Newar script

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Nepal lipi Varnamala Chart
Script type
Period
10th century to present
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesNepal Bhasa & Sanskrit
Related scripts
Parent systems
Sister systems
Ranjana
Bhujimol
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Newa (333), ā€‹Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi
Unicode
Unicode alias
Newa
U+11400ā€“U+1147F
A folio of Newar poem Atina Sundar Desh Kantipuri, written by Bhuwan Lakshmi, the queen consort of King Bhupalendra Malla in Newar script.
A 17th-century Devi Mahatmya manuscript written in Newar script.

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 primarily used to write Nepalbhasa (Newar) and Sanskrit. In the past, it has also been used for writing Nepali, Bengali, Maithili, and Hindustani in Nepal Mandala. Various publications are still published in this script, including the Sikkim Herald, the bulletin of the Sikkim government (Newari edition).

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