Kawi script

For the language, see Kawi language.

Akṣara Kawi
𑼄𑼒𑽂𑼰𑼬𑼒𑼮𑼶
'Kawi' in newly standardized Kawi script
Script type
Time period
c. 8th–16th century
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesOld Balinese, Old Javanese, Old Sundanese, Old Malay,
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
In Indonesia:
Balinese
Batak
Javanese (Hanacaraka)
Lontara
Sundanese
Rencong
Rejang
Buda
In the Philippines:
Baybayin scripts
Sister systems
Khmer, Cham, Old Mon, Grantha, Tamil
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Kawi (368), ​Kawi
Unicode
Unicode alias
Kawi
U+11F00–U+11F5F
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

The Kawi script or the Old Javanese script (Indonesian: aksara kawi, aksara carakan kuna) is a Brahmic script found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century.[1] The script is an abugida, meaning that characters are read with an inherent vowel. Diacritics are used, either to suppress the vowel and represent a pure consonant, or to represent other vowels.[2][3]

  1. ^ Aditya Bayu Perdana and Ilham Nurwansah 2020. Proposal to encode Kawi
  2. ^ De Casparis, J. G. Indonesian Palaeography: A History of Writing in Indonesia from the beginnings to c. AD 1500, Leiden/Koln, 1975, pp. 35-42 with footnotes
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference briggs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).