Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia (អក្សរខេមរជវ-ពលិ-ឥណ្ឌោនេស្យ)

The Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia script was devised by Tom Mai as a way to write Javanese, Balinese, Indonesian, and other languages of Indonesia, with the Khmer script.

Notable features

Type of writing system: abugida - each consonant is paired with an inherent vowel /a/ or /ɔ/. Other vowels are indicated by diacritics which can appear above, below, in front of, or after the main letter.
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines.
Used to write: Balinese, Javanese, Indonesian, and other languages of Indonesia (i.e. Sundanese, Madurese, Malay, etc).
Each consonant comes in two forms: aksara (from Javanese), which is used at the beginning of syllables and pasangan, which is used for the second consonant in consonant clusters to mute the inherent vowel of the letter.
The alphabet is scriptio continua (written without space between words), as in both Khmer and original Javanese scripts.

Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia script

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Sample text (Javanese)

Sample text in Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia in Javanese

Transliteration

Saben uwong kalairake kanthi mardika lan darbe martabat lan hak-hak kang padha. Kabeh pinaringan akal lan kalbu sarta kaajab pasrawungan anggone memitran siji lan sijine kanthi jiwo sumadulur.

Sample text (Balinese)

Sample text in Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia in Balinese

Transliteration

Makasami manusane kaembasin mahardika lan pateh, sajeroning kahanan lan kuasa. Ipun kanugrahin wiweka lan budi, pantaraning manusa mangdane paras-paros masemetonan.

Sample text (Sundanese)

Sample text in Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia in Sundanese

Transliteration

Sakumna jalma gubrag ka alam dunya téh sipatna merdika jeung boga martabat katut hak-hak anu sarua. Maranéhna ibéré akal jeung haté nurani, campur-gaul jeung sasamana aya dina sumanget duduluran.

Sample text (Indonesian)

Sample text in Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia in Indonesian

Transliteration

Semua orang dilahirkan merdeka dan mempunyai martabat dan hak-hak yang sama. Mereka dikaruniai akal dan hati nurani dan hendaknya bergaul satu sama lain dalam semangat persaudaraan.

Sample text (Malay)

Sample text in Aksara Kémara Jawa-Bali-Indhonésia in Malay

Transliteration

Semua orang dilahirkan merdeka dan mempunyai martabat dan hak-hak yang sama. Mereka dikaruniai akal dan hati nurani dan hendaknya bergaul satu sama lain dalam semangat persaudaraan.

Translation (for all the above texts)

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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