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Front Matter

Newa (Pracalit)

Traditional script of the Newar people of Kathmandu Valley.

𑐀 𑐁 𑐂 𑐃 𑐄
Era
Medieval
Region
South Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
97
Status
Endangered
Traditional script of the Newar people of Kathmandu Valley. Thousands of Sanskrit and Nepal Bhasa Buddhist manuscripts are preserved in this script. Suppressed under the Shah and Rana regimes in the 18th–19th centuries, it was revived by a 20th-century cultural renaissance movement.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+11400–U+1147F
Total signs97
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
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

Ancestors

Brahmi Script

Same family

Tirhuta (Maithili)DograMasaram GondiKaithiModi ScriptKhojkiSaurashtra ScriptMahajani
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Nepal Bhasa (Newari)

Countries

Nepal