Kawi script

Also known as Old Javanese, Aksara kawi, Old Javanese script, Kawi

ancient Javanese abugida

Key facts

Script type: Abugida
Period: c. 8th–16th century
Direction: Left-to-right
Languages: Old Balinese , Old Javanese , Old Malay , Old Sundanese , Old Tagalog , Sanskrit
Parent systems: Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Brāhmī Tamil-Brahmi Pallava Akṣara Kawi
Child systems: In Indonesia: , Balinese , Batak , Javanese , Lontara , Sundanese , Rencong , Rejang , Buda , In the Philippines: , Baybayin scripts
Sister systems: Khmer , Cham , Old Mon , Grantha , Tamil
Iso 15924: Kawi (368) , Kawi
Unicode alias: Kawi
Unicode range: U+11F00–U+11F5F

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Commons category: Kawi script
inception: 0800-00-00
end time: 1600-00-00
name: kawi
Unicode range: U+11F00-11F5F

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The Kawi script or the Old Javanese script is a historic Brahmic script used across Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century. The Kawi corpus is especially abundant in Java, but materials in Kawi have also been found in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, Bali, Thailand, and the Philippines. The script is frequently used to write the Old Javanese language, but whole texts (or parts thereof) in Sanskrit, Old Malay, Old Balinese, Old Sundanese, and Old Khmer have also been found written in the Kawi script.

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