Javanese (Unicode block)
# Javanese (Unicode block)

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language.

## Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There are 91 code points for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:

Javanese Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :

| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| U+A98x | ꦀ | ꦁ | ꦂ | ꦃ | ꦄ | ꦅ | ꦆ | ꦇ | ꦈ | ꦉ | ꦊ | ꦋ | ꦌ | ꦍ | ꦎ | ꦏ |
| U+A99x | ꦐ | ꦑ | ꦒ | ꦓ | ꦔ | ꦕ | ꦖ | ꦗ | ꦘ | ꦙ | ꦚ | ꦛ | ꦜ | ꦝ | ꦞ | ꦟ |
| U+A9Ax | ꦠ | ꦡ | ꦢ | ꦣ | ꦤ | ꦥ | ꦦ | ꦧ | ꦨ | ꦩ | ꦪ | ꦫ | ꦬ | ꦭ | ꦮ | ꦯ |
| U+A9Bx | ꦰ | ꦱ | ꦲ | ꦳ | ꦴ | ꦵ | ꦶ | ꦷ | ꦸ | ꦹ | ꦺ | ꦻ | ꦼ | ꦽ | ꦾ | ꦿ |
| U+A9Cx | ꧀ | ꧁ | ꧂ | ꧃ | ꧄ | ꧅ | ꧆ | ꧇ | ꧈ | ꧉ | ꧊ | ꧋ | ꧌ | ꧍ | | ꧏ |
| U+A9Dx | ꧐ | ꧑ | ꧒ | ꧓ | ꧔ | ꧕ | ꧖ | ꧗ | ꧘ | ꧙ | | | | | ꧞ | ꧟ |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points |||||||||||||||||

## History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Javanese block:

| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/98-041 | | Hellingman, Jeroen (1997-05-19), Javanese Proposal |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/98-070 | | Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.D.1", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998 |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/06-080 | | Sayoga, Teguh Budi (2006-03-13), Proposal for encoding the Javanese Script in the UCS (A900-A97F) |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/07-232R2 | N3292R2 | Everson, Michael (2007-07-31), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/07-237 | | Pentzlin, Karl (2007-07-31), Comment on L2/07-232 - Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/07-248 | | Anderson, Deborah (2007-08-01), Re L2/07-237 Comment on L2/07-232 Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/07-295 | N3319R | Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/07-298 | N3329 | Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Javanese government support for encoding the Javanese script |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/08-003 | | Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Javanese", UTC #114 Minutes |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/08-015R | N3319R3 | Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/08-318 | N3453 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.7", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/09-122 | N3613 | Anderson, Deborah (2009-04-10), Name correction for FPDAM 6: Javanese A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/09-104 | | Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C19", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes, Approve the name changes in section A, B, and C of document L2/09-177... [U+A9C0] |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/09-350 | | Whistler, Ken (2009-10-21), Property Correction for U+A9B3 Javanese Sign Cecak Telu |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/16-327 | | McGowan, Rick (2016-11-07), "Incorrect Indic positional category for Javanese consonant sign cakra", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 27 - Nov 7, 2016) |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/17-037 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "11. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/17-038 | | Lindenberg, Norbert (2017-01-21), Indic positional category for Javanese cakra |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/17-016 | | Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "B.14.5 Indic positional category for Javanese cakra", UTC #150 Minutes |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/17-163 | | Pournader, Roozbeh (2017-05-09), Indic Syllabic Category of Javanese Cakra |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/17-103 | | Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "B.14.7 Indic positional category of Javanese Cakra", UTC #151 Minutes |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-003 | | Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-004 | | Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-047 | | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "16.a. Javanese Consonant sign Keret, 16.b. Javanese Vowel sign Tolong", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-008 | | Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "B.14.1 Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET, C.4 Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG", UTC #158 Minutes |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-083 | | Lindenberg, Norbert; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-03-22), Positional category of Javanese pengkal |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-173 | | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "17. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals |
| 5.2 | U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF | 91 | L2/19-122 | | Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "B.13.1 Positional category of Javanese pengkal", UTC #159 Minutes |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||
