Javanese script
E94557
The Javanese script is a traditional Brahmic-derived abugida used historically and culturally for writing the Javanese language, especially on the island of Java in Indonesia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Javanese script canonical | 38 |
| Old Javanese script | 16 |
| Aksara Jawa | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T756273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Javanese script Context triple: [Modern Javanese, hasWritingSystem, Javanese script]
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A.
Balinese script
Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.
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B.
Sundanese script
The Sundanese script is an abugida used historically and in modern times to write the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia.
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C.
Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
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D.
Nagari script
Nagari script is an early North Indian writing system that evolved into later scripts such as Devanagari and was used historically for writing Sanskrit and related languages.
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E.
Lao script
Lao script is an abugida writing system of the Tai-Kadai language family, primarily used to write the Lao language and closely related to the Thai script.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Javanese script Target entity description: The Javanese script is a traditional Brahmic-derived abugida used historically and culturally for writing the Javanese language, especially on the island of Java in Indonesia.
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A.
Balinese script
Balinese script is an abugida used primarily on the Indonesian island of Bali for writing the Balinese language, as well as liturgical and historical texts in Sanskrit and Old Javanese.
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B.
Sundanese script
The Sundanese script is an abugida used historically and in modern times to write the Sundanese language of West Java, Indonesia.
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C.
Kawi script
Kawi script is an ancient Brahmic-derived writing system historically used across Java and other parts of Southeast Asia to write Old Javanese and related languages.
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D.
Nagari script
Nagari script is an early North Indian writing system that evolved into later scripts such as Devanagari and was used historically for writing Sanskrit and related languages.
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E.
Lao script
Lao script is an abugida writing system of the Tai-Kadai language family, primarily used to write the Lao language and closely related to the Thai script.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Balinese script
ⓘ
Old Javanese script ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese script
Sundanese script ⓘ |
| culturallyUsedFor |
batik inscriptions
ⓘ
court literature ⓘ wayang performance texts ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Brahmi script
ⓘ
Kawi script ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasBasicConsonantInventory | 20 consonants (hanacaraka sequence) ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
consonant
ⓘ
diacritic ⓘ independent vowel ⓘ punctuation mark ⓘ vowel sign ⓘ |
| hasConjunctConsonants | yes ⓘ |
| hasInherentVowel | a ⓘ |
| hasLigatures | yes ⓘ |
| hasNativeName |
Aksara Jawa
ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese script
Carakan ⓘ Hanacaraka ⓘ |
| hasNumeralSystem | Javanese numerals ⓘ |
| hasStandardOrdering | hanacaraka sequence ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalMedium |
dluwang paper
ⓘ
metal inscriptions ⓘ palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ wooden inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Javanese ⓘ |
| historicallyUsedFor |
Madurese language
ⓘ
linked to:
Madurese
Sasak language ⓘ
linked to:
Basa Sasak
Sundanese language ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Java ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic ⓘ |
| status | primarily ceremonial and cultural use in modern times ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+A980–U+A9DF ⓘ |
| usedBy | Javanese people ⓘ |
| usedFor |
inscriptions
ⓘ
literary texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ royal correspondence ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Indonesia
ⓘ
Java ⓘ |
| writingDirection | horizontal ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor |
Javanese language
ⓘ
linked to:
Javanese
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Javanese script Description of subject: The Javanese script is a traditional Brahmic-derived abugida used historically and culturally for writing the Javanese language, especially on the island of Java in Indonesia.
Referenced by (57)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Pararaton chronicle
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subject linked to:
work "Kakawin Arjunawijaya"
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