Editing Balinese script (section)

==Characteristics==
There are 47 letters in the Balinese script, each representing a syllable with inherent vowel {{IPA|/a/}} or {{IPA|/ə/}} at the end of a sentence, which changes depending on the [[diacritics]] around the letter. Pure [[Balinese language|Balinese]] can be written with 18 consonant letters and 9 vowel letters, while [[Sanskrit]] transliteration or loan words from Sanskrit and [[Old Javanese language|Old Javanese]] utilizes the full set. A set of modified letters are also used for writing the [[Sasak language]]. Each consonant has a conjunct form called ''gantungan'' which nullifies the inherent vowel of the previous syllable.<ref name=ida>{{cite web |url=http://www.babadbali.com/aksarabali/alphabet.htm |title=The Balinese Alphabet, v0.6 |author=Ida Bagus Adi Sudewa |date=14 May 2003 |publisher=Yayasan Bali Galang |access-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610041852/http://babadbali.com/aksarabali/alphabet.htm |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ishida>{{cite web|title=Balinese Script Notes|url=http://rishida.net/scripts/balinese/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140522121646/http://rishida.net/scripts/balinese/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2014|author=Richard Ishida|year=2012|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref>

Punctuation includes a comma, period, colon, as well as marks to introduce and end section of a text. Musical notation uses letter-like symbols and diacritical marks in order to indicate pitch information. Text are written left to right without word boundaries (''[[Scriptio continua]]'').<ref name=uni/>

There is also a set of "holy letters" called {{lang|ban|aksara modre}} which appears in religious texts and protective talismans. Most of them are constructed using diacritic {{lang|ban|ulu candra}} with corresponding characters. A number of additional characters, known to be used inline in text (as opposed to decoratively on drawings), remains under study and those characters are expected to be proposed as Balinese extensions in due course.<ref name=uni/>