Sorang Sompeng script
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| Sorang Sompeng 𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃛𑃣𑃗 | |
|---|---|
The words "Sorang Sompeng" in the Sorang Sompeng script | |
| Script type | Alphabet
|
| Direction | left-to-right |
| Languages | Sora |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | original invention
|
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Sora (398), Sora Sompeng |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Sora Sompeng |
| U+110D0–U+110FF | |

The Sorang Sompeng script is used to write 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]
The Sora language is also written in the Latin, Odia, and Telugu scripts.[2]
Letters[edit]
The values of the letters are as follows:
| Letter | Name | IPA | Odia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 𑃐 | sah | /s/ | ସ |
| 𑃑 | tah | /t/ | ତ |
| 𑃒 | bah | /b/ | ବ |
| 𑃓 | cah | /tʃ/ | ଚ |
| 𑃔 | dah | /ɖ/ | ଡ |
| 𑃕 | gah | /ɡ/ | ଗ |
| 𑃖 | mah | /m/ | ମ |
| 𑃗 | ngah | /ŋ/ | ଙ |
| 𑃘 | lah | /l/ | ଲ |
| 𑃙 | nah | /n/ | ନ |
| 𑃚 | wah | /w/ | ୱ |
| 𑃛 | pah | /p/ | ପ |
| 𑃜 | yah | /j/ | ୟ |
| 𑃝 | rah | /r/ | ର |
| 𑃞 | hah | /h/ | ହ |
| 𑃟 | kah | /k/ | କ |
| 𑃠 | jah | /dʒ/ | ଜ |
| 𑃡 | nyah | /ɲ/ | ଞ |
| 𑃢 | ah | /aː/ | ଆ |
| 𑃣 | eeh | /e/ | ଏ |
| 𑃤 | ih | /i/ | ଇ |
| 𑃥 | uh | /u/ | ଉ |
| 𑃦 | oh | /o/, /a/ | ଓ, ଅ |
| 𑃧 | eh | /ai/ | ଐ |
| 𑃨 | mae | /mae/ | ମୈ |
Digits[edit]
| Digit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorang Sompeng | 𑃰 | 𑃱 | 𑃲 | 𑃳 | 𑃴 | 𑃵 | 𑃶 | 𑃷 | 𑃸 | 𑃹 |
| Odia | ୦ | ୧ | ୨ | ୩ | ୪ | ୫ | ୬ | ୭ | ୮ | ୯ |
Unicode[edit]
The Sorang Sompeng script was added to the Unicode Standard in January 2012, with the release of version 6.1.
Block[edit]
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Fonts[edit]
Microsoft Windows made a font called Nirmala UI, which supports Sora Sompeng.
References[edit]
- ^ Everson, Michael (8 June 2009). "Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document. International Organization for Standardization.
- ^ Sorang Sompeng Script