Ba (Javanese) Explained

Nama:	ꦧ
Alias:	ba
Aksara:	Javanese
Fonem:	[b]
Latin:	ba
Unicode:	A9A7
Pasangan:	Jawa Ba Pasangan.png

is a syllable in the Javanese script that represents the sound /bɔ/, /ba/. It is transliterated into Latin as "ba" and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "bo". It has another form (pasangan),, but is represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A9A7.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Pasangan

Its pasangan form, is located on the bottom side of the previous syllable. For example, - anak babi (piglet).

Murda

The letter ꦧ has a murda form, which is ꦨ.

ꦧ with a cerek (ꦆ) is called letter I, while ꦇ is called long I.

Unicode block

See main article: Javanese (Unicode block). Javanese script was added to the Unicode Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

Notes and References

Campbell, George L. Compendium of the World's Languages. Vol. 1. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Soemarmo, Marmo. "Javanese Script." Ohio Working Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching 14.Winter (1995): 69-103.
Daniels, Peter T and William Bright. The World's Writing Systems. Ed. Peter T Daniels and William Bright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.