Language/Javanese/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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:

Javanese Script

Consonants

Letter	Nglegéna	ꦲ	ꦤ	ꦕ	ꦫ	ꦏ	ꦢ	ꦠ	ꦱ	ꦮ	ꦭ	ꦥ	ꦣ	ꦗ	ꦪ	ꦚ	ꦩ	ꦒ	ꦧ	ꦛ	ꦔ
	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

Letter	ꦄ	ꦆ	ꦈ	ꦌ	ꦎ
Diacritic	◌	ꦶ	ꦸ	ꦺ	ꦺꦴ	ꦼ
IPA	/a/	/i/	/u/	/e/	/o/	/ə/
Transcription	a	i	u	é	o	e

Additional consonants

Letter	ꦉ	ꦊ	ꦋ	ꦬ	ꦐ	ꦲ꦳	ꦏ꦳	ꦢ꦳	ꦗ꦳	ꦱ꦳	ꦒ꦳
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

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
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
IPA	[a]	[ɔ]	[ə]	[ə]	[e]	[ɛ]	[e]	[ɔ]	[o]	[ɖ̥]	[kʰ]	[ŋ]	[ɲ]	[ʂ]	[ʈ]