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Javanese is the language spoken in the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, in Indonesia.
Here are the letters of the Javanese and Latin alphabet and their pronunciation:
Upon mastering the material in this lesson, feel free to delve into these connected themes: Fruits, How to Say Goodbye in Javanese.
Javanese Script[edit | edit source]
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Letter | Nglegéna | ꦲ | ꦤ | ꦕ | ꦫ | ꦏ | ꦢ | ꦠ | ꦱ | ꦮ | ꦭ | ꦥ | ꦣ | ꦗ | ꦪ | ꦚ | ꦩ | ꦒ | ꦧ | ꦛ | ꦔ |
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Murda | ꦟ | ꦖ | ꦑ | ꦝ | ꦡ | ꦯ | ꦦ | ꦘ | ꦓ | ꦨ | |||||||||||
Mahaprana | ꦰ | ꦞ | ꦙ | ꦜ | |||||||||||||||||
Diacritic | Nglegéna | ◌꧀ꦲ | ◌꧀ꦤ | ◌꧀ꦕ | ◌꧀ꦫ | ◌꧀ꦏ | ◌꧀ꦢ | ◌꧀ꦠ | ◌꧀ꦱ | ◌꧀ꦮ | ◌꧀ꦭ | ◌꧀ꦥ | ◌꧀ꦝ | ◌꧀ꦗ | ◌꧀ꦪ | ◌꧀ꦚ | ◌꧀ꦩ | ◌꧀ꦒ | ◌꧀ꦧ | ◌꧀ꦛ | ◌꧀ꦔ |
Murda | ◌꧀ꦟ | ◌꧀ꦖ | ◌꧀ꦑ | ◌꧀ꦣ | ◌꧀ꦡ | ◌꧀ꦯ | ◌꧀ꦦ | ◌꧀ꦘ | ◌꧀ꦓ | ◌꧀ꦨ | |||||||||||
Mahaprana | ◌꧀ꦰ | ◌꧀ꦞ | ◌꧀ꦙ | ◌꧀ꦜ | |||||||||||||||||
IPA | /ha/ | /na/ | /tʃa/ | /ra/ | /ka/ | /d̪a/ | /t̪a/ | /sa/ | /wa/ | /la/ | /pa/ | /ɖa/ | /dʒa/ | /ja/ | /ɲa/ | /ma/ | /ɡa/ | /ba/ | /ʈa/ | /ŋa/ | |
Transcription | ha | na | ca | ra | ka | da | ta | sa | wa | la | pa | dha | ja | ya | nya | ma | ga | ba | tha | nga |
Vowels[edit | edit source]
Letter | ꦄ | ꦆ | ꦈ | ꦌ | ꦎ | |
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Diacritic | ◌ | ꦶ | ꦸ | ꦺ | ꦺꦴ | ꦼ |
IPA | /a/ | /i/ | /u/ | /e/ | /o/ | /ə/ |
Transcription | a | i | u | é | o | e |
Additional consonants[edit | edit source]
Letter | ꦉ | ꦊ | ꦋ | ꦬ | ꦐ | ꦲ꦳ | ꦏ꦳ | ꦢ꦳ | ꦗ꦳ | ꦱ꦳ | ꦒ꦳ | ||||||
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Diacritic | ◌꧀ꦉ | ◌꧀ꦊ | ◌꧀ꦋ | ◌꧀ꦬ | ◌꧀ꦐ | ◌꧀ꦲ꦳ | ◌꧀ꦏ꦳ | ◌꧀ꦢ꦳ | ◌꧀ꦗ꦳ | ◌꧀ꦱ꦳ | ◌꧀ꦒ꦳ | ||||||
IPA | /rə/ | /lə/ | /lɤ/ | /ra/ | /qa/ | /ħa/ | /xa/ | /ða/ | /za/ | /ʃa/ | /ɣa/ | ||||||
Transcription | re | le | leu | ra | qa | ha | kha | dza | za | sya | gha | the | se | syo | yo | hwe | nie |
Latin Script[edit | edit source]
Letter | A a | B b | C c | D d | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | N n | O o | P p | Q q | R r | S s | T t | U u | V v | W w | X x | Y y | Z z |
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Name | a | bé | cé | dé | é | èf | gé | ha | i | jé | ka | él | ém | én | o | pé | ki | èr | ès | té | u | vé | wé | èks | yé | zèt |
IPA of name | [a] | [b̥e] | [ʧe] | [d̥e] | [e] | [ɛf] | [ɡ̊e] | [ha] | [i] | [dʒ̊e] | [ka] | [el] | [em] | [en] | [o] | [pe] | [ki] | [ɛr] | [ɛs] | [te] | [u] | [ve] | [we] | [ɛks] | [je] | [zɛt] |
Letter | a | å | â | ê | é | è | ì | ò | ù | dh/ḍ | kh | ng | ny | sy | th/ṭ |
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IPA | [a] | [ɔ] | [ə] | [ə] | [e] | [ɛ] | [e] | [ɔ] | [o] | [ɖ̥] | [kʰ] | [ŋ] | [ɲ] | [ʂ] | [ʈ] |
Videos[edit | edit source]
Jumpstart Javanese Alphabet[edit | edit source]
Javanese Alphabet Song[edit | edit source]