Lepcha script
Abugida used to write the Lepcha language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lepcha script, or Róng script, is an abugida used by the Lepcha people to write the Lepcha language. Unusually for an abugida, syllable-final consonants are written as diacritics.
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Lepcha ᰛᰩᰵ | |
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Script type | |
Time period | c. 1700–present |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Lepcha |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | Limbu |
Sister systems | Meitei, Khema, Phagspa, Marchen |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Lepc (335), Lepcha (Róng) |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Lepcha |
U+1C00–U+1C4F | |
The theorised Semitic origins of the Brahmi script are not universally agreed upon. | |
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. |
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