(ha), is a syllable in the Javanese script which represent the sound /ɦɔ/ or /ɦa/. The letter can also represent a null consonant, in which it would be pronounced as /ɔ/ or /a/. It is commonly transliterated to Latin as "ha" or "a" and sometimes as "ho" and "o".

Pasangan

The letter's ''pasangan'' () is one of six which are located on the right hand side of previous syllable, making it possible to stack two ''pasangan''s without the use of ''pangkon''.

Extended form

doesn't have a '' murda'' form.

Final consonant

has a syllable-final form called ''wignyan'' () which replaces ha-''pangkon'' combination. For example: "gajah" (elephant) is written as , not

Glyphs

Orthography

There are several rules regarding the writing of , whether pronounced as "ha" or "a". # in front of a word is always transliterated as "a", except for foreign loan words. The same rule applies when ''sandhangan swara'' (vowel diacritics) is used. #* Read as "a": - ''aku'' (me), - ''ora'' (not), - ''ilang'' (lost) #* Read as "ha": - ''haji'' ( hajj), - ''hotèl'', - ''hikmat'' (wisdom) #: (Whether a word is considered a native Javanese or not will depend on the dictionary definition.) # in the middle of a word is almost always transliterated as "ha". #* - ''tahu'' (tofu), not ''tau'' #* - ''ra-hayu'' (blessed), not ''rah-ayu'' (from rootword ''ayu'' (beauty)) #: With the exception #* Certain words such as - ''maos'' (reading) or - ''kaos'' (shirt) #* Words that end with "a" and has suffix -a, such as - ''ana-a'' (let there be) #* Reduplicated word, where in the beginning of the second word always transliterated as "a" # In root word that ends with /h/ sound (in this sense, using ''wignyan'') and has suffix (-i, -an, etc.), (as in "ha") is added before the suffix. #* - ''panembah-han'' (to address a royalty), from the rootword - ''nembah'' (to bow, to respect) # Rootwords that ends with vowel sound and has suffix -ake, its suffix is written as #* - ''katamtokaké'' (have been chosen), not ''katamtokhaké'', from the rootword - ''tamtu'' - (certain) # are added in front of rootwords with prefix ng-, ny-, m-, and n-, although this is not mandatory. #* - ''ngandika'' (said), not ''hangandika'' nor ''angandika'' # Rootword that starts with if added prefix pi- or pri-, the syllable became (''ya'') #* - ''piyagem'', from root word - ''agem''.

Unicode block

Javanese script was added to the

Unicode Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard,The formal version reference is is an information technology standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard, wh ...

Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

References

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