Kawi language
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Kawi language is an Old Javanese literary and liturgical language of ancient Indonesia, historically used in inscriptions and classical texts across the region.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bahasa Kawi | 1 |
| Basa Kawi | 1 |
| Kawi | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Javanese language
ⓘ
language ⓘ literary language ⓘ liturgical language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kawi language
ⓘ
surface form:
Bahasa Kawi
Kawi language ⓘ
surface form:
Basa Kawi
Old Javanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Arjunawiwaha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramayana ⓘ
surface form:
Kakawin Ramayana
Nagarakretagama ⓘ Kakawin Sutasoma ⓘ
surface form:
Sutasoma
|
| historicalPeriod |
classical period of Javanese history
ⓘ
early medieval period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Balinese language
ⓘ
Modern Javanese ⓘ Sundanese language ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Old Malay
ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
surface form:
Prakrit languages
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| nativeName | Bhāṣa Kawi ⓘ |
| region |
Bali
ⓘ
Java ⓘ Lombok ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ ancient Indonesia ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| status |
classical language
ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Middle Javanese ⓘ
surface form:
Javanese language
Malayo-Polynesian language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Balinese courts
ⓘ
Javanese courts ⓘ religious specialists ⓘ scribes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Hindu-Buddhist liturgy
ⓘ
court literature ⓘ epic literature ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ literary texts ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ poetry ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Balinese script
ⓘ
Javanese script ⓘ Kawi script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ Javanese script ⓘ
surface form:
Old Javanese script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bahasa Kawi
this entity surface form:
Basa Kawi
this entity surface form:
Kawi