Mundari Bani

Mundari Bani
πž“§πž“Ÿπž“¨πž“œπž“•πž“£πž“š πž“—πž“•πž“¨πž“š
'Mundari' in Mundari Bani Script
Script type
CreatorRohidas Singh Nag
Created1982
Time period
1982 to present
DirectionLeft to Right
RegionOdisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam (India)
LanguagesMundari
Related scripts
Parent systems
Original invention
  • Mundari Bani
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Nagm (295), ​Nag Mundari
Unicode
Unicode alias
Nag Mundari
U+1E4D0–U+1E4FF Nag Mundari
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Mundari Bani

Mundari Bani (Mundari: πž“§πž“Ÿπž“¨πž“œπž“•πž“£πž“š πž“—πž“•πž“¨πž“š Mundari Bani 'Mundari alphabet', also known as Mundari Bani Hisir Hisir 'writing', Nag Mundari πž“¨πž“•πž“¦ πž“§πž“Ÿπž“¨πž“œπž“•πž“£πž“š, or the Mundari alphabet) is the writing system created for the Mundari language, spoken in eastern India. Mundari is an Austroasiatic language. Mundari Bani has 27 letters and five diacritics, the forms of which are intended to evoke natural shapes. The script is written from left to right.

Community elder and author Rohidas Singh Nag invented and published in late 1980 the alphabetic writing system Mundari Bani, which has seen limited but increasing use in literature, education, and computing.