Kawi (Old Javanese)

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Kawi (Old Javanese) is an early literary form of the Javanese language used in classical inscriptions and texts across Java and neighboring regions in Southeast Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Javanese
language
literary language
alternativeName Kawi (Old Javanese)
surface form: Bahasa Kawi

Kawi (Old Javanese)
surface form: Kawi language

Kawi (Old Javanese)
surface form: Old Javanese
associatedWithReligion Buddhism
Hinduism
derivedFrom Austronesian languages
surface form: Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
earliestEvidence 8th century inscriptions
hasAncestor Austronesian languages
surface form: Old Malay

Austronesian languages
surface form: Proto-Javanese
hasWritingTradition kakawin poetry
kidung poetry
parwa prose
influenced Balinese language
Middle Javanese
Modern Javanese
Sasak language
influencedBy Austronesian languages
surface form: Old Malay

Sanskrit
ISOStatus no modern ISO 639-3 code as separate language
lexicalBorrowingFrom Old Malay
Sanskrit
region Maritime Southeast Asia
surface form: Island Southeast Asia
spokenIn Java
standardFormOf Old Javanese literary tradition
subclassOf Austronesian language
Kawi (Old Javanese) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Javanese language

Malayo-Polynesian language
Western Malayo-Polynesian language
timePeriod circa 8th century to 15th century
usedFor Hindu-Buddhist scriptures
court poetry
epic narratives
inscriptions
literary works
religious texts
usedIn Bali
Java
Kediri Kingdom
Lombok
Majapahit Empire
Medang Kingdom
Singhasari Kingdom
Southeast Asia
writingSystem Balinese script
Kawi script
surface form: Javanese script

Kawi script
Kawi script
surface form: Old Javanese script

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

Rakai Kayuwangi languageOfInscriptions Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Daksha language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Telahap inscription language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese language
Sri Isyana Tunggawijaya languageUsed Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Mataram region language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Kubu-Kubu inscription writingSystem Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Wisnuwardhana languageOfCourt Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Sri Vishnuvardhana language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Mataram Kingdom (Medang) rulers language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Ken Dedes languageOfRecord Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Tunggul Ametung language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese (cultural-linguistic context)
Sri Maharaja Anusapati languageContext Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Sri Mapanji Jayabaya languageContext Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Kameswara language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: OldJavanese
Mahabharata tradition in Java usesLanguage Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Janggala hasLanguage Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Panjalu languageUsed Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Erlangga language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
King of Kahuripan languageUsed Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Udayana of Bali language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Udayana of Bali sourceLanguageOfInscriptions Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Mahendradatta nativeLanguage Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Mapanji Garasakan languageOfEnvironment Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Mapanji Alanjung Ahyes languageContext Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Mapanji Jayashakti language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Janggala kingdom language Kawi (Old Javanese)
subject surface form: Janggala
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Sri Maharaja Kertajaya languageContext Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Kamaratih languageOfWork Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Isyana dynasty language Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese
Sanjaya line hasLanguage Kawi (Old Javanese)
this entity surface form: Old Javanese