Sorang Sompeng script

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The Sorang Sompeng script is used to write Sora, a Munda language with 300,000 speakers in India. The script was created by Mangei Gomango in 1936 and is used in religious contexts.[2]

Sorang Sompeng
𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃛𑃣𑃗
The words "Sorang Sompeng" in the Sorang Sompeng script
Script type
Alphabet
Time period
18 June 1936 – present[1]
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesSora
Related scripts
Parent systems
original invention
  • Sorang Sompeng
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Sora (398), ​Sora Sompeng
Unicode
Unicode alias
Sora Sompeng
U+110D0–U+110FF
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Sorang Sompeng and Odia scripts for the Sora language

The Sora language is also written in the Latin, Odia, and Telugu scripts.[3]

Letters

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Sorang Sompeng
kah
𑃟
IPA: /k/
gah
𑃕
IPA: /ɡ/
ngah
𑃗
IPA: /ŋ/
cah
𑃓
IPA: /tʃ/
jah
𑃠
IPA: /dʒ/
nyah
𑃡
IPA: /ɲ/
tah
𑃑
IPA: /t/
dah
𑃔
IPA: /d/
nah
𑃙
IPA: /n/
pah
𑃛
IPA: /p/
bah
𑃒
IPA: /b/
mah
𑃖
IPA: /m/
yah
𑃜
IPA: /j/
rah
𑃝
IPA: /r/
lah
𑃘
IPA: /l/
wah
𑃚
IPA: /w/
sah
𑃐
IPA: /s/
hah
𑃞
IPA: /h/
ah
𑃢
IPA: /aː/
ih
𑃤
IPA: /i/
eeh
𑃣
IPA: /e/
uh
𑃥
IPA: /u/
oh
𑃦
IPA: /o/, /a/
eh
𑃧
IPA: /ai/
mae
𑃨
IPA: /mae/

Numerals

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0
𑃰
1
𑃱
2
𑃲
3
𑃳
4
𑃴
5
𑃵
6
𑃶
7
𑃷
8
𑃸
9
𑃹

Unicode

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The Sorang Sompeng script was added to the Unicode Standard in January 2012, with the release of version 6.1.

Block

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The Unicode block for Sorang Sompeng script, called Sora Sompeng, is U+110D0–U+110FF:

Sora Sompeng[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+110Dx 𑃐 𑃑 𑃒 𑃓 𑃔 𑃕 𑃖 𑃗 𑃘 𑃙 𑃚 𑃛 𑃜 𑃝 𑃞 𑃟
U+110Ex 𑃠 𑃡 𑃢 𑃣 𑃤 𑃥 𑃦 𑃧 𑃨
U+110Fx 𑃰 𑃱 𑃲 𑃳 𑃴 𑃵 𑃶 𑃷 𑃸 𑃹
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Fonts

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Microsoft Windows made a font called Nirmala UI, which supports Sora Sompeng.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09189r-n3647r-sora-sompeng.pdf
  2. ^ Everson, Michael (8 June 2009). "Unicode.org" (PDF). Unicode.org. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Sorang Sompeng script". omniglot.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.