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An abugida used to write Balinese and Old Javanese Kawi literature on the island of Bali, closely related to the Javanese script and descending from the same Kawi tradition, with the two scripts sharing most of their letter shapes and structural conventions. Balinese script is still used today for religious and literary manuscripts, traditionally inscribed on prepared palm leaves (lontar) with a stylus and then rubbed with soot to darken the incised lines, and it carries a large inventory of conjunct and honorific letterforms alongside the ordinary consonant-and-vowel-sign structure.
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Source Wikipedia: Balinese Script
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Source Wikipedia: Balinese Script
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The Balinese script, (Balinese: ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ, Aksara Bali, pronounced [aksarə ˈbali]) also known as hanacaraka (Balinese: ᬳᬦᬘᬭᬓ), is an abugida used in the island of Bali, Indonesia, commonly for writing the Austronesian Balinese language, Old Javanese, Malay and the liturgical language Sanskrit.
- Descends From: Javanese Script
- Script Of: Balinese
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