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Front Matter

Lepcha (Róng)

Traditional script of the Lepcha (Rong) people of Sikkim, India and eastern Nepal.

ᰀ ᰁ ᰂ ᰃ ᰄ ᰅ ᰆ ᰇ
Era
Medieval
Region
South Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
74
Status
Endangered
Traditional script of the Lepcha (Rong) people of Sikkim, India and eastern Nepal. Attributed to the 18th-century Sikkimese king Chador Namgyal. The Lepcha language is considered a linguistic isolate with unclear genealogical relationships. Lepcha traditional beliefs, rituals, and oral literature are recorded in this script.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+1C00–U+1C4F
Total signs74
In Unicode74
Unicode Blocks
Lepcha
1C00 – 1C4F
74 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
왼쪽에서 오른쪽으로 표기.
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Brahmi Script

Same family

SundaneseBrahmi ScriptDevanagariBengali (Bangla)GujaratiGurmukhi (Punjabi)Tamil ScriptTelugu Script
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Lepcha (Rong)

Countries

IndiaNepalBhutan