Jawi alphabet is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Malay, Acehnese, Banjarese, Kerinci, Minangkabau, Tausug, Maguindanaon and Ternate.
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20 Facts About Jawi alphabet
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Jawi alphabet is based on the Arabic script, consisting of all of the original 28 Arabic letters, and five additional letters constructed to fit the phonemes native to Malay, and an additional phoneme used in foreign loanwords, but not found in Classical Arabic, which are ca, nga, pa, ga, va, and nya.
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Jawi alphabet was developed from the advent of Islam in the Malay world, supplanting the earlier Brahmic scripts used during Hindu-Buddhist era.
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The oldest evidence of Jawi alphabet writing can be found on the 14th century Terengganu Inscription Stone, recorded in Classical Malay language that contains a mixture of Malay, Sanskrit and Arabic vocabularies.
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Until the 20th century, Jawi alphabet remained as the standard script of the Malay language.
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The use of Jawi alphabet heralded the birth of traditional Malay literature, when it was featured prominently in the royal correspondences, religious texts and literary publications.
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In some states, most notably Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, Jawi alphabet attained the co-official script status, where businesses are mandated to adopt Jawi alphabet signages and billboards.
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The word Tulisan Jawi alphabet that means "Jawi alphabet script" is another derivative that carries the meaning 'Malay script'.
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Oldest remains of Malay using the Jawi alphabet script have been found on the Terengganu Inscription Stone, dated 702 AH, nearly 600 years after the date of the first recorded existence of Arabic script in the region.
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Development of Jawi alphabet script was different from that of Pallava writing which was exclusively restricted to the nobility and monks in monasteries.
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The Jawi alphabet script was embraced by the entire Muslim community regardless of class.
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The use of Jawi alphabet script was a key factor driving the emergence of Malay as the lingua franca of the region, alongside the spread of Islam.
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The Jawi alphabet script was used in royal correspondences, decrees, poems and was widely understood by the merchants in the port of Malacca as the main means of communication.
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Jawi alphabet was used not only amongst the ruling class, but the common people.
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Jawi alphabet script was the official script for the Unfederated Malay States when they were British protectorates.
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Jawi alphabet scripts are seen at the rear of Malaysian ringgit and Brunei dollar banknotes.
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The Menteri Besar of Kedah has denied the allegation that the state government was trying to create an Islamic state ambience by promoting the use of Jawi alphabet in 2008, saying that it is a normal occurrence evidenced by Chinese coffeeshops and pawnshops having signboards written in Jawi alphabet.
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Jawi alphabet stated that there are high demands in incorporating Jawi script in billboards in Kedah.
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