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Prachalit Nepal
Script type
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesNepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Pali
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Newa (333), ​Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi
Unicode
Unicode alias
Newa
U+11400–U+1147F
Nepal script used on letterhead of Nepalese business house in Lhasa dated 1958.
Letter in Nepal Bhasa and Nepal script dated 7 May 1924 sent from Lhasa to Kathmandu.

Prachalit Nepal script is a type of Abugida script developed from the Mol script derivatives of Brahmi script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit and Pali. Various publications are still published in this script including the Sikkim Herald the bulletin of the Sikkim government (Newari edition).[1]

Unicode

Main article: Newa (Unicode block)

Prachalit Nepal script was added to the Unicode Standard in June, 2016 with the release of version 9.0.

The Unicode block for Prachalit Nepal, called Newa, is U+11C70–U+11CBF:

Newa[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+1140x 𑐀‎ 𑐁‎ 𑐂‎ 𑐃‎ 𑐄‎ 𑐅‎ 𑐆‎ 𑐇‎ 𑐈‎ 𑐉‎ 𑐊‎ 𑐋‎ 𑐌‎ 𑐍‎ 𑐎‎ 𑐏‎
U+1141x 𑐐‎ 𑐑‎ 𑐒‎ 𑐓‎ 𑐔‎ 𑐕‎ 𑐖‎ 𑐗‎ 𑐘‎ 𑐙‎ 𑐚‎ 𑐛‎ 𑐜‎ 𑐝‎ 𑐞‎ 𑐟‎
U+1142x 𑐠‎ 𑐡‎ 𑐢‎ 𑐣‎ 𑐤‎ 𑐥‎ 𑐦‎ 𑐧‎ 𑐨‎ 𑐩‎ 𑐪‎ 𑐫‎ 𑐬‎ 𑐭‎ 𑐮‎ 𑐯‎
U+1143x 𑐰‎ 𑐱‎ 𑐲‎ 𑐳‎ 𑐴‎ 𑐵‎ 𑐶‎ 𑐷‎ 𑐸‎ 𑐹‎ 𑐺‎ 𑐻‎ 𑐼‎ 𑐽‎ 𑐾‎ 𑐿‎
U+1144x 𑑀‎ 𑑁‎ 𑑂‎ 𑑃‎ 𑑄‎ 𑑅‎ 𑑆‎ 𑑇‎ 𑑈‎ 𑑉‎ 𑑊‎ 𑑋‎ 𑑌‎ 𑑍‎ 𑑎‎ 𑑏‎
U+1145x 𑑐‎ 𑑑‎ 𑑒‎ 𑑓‎ 𑑔‎ 𑑕‎ 𑑖‎ 𑑗‎ 𑑘‎ 𑑙‎ 𑑚‎ 𑑛‎ 𑑝‎ 𑑞‎ 𑑟‎
U+1146x  𑑠‎   𑑡‎ 
U+1147x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

See also

Bibliography

  • Rabison Shakya (2002). Alphabet of the Nepalese Scriptbook. Patan, Nepal. ISBN 99933-34-36-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Covers Prachalit, Ranjana and Bhujimol, development, current use, information about and drawings of character formation.
  • Hall, Pat (21 September 2012). "Problems with Unicode for Languages Unsupported by Computers" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2016.

References

  1. ^ Pandey, Anshuman (3 May 2011). "N4038: Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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