Type Abugida ISO 15924 Newa, 333 Unicode range U+11400–U+1147F | Direction Left-to-right Unicode alias Newa | |
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Languages Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Pali |
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).
Unicode
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+11400–U+1147F:
References
Prachalit Nepal alphabet Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA