Hanacaraka

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Hanacaraka is the traditional Javanese writing system used historically on the island of Java for literary, religious, and everyday texts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hanacaraka canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Javanese script
abugida
writing system
alternativeName Javanese script
surface form: Aksara Jawa

Carakan
associatedWithEthnicGroup Javanese people
associatedWithReligion Buddhism (historically)
Hinduism
surface form: Hinduism (historically)

Islam in Indonesia
surface form: Islam (in Javanese literary tradition)
competedWith Latin alphabet in Indonesia
coreConsonantCount 20 basic consonant letters (traditionally ordered)
currentStatus limited everyday use
used in cultural, educational, and ceremonial contexts
derivedFrom Kawi script
Pallava script
surface form: Pallava script (indirectly)
encodingStandard Unicode
hasComponent consonant letters
diacritics
numerals
punctuation marks
vowel signs
hasFeature conjunct or subjoined consonant forms (pasangan)
contextual shaping of letters
independent vowel letters
inherent vowel /a/ on consonant letters
special punctuation for verse and prose
special signs for final consonants
vowel diacritics written around consonants
hasTraditionalOrder ha na ca ra ka sequence
historicalUse everyday writing
literary texts
religious texts
royal and court documents
nameOrigin named after its first five letters: ha-na-ca-ra-ka
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts
timePeriodOfWidespreadUse early colonial period in Indonesia
pre-colonial Java
unicodeBlockName Javanese
unicodeBlockRange U+A980–U+A9DF
usedFor inscriptions
manuscripts on palm leaves and paper
usedForLanguage Balinese language (to some extent)
Javanese
surface form: Javanese language

Madurese language (historically)
Sundanese language (historically)
usedInRegion Indonesia
Java
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemType syllabic alphabet

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

Javanese script hasNativeName Hanacaraka
Carakan hasAlternateName Hanacaraka