Primitive – IF
Mari Tulis Jawi | Let’s Write Jawi
Acrylic on Moleskine
Nisah Haron noticed the missing dot in my ‘Jim’ alphabet. Here’s the corrected version. I swear I had the dot in pencil before burnishing it with permanent marker! Oh, malunya hati ini!
Jawi is the primitive writing scripts for the Malay Language. It was adapted when Islam arrived in southeast Asia during the 14th century and was the dominant writing in the Malay world. However, it was replaced by the Latin alphabet in the 17th century, under influence from the Dutch and British.
Today, the use of Jawi Malay scripts is considered to be an endangered script. It is mainly used for Islamic religious documents only.
26 Comments
Nisah Haron
Love handwriting / script you have there. But you missed the dot for the letter “jim” – ‘Mari tulis hawi?’
emila
Lol! I had it before putting the finishing touch! I correct it now!
rizal
hehe.. may be we should do illo sambil ada perkataan jawi- the old language style. that would be nice.. i used to write notes on jawi siap buleh tulis terbalik sampai kena marah dgn ustaszah..hihihi
Queen Tut
Hie Emila, nice to see your work again! 😆
mymaizatul
Hi Emila…I really like any works involved with jawi. Salah satu hasil kerja boleh dilihat di sini http://www.awangpurba.blogspot.com/ 😛
Lily
alahai kak … sukanya tengok ..
so beautiful
🙂
megat
huuhuhuhuhuh
yeap
sedih
couse now tulisan jawi seolah terpinggir
even me pun x-lancar menulis or membaca
🙁
mangosteenskin
sim wau kap ya
Hana
Kira-kira dua minggu lepas, saya cuba-cuba (dengan kata lain berani-berani) baca naskhah tasawuf lama dalam tulisan Jawi di sebuah masjid di sini (Kota Kinabalu). Bertajuk Ubat Penyakit Hati, kalau tak silap. Naskhah lama, ditulis di dalam Bahasa Melayu lama, tulisan Jawi lama. Serba lama. Saya baca dengan merangkak-rangkak. Malu. 😳
studio lolo
This script is such a lovely design all by itself 🙂
emila
good idea! kak emi belajar jawi pun masa sekolah rendah aja..
emila
HI Queen! Nice to see you here again!
emila
Thanks Maizatul! Thanks for the link!
emila
Makacih Lily itu!
emila
s..u…k..i! hehe ya ke alif?
emila
Salam Hana! tidak mengapa…lama-lama akan lancar. saya sendiri merangkak-rangkak.
emila
Thank you so much Laurel! You’re the first non-Malay to comment on this! The script is just a script, nothing religious. Thank you for commenting!
Gary
Like the last comment I love the style and composition of Islamic script, we have lots of examples in one of our local museums here and I love to study them – not to read, just look !
valgalarrt
Very Beautiful and i loved reading this! 🙂
valgalarrt
This is so beautiful and i loved reading about this! 🙂
valgalarrt
😳 I am not sure if you are getting my comments? This looks so artful and beautiful and i loved reading about it! 🙄
lil kim
it’s beautiful! I love the stark contrast of colours, and the script is so beautiful.
Genie Princess
Hola Emila! Eh, last time I took part in a Jawi writing competition when I was studying in JB, blh? And not bad also la myself it seems he he… Anyway I can read this yay and the Jawi writing looks very neat here. 🙂
AzizMostafa
Love Jawi Typography + Calligraphy
Semoga Berjaya
kelvinT
Hello everyone, i tried looking but cant find. Can anyone write the word “Rise or rising” in Jawi for me. I need it for a design project and the Jawi on this page looks beautiful. Thanking everyone in advance. Thank you.
Yukino Hinata
coolio :3