How do you translate happiness into Balinese writing?

Answer 1

Hi, Om Suasti Astu (May God bless you), I am not sure exactly what your question is concerning but I will try to give you some varied answers.

Balinese (Aksara Bali) is what's called a "syllabic alphabet". This means that each consonant has an "intrinsic" vowel sound after it. So for example "T" would be "Ta" and "R' would be "Ra".

Because of the "intrinsic" vowel, Balinese also makes use of prefixes(before the letter), suffixes(after the letter), affixes(above the letter) and sub-fixes(below the letter).

The name "Tom" for instance would use the consonants, "Ta" and "Ma". The letter "Ta" would have a suffixed vowel, beside it to make it "To". The letter "Ma" would then also have to have a suffix to mute the vowel so the it just becomes "M". The name "Tom" would then look like this:tom/

This is made up of the letters "Ta", "t" the vowel "o", "o" the letter "Ma", "m" and the vowel mute, "/"called, "Adeg Adeg".

Here is a list that you may find helpful:

The appended forms (Called Pangangge Akśara) are shown in red. You can find downloadable Balinese fonts here: http://www.geocities.com/jglavy/asian.html

And here: http://www.babadbali.com/aksarabali/balisimbar.htm

This is also the link for what I think is the most authoritative website for the Balinese language and script: http://www.babadbali.com/aksarabali/alphabet-c.htm

Answer 2

I miss you honey forever