Kawi script
| Akṣara Kawi 𑼄𑼒𑽂𑼰𑼬𑼒𑼮𑼶 | |
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'Kawi' in newly standardized Kawi script | |
| Script type | |
Period | c. 8th–16th century |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Old Balinese, Old Javanese, Old Sundanese, Old Malay, Old Tagalog, Sanskrit |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | In Indonesia: Balinese Batak Javanese (Hanacaraka) Lontara Sundanese Rencong Rejang Buda In the Philippines: Baybayin scripts |
Sister systems | Khmer, Cham, Old Mon, Grantha, Tamil |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Kawi (368), Kawi |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Kawi |
| U+11F00–U+11F5F | |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Kawi script or the Old Javanese script (Indonesian: aksara kawi, aksara carakan kuna) is a Brahmic script found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century. The script is an abugida, meaning that characters are read with an inherent vowel. Diacritics are used, either to suppress the vowel and represent a pure consonant, or to represent other vowels.