Kawi script

Akṣara Kawi 𑼄𑼒𑽂𑼰𑼬𑼒𑼮𑼶
'Kawi' in newly standardized Kawi script
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 8th–16th century
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Old Balinese, Old Javanese, Old Sundanese, Old Malay, Sanskrit
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphsup> Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Brāhmī Tamil-Brahmi Pallava Akṣara Kawi
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
Unicode range	U+11F00–U+11F5F
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The Kawi (Sanskrit: कवि, romanized: kavi, lit. 'poet'^[1], Indonesian: aksara kawi, aksara carakan kuna) or Old Javanese script is a Brahmic script found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century.^[2] 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.^[3][4]