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Kawi language
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{{language
|name=Kawi
|nativename=BhÄ?á¹£a Kawi, Old Javanese
|states=
Java_(island) Java,
Bali,
Madura,
Lombok,
Indonesia
|region=
Southeast Asian Islands
|extinct=
literary language, archaic by
14th century
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=
Malayo-Polynesian languages Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages Western Malayo-Polynesian
|fam4=
Sundic languages Sundic
|iso2=kaw|iso3=kaw}}
'''Kawi''' (from
Sanskrit: ''kÄ?vya'', "poet") is a language from the islands of
Java (island) Java,
Bali and
Lombok. It is actually a literary language based on
Javanese language#Old Javanese Old Javanese, but heavily interlarded with
Sanskrit loanwords.
The language has its own unique alphabets for writing, including ''Tulisan Bali'', a script that evolved from
Pallava Pallava script. Kawi is extinct as a spoken language, but is still used in Bali, Lombok and to some extent in
Java (island) Java as a literary language. It is also the main language used for the Lombok cultural practice of reading and writing literature on the leaves of the [http://www.arcavigraha.com/lontar.htm lontar] palm.
See also
*
Bhinneka Tunggal Ika for an example of this language
*
Javanese language#Old Javanese Old Javanese
*
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
External links
-
About lontar (palmleaves manuscripts).
Category:Medieval languages
Category:Malayo-Polynesian languages
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