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Ha (Javanese)

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Ha (Javanese)
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(ha), is a syllable in the Javanese script which represents the sound /hɔ/ or /ha/. The letter can also represent a null consonant, in which it would be pronounced as /ɔ/ or /a/. It is commonly transliterated to Latin as "ha" or "a" and sometimes as "ho" and "o".

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Pasangan

The letter's pasangan (◌꧀ꦲ) is one of six which are located on the right hand side of previous syllable, making it possible to stack two pasangans without the use of pangkon.

Extended form

doesn't have a murda form.

Final consonant

has a syllable-final form called wignyan () which replaces ha-pangkon combination. For example: "gajah" (elephant) is written as ꦒꦗꦃ, not ꦒꦗꦲ꧀

Glyphs

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Orthography

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There are several rules regarding the writing of , whether pronounced as "ha" or "a".

  1. in front of a word is always transliterated as "a", except for foreign loan words. The same rule applies when sandhangan swara (vowel diacritics) is used.
    • Read as "a": ꦲꦏꦸ - aku (me), ꦲꦺꦴꦫ - ora (not), ꦲꦶꦭꦁ - ilang (lost)
    • Read as "ha": ꦲꦗꦶ - haji (hajj), ꦲꦺꦴꦠꦺꦭ꧀ - hotèl, ꦲꦶꦏ꧀ꦩꦠ꧀ - hikmat (wisdom)
    (Whether a word is considered a native Javanese or not will depend on the dictionary definition.)
  2. in the middle of a word is almost always transliterated as "ha".
    • ꦠꦲꦸ - tahu (tofu), not tau
    • ꦫꦲꦪꦸ - ra-hayu (blessed), not rah-ayu (from root word ꦲꦪꦸ ayu (beauty))
    With the exception
    • Certain words such as ꦩꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ - maos (reading) or ꦏꦺꦴꦱ꧀ - kaos (shirt)
    • Words that end with "a" and has suffix -a, such as ꦲꦤꦲ - ana-a (let there be)
    • Reduplicated word, where in the beginning of the second word always transliterated as "a"
  3. In root word that ends with /h/ sound (in this sense, using wignyan) and has suffix (-i, -an, etc.), (as in "ha") is added before the suffix.
    • ꦥꦤꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃꦲꦤ꧀ - panembah-han (to address a royalty), from the root word ꦤꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ - nembah (to bow, to respect)
  4. Root words that end with a vowel sound and have suffix -ake, its suffix is written as ꦏ꧀ꦲꦏꦺ
    • ꦏꦠꦩ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦲꦏꦺ - katamtokaké (have been chosen), not katamtokhaké, from the root word ꦠꦩ꧀ꦠꦸ - tamtu - (certain)
  5. are added in front of root words with prefix ng-, ny-, m-, and n-, although this is not mandatory.
    • ꦲꦔꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦏ - ngandika (said), not hangandika nor angandika
  6. Root words that start with with added prefix pi- or pri-, the syllable become (ya)
    • ꦥꦶꦪꦒꦼꦩ꧀ - piyagem, from root word ꦲꦒꦼꦩ꧀ - agem.


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Unicode block

Javanese script was added to the Unicode Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

Javanese[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+A98x
U+A99x
U+A9Ax
U+A9Bx ꦿ
U+A9Cx
U+A9Dx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
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