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Front Matter

Marchen

Script for the Zhang-Zhung kingdom language of western Tibet — the heartland of Bön civilization, predating Tibetan Buddhism.

𑱰 𑱱 𑱲 𑱳 𑱴
Era
Medieval
Region
South Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
68
Status
Extinct
Script for the Zhang-Zhung kingdom language of western Tibet — the heartland of Bön civilization, predating Tibetan Buddhism. Marchen shows Tibetan influence but has its own independent system and is still found in Bön religious texts. The Zhang-Zhung language itself has not yet been fully decoded.
III

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+11C70–U+11CBF
Total signs68
In Unicode68
Unicode Blocks
Marchen
11C70 – 11CBF
68 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
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
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The Lineage

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

Same family

Zanabazar SquareSoyombo Script
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Zhang-Zhung

Countries

China (Tibet)