Ranjana script

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Rañjanā
'Ranjana Lipi' in Ranjana script
Script type
Time period
c. 1100–present
DirectionLeft-to-right
RegionNepal and India
LanguagesNewar (Nepal Bhasa)
Sanskrit
Tibetan
Related scripts
Parent systems
Child systems
Soyombo
Sister systems
Prachalit
Bhujimol
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Ranj (303), ​Ranjana
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Brahmic scripts
The Brahmi script and its descendants
Northern Brahmic
Southern Brahmic

The Rañjanā script (Lantsa[2]) is an abugida writing system which developed in the 11th century[3] and until the mid-20th century was used in an area from Nepal to Tibet by the Newar people, the historic inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, to write Sanskrit and Newar (Nepal Bhasa). Nowadays it is also used in Buddhist monasteries in China, especially in the Tibetan Buddhist areas within the Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu; Mongolia, and Japan.[3] It is normally written from left to right but the Kutakshar form is written from top to bottom.[3] It is also considered to be the standard Nepali calligraphic script.

  1. ^ Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. p. 143.
  2. ^ Omniglot[self-published source?]
  3. ^ a b c Jwajalapa[self-published source?] Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine