Sa (Javanese) Explained

Nama:	ꦱ
Alias:	sa
Aksara:	Javanese
Fonem:	[s]
Latin:	sa
Unicode:	A9B1
Pasangan:	Jawa Sa Pasangan.png

is a syllabogram in Javanese script that represents the sounds /sɔ/ and /sa/. It is transliterated to Latin as "sa", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "so". It has another form (pasangan), which is, but represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A9B1.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Pasangan

Its pasangan form, is one of six pasangan that are placed on the right-hand side of the previous syllable. Therefore, it is permissible to write two pasangan at the same time without having to resort to pangkon (꧀).

The location of the sandhangan ꦶ, ꦼ, or ꦁ is on top the pasangan, not on the previous syllable. (See glyph table below)

Extended form

The letter ꦱ has a murda form, which is ꦯ.

Using cecak telu, the syllable represents /ʃa/.

Mahaprana

Mahaprana letters were originally aspirated consonants used in Sanskrit and Kawi transliterations. However, there are no aspirated consonants in modern Javanese. The mahaprana form of is .

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

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