Newar script
| Newar Nepal Lipi š£š¾š„šµš® š®š¶š„š¶ā | |
|---|---|
The phrase 'Prachalit Nepal' in Newar script | |
| Script type | |
Period | 10thā20th century |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Maithili |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Ranjana Bhujimol |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Newa (333), āNewa, Newar, Newari, NepÄla lipi |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Newa |
| U+11400āU+1147F | |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Newar script, known in the Newar language as Nepal lipi, Nepalakshar and Prachalit, is an abugida, one of the Nepalese scripts that descend from the Brahmi script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa, Maithili and Sanskrit. Various publications are still published in this script including the Sikkim Herald the bulletin of the Sikkim government (Newari edition).