Origin from 1000
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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Script StatusLiving (in Current Use) 1 Balinese Script
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Source Wikipedia: Balinese Script
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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.
- Descends From: Javanese Script
- Script Of: Balinese
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