Ta (Javanese) Explained

Nama:	ꦠ
Alias:	Ta
Aksara:	Javanese
Fonem:	[t]
Latin:	ta
Unicode:	A9A0
Pasangan:	Jawa Ta Pasangan.png

is a syllable in the Javanese script that represents the sounds /t̪ɔ/ and /t̪a/. It is transliterated to Latin as "ta", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "to". It has two other forms (pasangan), which are and (if followed by 'ꦸ' and several other glyphs), but represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A9A0.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Pasangan

Its pasangan form, is located on the bottom side of the previous syllable. For example, - pedhete (his/her buffalo), which, although transliterated with a single 't', is written using double 'ꦠ' because the root word ('pedhet', buffalo) ends in 'ꦠ'.

The pasangan has two forms, the other is used when the pasangan is followed by 'ꦸ', 'ꦹ', 'ꦿ', 'ꦽ', or 'ꦾ'. For example, - anak tuma (little flea)

Murda

The letter ꦠ has a murda form, which is ꦡ.

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.