Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Javanese script, natively known as Aksårå Jåwå (ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫꦗꦮ - lit. "the script of Java"), Hånåcåråkå (ꦲꦤꦕꦫꦏ - the first five letters), or Carakan (ꦕꦫꦏꦤ꧀), is a pre-colonial script used to write Javanese and several other native languages of Indonesia. It is closely related to the Balinese script. The letters are commonly arranged in the hånåcåråkå sequence, in which the letters form a perfect pangram narrating the Javanese myth of Aji Saka.In everyday use, Javanese script has been almost entirely supplanted by Latin script which was introduced by the Dutch during the 19th century. Javanese script was added to Unicode version 5.2 in 2009. Even so, since its complex script can only be displayed using SIL Graphite technology, only available in the Firefox browser, Thunderbird email client, and several open source word processors, writing and rendering Javanese on a computer is still not as easy as writing with Latin script. The difficulties encountered when trying to use this script in a digital environment is one of main reasons for its lack of currency except among preservationists.. }
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- Javanese_script abstract "The Javanese script, natively known as Aksårå Jåwå (ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫꦗꦮ - lit. "the script of Java"), Hånåcåråkå (ꦲꦤꦕꦫꦏ - the first five letters), or Carakan (ꦕꦫꦏꦤ꧀), is a pre-colonial script used to write Javanese and several other native languages of Indonesia. It is closely related to the Balinese script. The letters are commonly arranged in the hånåcåråkå sequence, in which the letters form a perfect pangram narrating the Javanese myth of Aji Saka.In everyday use, Javanese script has been almost entirely supplanted by Latin script which was introduced by the Dutch during the 19th century. Javanese script was added to Unicode version 5.2 in 2009. Even so, since its complex script can only be displayed using SIL Graphite technology, only available in the Firefox browser, Thunderbird email client, and several open source word processors, writing and rendering Javanese on a computer is still not as easy as writing with Latin script. The difficulties encountered when trying to use this script in a digital environment is one of main reasons for its lack of currency except among preservationists.".