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Balinese

Bali Left-to-right Living Abugida Southeast Asian
Sample Text
ᬩᬮᬶ

Sample Characters

ᬀ ᬁ ᬂ ᬃ ᬄ ᬅ ᬆ ᬇ ᬈ ᬉ ᬊ ᬋ ᬌ ᬍ ᬎ ᬏ ᬐ ᬑ ᬒ ᬓ ᬔ ᬕ ᬖ ᬗ ᬘ ᬙ ᬚ ᬛ ᬜ ᬝ ᬞ ᬟ ᬠ ᬡ ᬢ ᬣ ᬤ ᬥ ᬦ ᬧ ᬨ ᬩ ᬪ ᬫ ᬬ ᬭ ᬮ ᬯ

First 48 characters from Balinese (U+1B00–U+1B7F)

About Balinese

Balinese is a Living writing system from the Southeast Asian region. It reads Left-to-right and contains 127 characters in the Unicode standard. 1 language uses Balinese as a writing system according to Unicode CLDR data. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Bali.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Brahmi › Balinese

Languages Using Balinese 1

Kawi

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Balinese?
Balinese is an Abugida. Abugidas (alphasyllabaries) use consonant characters with an inherent vowel modified by diacritics.
What direction does Balinese read?
Balinese is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Balinese script?
1 language use Balinese according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Balinese script created?
The exact origin of the Balinese script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Bali
ISO Number
360
Script Type
Abugida
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Region
Southeast Asian
Characters
127
Languages
1

Unicode Ranges

  • Balinese
    U+1B00–U+1B7F

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