Sorang Sompeng script

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BabelStone (talk | contribs) at 15:12, 17 August 2014 (cat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Sorang Sompeng
Script type
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesSora
Related scripts
Parent systems
Brahmi, Latin
  • Sorang Sompeng
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Sora (398), ​Sora Sompeng
Unicode
Unicode alias
Sora Sompeng
U+110D0–U+110FF
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and  , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Sorang Sompeng script is used to write in Sora, a Munda language with 300,000 speakers in India. The script was created by Mangei Gomango in 1936 and is used in religious contexts.[1] He was familiar with Oriya, Telugu and English, so the parent systems of the script are Brahmi and Latin.[2]

The Sora language is also written in the Latin alphabet and the Telugu script.

Unicode

Sorang Sompeng script was added to the Unicode Standard in January, 2012 with the release of version 6.1.

Block

The Unicode block for Sorang Sompeng script, called Sora Sompeng, is U+110D0–U+110FF:

Sora Sompeng[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+110Dx 𑃐 𑃑 𑃒 𑃓 𑃔 𑃕 𑃖 𑃗 𑃘 𑃙 𑃚 𑃛 𑃜 𑃝 𑃞 𑃟
U+110Ex 𑃠 𑃡 𑃢 𑃣 𑃤 𑃥 𑃦 𑃧 𑃨
U+110Fx 𑃰 𑃱 𑃲 𑃳 𑃴 𑃵 𑃶 𑃷 𑃸 𑃹
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

References

  1. ^ Everson, Michael (2009-06-08). "Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCS" (pdf). Working Group Document. International Organization for Standardization.
  2. ^ Sorang Sompeng Script