Balinese script
The Balinese script ( aksara Bali ) is a derivative of the Brahmi script and thus belongs to the Indian scripts .
The Balinese script is used in Bali to write texts in the Balinese language . It is also used to write Kawi , an ancient Javanese language, and (with some modifications) Sasak , a language spoken in Lombok .
Character map
There are 33 consonant signs ( wianjana ) in Balinese , although only 18 of them, the wreṣāstra , are used for Balinese. The rest is mainly used for spelling Sanskrit and loan words from the Kawi language.
Consonants
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Aksara wianjana (consonants) |
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Warga (articulation point) |
Pancawalimukha |
Ardhasuara (half vowels) |
Usma (fricative) |
Wisarga | ||||
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Kanthya ( Gutturale ) |
Ka |
Ka mahaprana |
Ga |
Ga gora |
Nga |
Ha |
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Talawya ( Palatale ) |
Ca murca |
Ca laca |
yes |
Yes jera |
Nya |
Ya |
Sa saga |
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Murdhanya ( Retroflexe ) |
Ta latik |
Ta latik m |
Da murda a |
Da murda m |
Na rambat |
Ra |
Sa sapa |
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Dantya ( dental ) |
Ta |
Ta tawa |
There is relief |
Da madu |
Na kojong |
La |
Sa danti |
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Osthya ( labial ) |
Pa |
Pa kapal |
Ba |
Ba kembang |
Ma |
Wa |
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Vowels
Vowels, suara, are written as independent letters at the beginning of a word.
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Aksara suara (vowels) |
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Warga (articulation point) |
Aksara suara hresua (short vowels) |
Surname |
Aksara suara dirgha (long vowels) |
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| symbol | Transliteration | IPA | symbol | Transliteration | IPA | ||
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Kantya ( Gutturale ) |
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A. | [a] | A kara |
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Ā | [ɑː] |
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Talawya ( Palatale ) |
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I. | [i] | I kara |
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Ī | [iː] |
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Murdhanya ( Retroflexe ) |
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Ṛ | [ɹ̩] | Ra repa |
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Ṝ | [ɹ̩ː] |
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Dantya ( dental ) |
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Ḷ | [l̩] | La lenga |
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Ḹ | [l̩ː] |
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Osthya ( labial ) |
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U | [u] | U kara |
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Ū | [uː] |
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Kanthya-talawya (Palato-Guttural) |
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E. | [e]; [ɛ] | E kara (E) Airsanya (Ai) |
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Ai | [aːi] |
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Kanthya-osthya (Labio-Guttural) |
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O | [O]; [ɔ] | O kara |
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Au | [aːu] |