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Aksara Bali
ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ
Aksara Bali; ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 1000–present
Languages	Balinese; Sasak
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet[a] Phoenician alphabet[a] Aramaic alphabet[a] Brāhmī Pallava Old Kawi Aksara Bali; ; ; ; ; ;
Sister systems	Batak; Baybayin scripts; Javanese; Lontara; Old Sundanese; Rencong; Rejang
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Bali (360), Balinese
Unicode
Unicode alias	Balinese
Unicode range	U+1B00–U+1B7F
	[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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The Balinese script, natively known as Aksara Bali and Hanacaraka, is an abugida used in the island of Bali, Indonesia, commonly for writing the Austronesian Balinese language, Old Javanese, and the liturgical language Sanskrit. With some modifications, the script is also used to write the Sasak language, used in the neighboring island of Lombok. The script is a descendant of the Brahmi script, and so has many similarities with the modern scripts of South and Southeast Asia. The Balinese script, along with the Javanese script, is considered the most elaborate and ornate among Brahmic scripts of Southeast Asia.