❤How to Write Number in Javanese❤
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So this, time we will talk about Javanese Number.
Javanese script, as many other scripts, it has its own numbers. And because Javanese scripts is derived from the Brahmic script, it has a feature of Indo-Arabic numeral just like what we have in the Western one.
As we can see in the Picture above, it has basic numbers from 0 to 9. And, to write any other number we just need to write the part like in Western number. The example above are 10, 17, 100, and 102.
The Javanese Script has special characters to aid in writing the number. These special characters are just like how we have punctuations like (,) and (.) to help differentiating between certain meanings in writing numbers.
The first is the [ : ] character. This character is used to signify that the written script is number. Why do we need this? Well... If we see the Javanese Numbers above, we can see that some of them have the same appearance with the Javanese Phonetic Alphabet (Wyañjana). So, without adding this special character it will be confusing to understand the text.
The reversed-check-sign thing is what we call a period/full stop in English numeral system. It is actually a coma as Javanese has the same system like Indonesian and in the Javanese romanization it will be transcribed as a coma. But, I write it here as a period/full stop in the context of English.
The double-reversed-check-sign thing is what we call a coma in English numeral system. It is actually a period/full stop as Javanese has the same system like Indonesian and it will be transcribed as a period/full stop in the Javanese romanization. But, I write it here as a coma in the context of English.
The [ | ] sign is actually a bracket sign. In numeral system, it is used to signify that the numbers we write is a date.
And then, the last two characters...
The [ : ] sign that we have covered before is also used to separate between the numbers especially in the date. In the Latin script, we may use some sign like [ - ] to do this.
The [ :: ] sign is used to signify X among Y, X part of Y, and similar mathematical meanings. It is like a [ / ] sign in Latin scripts or English.
As in the Picture above, we can see the example of how to write (10), (1,000), (0.1), and (1/7).
The example of the date above is read as:
JA here means it is a Javanese Calendar date aka Javanese Year.
So, How do we use the numbers in Javanese?
Use Native Javanese Number for:
1) Non-money / normal daily countings. Like: people, things, etc.
2) Number for housing, rooms, address, etc.
3) Chapter or writing numbering
The Picture above is read as:
10. Ana wong 10 ing sênthong angka 211.
English: 10. There are 10 people in the room number 211.
1) Money and commercial related
2) Date (especially Western or foreign one)
3) Scientific field in general (if needed)
The Picture about is read as:
17-08-1945. Nalika 17-08-1945, nagara kita mardika saka Walanda.
English: 17th-08-1945. On 17th-08-1945, our country was independent from Dutch.
1) I am sorry for the date format in English one, I pictured that it will help the English reader to tune more into the Javanese format.
2) Yes, our independence on that date was not simply from the Dutch. But, I decided to keep it that way for the sake of simple example.
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