Balinese script

E14599
abugida writing system

Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Balinese script canonical 16
Aksara Bali 1
Balinese alphabet 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Balinese culture ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Hinduism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Indonesia ⓘ
defaultInherentVowel a ⓘ
derivedFrom Kawi script ⓘ
Kawi script ⓘ
surface form: Old Javanese script
direction left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternateName Balinese script ⓘ
surface form: Balinese alphabet
hasCombiningMarks true ⓘ
hasConjunctForms true ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters true ⓘ
hasIndependentDigitZero true ⓘ
hasIndependentVowelLetters true ⓘ
hasNuktaLikeSigns true ⓘ
hasNumerals true ⓘ
hasPunctuationMarks true ⓘ
hasRephaOrSimilarForm true ⓘ
hasSyllabicStructure consonant-based ⓘ
hasToneMarks false ⓘ
hasTraditionalName Balinese script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aksara Bali
hasUnicodeBlock Balinese ⓘ
hasUnicodeVersionIntroduced Unicode 5.0 ⓘ
hasViramaSign true ⓘ
hasVowelDiacritics true ⓘ
ISO15924Code Bali ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Bali ⓘ
scriptCategory South-East Asian Brahmic script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse at least since the 14th century ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange U+1B00–U+1B7F ⓘ
usedFor historical texts ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
traditional literature ⓘ
usedForLanguage Balinese ⓘ
surface form: Balinese language

Kawi language ⓘ
Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ
surface form: Old Javanese

Sanskrit ⓘ
usedIn Bali ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
usedInManuscripts lontar manuscripts ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingMedium palm leaf ⓘ
paper ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Kawi (Old Javanese) → writingSystem → Balinese script ⓘ
Kawi script → influenced → Balinese script ⓘ
Balinese script → hasTraditionalName → Balinese script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aksara Bali
Balinese script → hasAlternateName → Balinese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balinese alphabet
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Balinese script ⓘ
Malayo-Polynesian languages → writingSystem → Balinese script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balinese script (historical)
Sundanese script → relatedScript → Balinese script ⓘ
Nagarakretagama → script → Balinese script ⓘ
Pallava script → influenced → Balinese script ⓘ
Kawi language → writingSystem → Balinese script ⓘ
Javanese script → closelyRelatedTo → Balinese script ⓘ
Indosphere → includesScriptFamily → Balinese script ⓘ
Pallava Grantha → influenced → Balinese script ⓘ
Sunda-Sulawesi languages → writingSystem → Balinese script ⓘ
Balinese language → writingSystem → Balinese script ⓘ
Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Balinese script ⓘ
Cham script → relatedTo → Balinese script ⓘ
Kawi → influenced → Balinese script ⓘ
Javanic languages → writingSystemUsedByMembers → Balinese script ⓘ