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Ra (Javanese)

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Ra (Javanese)

is one of syllable in Javanese script that represent the sound /ɾɔ/, /ɾa/. It is transliterated to Latin as "ra", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "ro". It has another form (pasangan), which is ◌꧀ꦫ, but represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A9AB.

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Pasangan

It's pasangan form ◌꧀ꦫ, is located on the bottom side of the previous syllable. The pasangan only occurs if a word is ended with a consonant, and the next word starts with 'r', for example ꦲꦤꦏ꧀ꦫꦗ - anak raja (king's child). If it is located between a consonant and a vocal, it didn't form a pasangan, instead it uses a special panjingan called a cakra (ꦿ) or cakra keret (), for example ꦒꦿꦶꦪ - griya (house).

Murda

The letter doesn't have a murda form.

Final consonant

cannot became final consonant (e.g. ꦫ꧀). It's being replaced by layar (). For example: ꦭꦪꦂ - layar (sail), not ꦭꦪꦫ꧀

References

Ra (Javanese) Wikipedia