Wa (Javanese) Explained

Nama:	ꦮ
Alias:	wa
Aksara:	Javanese
Fonem:	[w]
Latin:	wa
Unicode:	A9AE
Pasangan:	Jawa Wa Pasangan.png

is one of syllable in Javanese script that represent the sound /ʋɔ/, /ʋa/. It is transliterated to Latin as "wa", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "wo". It has another form (pasangan), which is, but represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A9B3.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Pasangan

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

Extended form

The letter ꦮ doesn't have a murda form.

Using cecak telu, the syllable represents /v/.

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.