Today I will teach you the Javanese alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Javanese letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Javanese contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| A a | [a] like act |
| B b | [b] like bay |
| C c | [ʨ] like chat |
| D d | [d] like day |
| E e | [ɛ] like egg |
| F f | [f] like fine |
| G g | [ɡ] like gas |
| H h | [h] like hot |
| I i | [i] like meat |
| J j | [ʥ] like job |
| K k | [k] like kit |
| L l | [l] like life |
| M m | [m] like man |
| N n | [n] like nice |
| O o | [o] like old |
| P p | [p] like pool |
| Q q | [k] like kiss |
| R r | [r] like rice |
| S s | [s] like son |
| T t | [t] like time |
| U u | [u] like tool |
| V v | [f] like free |
| W w | [w] like wind |
| X x | [ks] like wax |
| Y y | [j] like year |
| Z z | [z] like zoo |
| NG ng | [eng] like hang |
| NY ny | [nye] like mania |
| KH kh | [kha] like bach |
| SY sy | [sya] like shield |
| NNG nng | [nng] like bang |
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