Javanese orthography
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Javanese Latin alphabet is Latin alphabet used for writing the Javanese language. Prior to the introduction of Latin alphabet, Javanese was written in Javanese script (hanacaraka) or Arabic-based Pegon alphabet.
The alphabet is generally the same as the Indonesian alphabet. There are six digraphs: dh, kh, ng, ny, sy, and th.
Alphabet
Letter | Name | Letter | Name | Letter | Name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A a | a | J j | je | S s | es |
B b | be | K k | ka | T t | te |
C c | ce | L l | el | U u | u |
D d | de | M m | em | V v | fe |
E e | e | N n | en | W w | we |
F f | ef | O o | o | X x | eks |
G g | ge | P p | pe | Y y | ye |
H h | ha | Q q | ki | Z z | zet |
I i | i | R r | er |