Java

Some of you coders might think that Java is a programming language, and that is absolutely correct, but did you know that the name 'Java' was actually taken from an island in Indonesia? Yes! Isn't it interesting?

As you guys can see, the picture above is the Java Island, one of the largest island in Indonesia and also crowded.

Carakan

Carakan (ꦕꦫꦏꦤ꧀) is Javanese script that Javanese people use to write in their language.

In this page, we are going to introduce the Javanese alphabet and show how it is used — how to read it or even write it.

Vowels

Vowels that do not follow consonants has unique letters also known as pure vowels.

• ꦄ
  a
• ꦆ
  i
• ꦆ
  u
• ꦌ
  e
• ꦎ
  o

Consonants

In writing aksara carakan (Javanese Script), consonants are pronounced with the vowel a by default. For example, the letter ꦏ is always pronunced as ka, not k unless when given a certain diacritic to change the inherent a into another vowel.

• ꦲ
  ha
• ꦤ
  na
• ꦕ
  ca
• ꦫ
  ra
• ꦏ
  ka

• ꦢ
  da
• ꦠ
  ta
• ꦱ
  sa
• ꦮ
  wa
• ꦭ
  la

• ꦥ
  pa
• ꦝ
  dha
• ꦗ
  ja
• ꦪ
  ya
• ꦚ
  nya

• ꦩ
  ma
• ꦒ
  ga
• ꦧ
  ba
• ꦛ
  tha
• ꦔ
  nga

Vowels after consonants

Vowels that follow consonants are written as diacritics using small marks around the consonant that they follow.

• ꦏ
  ka
• ꦏꦶ
  ki
• ꦏꦸ
  ku
• ꦏꦺ
  ke
• ꦏꦺꦴ
  ko