Sirijanga script

E763070

The Sirijanga script is an indigenous writing system used primarily to write the Limbu language of the Limbu people of Nepal and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sirijanga script canonical 2
Sirijonga script 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf writing system
alsoKnownAs Limbu script NERFINISHED
Sirijonga script NERFINISHED
Srijanga script NERFINISHED
alsoUsedFor religious texts of Limbu people
associatedWithLanguageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Himalayan region
associatedWithReligion Kirat Mundhum NERFINISHED
countryOfUse Bhutan NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Myanmar NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
digitalSupport supported in Unicode-compliant fonts
supported in modern operating systems
direction left-to-right
ethnicGroup Limbu people NERFINISHED
hasComponent consonant base letters
independent vowel letters
punctuation marks
vowel signs
hasFeature consonant letters
inherent vowel
numerals
vowel diacritics
hasISO15924Code Limb
hasUnicodeBlock Limbu NERFINISHED
hasUserCommunity Limbu diaspora communities
hasWritingSystemType alphabetic-syllabic
primaryRegionOfUse eastern Nepal NERFINISHED
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts NERFINISHED
scriptStatus living script
timeOfModernRevival 20th century
unicodeBlockRange U+1900–U+194F
usedBy Limbu people NERFINISHED
usedFor secular Limbu literature
traditional Limbu manuscripts
writing the Limbu language
usedInEducation schools in Limbu-speaking regions of Nepal
usedInMedia Limbu-language publications
writingDirection horizontal
writingSystemFor Limbu language NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Limbu people script Sirijanga script
Rai traditionalScript Sirijanga script
Limbu writingSystem Sirijanga script
this entity surface form: Sirijonga script