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
Aksara wianjana (consonants) |
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Warga (articulation point) |
Pancawalimukha |
Ardhasuara (half vowels) |
Usma (fricative) |
Wisarga | ||||
unvoiced | voiced | nasal | ||||||
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Kanthya ( Gutturale ) |
(Ka) Ka |
(Kha) Ka mahaprana |
(Ga) Ga |
(Gha) Ga gora |
(Nga) Nga |
(Ha) Ha |
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Talawya ( Palatale ) |
(Ca) Ca murca |
(Cha) Ca laca |
(Yes) yes |
(Jha) Yes jera |
(Nya) Nya |
(Ya) Ya |
(Śa) Sa saga |
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Murdhanya ( Retroflexe ) |
(Ṭa) Ta latik |
(Ṭha) Ta latik m |
(Ḍa) Da murda a |
(Ḍha) Da murda m |
(Ṇa) Na rambat |
(Ra) Ra |
(Ṣa) Sa sapa |
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Dantya ( dental ) |
(Ta) Ta |
(Tha) Ta tawa |
(There) There is relief |
(Dha) Da madu |
(Na) Na kojong |
(La) La |
(Sa) Sa danti |
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Osthya ( labial ) |
(Pa) Pa |
(Pha) Pa kapal |
(Ba) Ba |
or (Bha) Ba kembang |
(Ma) Ma |
(Wa) Wa |
Vowels
Vowels, suara, are written as independent letters at the beginning of a word.
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] |
Talawya ( Palatale ) |
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I. | [i] | I kara |
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Ī | [iː] |
Murdhanya ( Retroflexe ) |
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Ṛ | [ɹ̩] | Ra repa |
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Ṝ | [ɹ̩ː] |
Dantya ( dental ) |
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Ḷ | [l̩] | La lenga |
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Ḹ | [l̩ː] |
Osthya ( labial ) |
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U | [u] | U kara |
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Ū | [uː] |
Kanthya-talawya (Palato-Guttural) |
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E. | [e]; [ɛ] | E kara (E) Airsanya (Ai) |
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Ai | [aːi] |
Kanthya-osthya (Labio-Guttural) |
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O | [O]; [ɔ] | O kara |
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Au | [aːu] |