Javanese Latin alphabet is
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern I ...
used for writing the
Javanese language
Javanese (, , ; , Aksara Jawa: , Pegon: , IPA: ) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia. There are also pockets of Javanese speakers on the nort ...
. Prior to the introduction of Latin script, Javanese was written in
Javanese script (hanacaraka) or Arabic-based
Pegon script.
The Latin script was introduced during Dutch colonial period which exhibited the influence of
Dutch orthography. Since the introduction of Latin script, the Javanese orthography in Latin script has been undergo several orthographic reforms.
The alphabet is generally the same as the
Indonesian alphabet
The modern Malay or Indonesian alphabet (Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore: ''Tulisan Rumi'', literally "Roman script" or "Roman writing", Indonesia: ''Aksara Latin'', literally "Latin script"), consists of the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alph ...
. There are six
digraphs: dh, kh, ng, ny, sy, and th, and two letters with diacritics: é and ě.
Alphabet
Sound and Spelling Correlation
Relation with Javanese script
* (h)a - ꦲ or ꦄ (A)
* b(a) - ꦧ
* c(a) - ꦕ
* d(a) - ꦢ
* dh(a) - ꦝ
* é and è - ꦲꦺ or ꦌ (É/È)
* (h)e - ꦲꦼ
* f(a) - foreign letter ꦥ꦳
* g(a) - ꦒ
* h(a) - ꦲ
* (h)i - ꦲꦶ or ꦆ (I)
* j(a) - ꦗ
* k(a) - ꦏ
* l(a) - ꦭ
* m(a) - ꦩ
* n(a) - ꦤ
* ny(a) - ꦚ
* ng(a) - ꦔ
* (h)o - ꦲꦺꦴ or ꦎ (O)
* p(a) - ꦥ
* q(a) - Sasak letter ꦐ
* r(a) - ꦫ
* s(a) - ꦱ
* t(a) - ꦠ
* th(a) - ꦛ
* (h)u - ꦲꦸ or ꦈ (U)
* v(a) - foreign letter ꦮ꦳
* w(a) - ꦮ
* x(a) - Approximated by ꦏ꧀ꦱ
* y(a) - ꦪ
* z(a) - foreign letter ꦗ꦳
See also
*
Javanese script
*
Malay orthography
The modern Malay or Indonesian alphabet (Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore: ''Tulisan Rumi'', literally "Roman script" or "Roman writing", Indonesia: ''Aksara Latin'', literally "Latin script"), consists of the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alph ...
Reference
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Pedoman Bahasa Jawa yang Disempurnakan(1977)
Latin alphabets
Javanese language