Ja (Javanese)


is a syllable in the Javanese script that represents the sounds /dʒɔ/, /dʒa/. It is transliterated to Latin as "ja" or "ya", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "jo" or "yo". It has another form, which is, but represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A997.

Pasangan

Its pasangan form, is located on the bottom side of the previous syllable. For example, - anak jaran.

Extended form

The letter ꦗ doesn't have a murda form.
Using cecak telu, the syllable represents /z/.
ꦗ with a cerek is called Nya murda.

Mahaprana

Mahaprana letters were originally aspirated consonants used in Sanskrit and Kawi transliterations. However, there are no aspirated consonants in modern Javanese.
The mahaprana form of is.

Unicode block

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