasISO15924Code → Kawi script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawi
Kawi script → hasUnicodeBlock → Kawi script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawi
Malay → historicalScript → Kawi script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Kawi script ⓘ
Pallava script → influenced → Kawi script ⓘ
Majapahit Empire → language → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawi
Kediri Kingdom → literaryLanguage → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kawi
Sanjaya dynasty → scriptUsed → Kawi script ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Javanese script
Kawi (Old Javanese) → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Javanese script
Kawi language → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Kutaraja → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Majapahit Empire → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Medang Kingdom → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Middle Javanese → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Javanese script
Middle Javanese → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Old Malay → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Kawi script
Sailendra dynasty → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ
Singhasari Kingdom → writingSystem → Kawi script ⓘ