Warang Citi script
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The Warang Citi script is an alphabetic writing system created in the 20th century for the Ho language spoken by the Ho people of eastern India.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| addedToUnicodeVersion | Unicode 7.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicity | Ho people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communityMovement | Ho language revitalization ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Devanagari
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ Odia script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| creationPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| creator |
Lako Bodra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pandit Lako Bodra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Ho phonology
ⓘ
Munda language family ⓘ |
| designedToPreserve |
Ho culture
ⓘ
Ho language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directionOfWriting | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Varang Citi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Varang Kshiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Warang Chiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsonants | yes ⓘ |
| hasDigitalEncoding | Unicode standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinctLettersFor |
consonants
ⓘ
vowels ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse | regional schools ⓘ |
| hasVowels | yes ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Wara ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | writing Ho language ⓘ |
| region | eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| scriptUserCommunity | Ho speakers ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlock | Warang Citi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UnicodeRange | U+118A0–U+118FF ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ho people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Assam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
digital text
ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ printed materials ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | independent script ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Ho language ⓘ |
| writingSystemStatus | minority script ⓘ |
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