Ra (Javanese) Explained

Nama:	ꦫ
Alias:	ra
Aksara:	Javanese
Fonem:	[r]
Latin:	ra
Unicode:	A9AB
Pasangan:	Jawa Ra Pasangan.png

is one of syllable in Javanese script that represent the sound /ɾɔ/, /ɾa/. It is transliterated to Latin as "ra", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "ro". It has another form (pasangan), which is, but represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A9AB.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Pasangan

Its pasangan form, is located on the bottom side of the previous syllable. The pasangan only occurs if a word is ended with a consonant, and the next word starts with 'r', for example - anak raja (king's child). If it is located between a consonant and a vocal, it didn't form a pasangan, instead it uses a special panjingan called a cakra or cakra keret, for example - griya (house).

Murda

The letter doesn't have a murda form.

Final consonant

cannot became final consonant (e.g.). It is replaced by layar . For example: - layar (sail), not

Honorific form

Some writers replaced with (ra agung) when addressing or discussing royal persons.^[4]

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.
Web site: L2/08-015R: Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS. 2008-03-06. Michael. Everson. Michael Everson.