Nepal script

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Nepal abugida
Type	Abugida
Spoken languages	Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brāhmī Mol scripts(Pachumol) Nepal abugida
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Nepal script (Nepal Bhasa:नेपाल लिपि) is a group of scripts that developed from the Brahmi script and are used primarily in Nepal Bhasa. It is also used to write Sanskrit.

[edit] Scripts based on Nepal script

The scripts are as follows-

• Ranjana script
• Bhujimol script
• Kutila script
• Prachalit Nepal script
• Golmol script
• Litumol script

Gupta script or Guptaksher is closely related to this script family.

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