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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.[1]
Sorang Sompeng 𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃛𑃣𑃗 | |
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Script type | Alphabet
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Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Sora |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | original invention
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Sora (398), Sora Sompeng |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Sora Sompeng |
U+110D0–U+110FF | |
The Sora language is also written in the Latin, Odia, and Telugu scripts.[2]
Letters
editThe values of the letters are as follows:
Letter | Name | IPA | Odia |
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𑃟 | kah | /k/ | କ |
𑃕 | gah | /ɡ/ | ଗ |
𑃗 | ngah | /ŋ/ | ଙ |
𑃓 | cah | /tʃ/ | ଚ |
𑃠 | jah | /dʒ/ | ଜ |
𑃡 | nyah | /ɲ/ | ଞ |
𑃑 | tah | /t/ | ତ |
𑃔 | dah | /d/ | ଦ |
𑃙 | nah | /n/ | ନ |
𑃛 | pah | /p/ | ପ |
𑃒 | bah | /b/ | ବ |
𑃖 | mah | /m/ | ମ |
𑃜 | yah | /j/ | ୟ |
𑃝 | rah | /r/ | ର |
𑃘 | lah | /l/ | ଲ |
𑃚 | wah | /w/ | ୱ |
𑃐 | sah | /s/ | ସ |
𑃞 | hah | /h/ | ହ |
𑃢 | ah | /aː/ | ଆ |
𑃤 | ih | /i/ | ଇ |
𑃣 | eeh | /e/ | ଏ |
𑃥 | uh | /u/ | ଉ |
𑃦 | oh | /o/, /a/ | ଓ, ଅ |
𑃧 | eh | /ai/ | ଐ |
𑃨 | mae | /mae/ | ମୈ |
Digits
editDigit | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Sorang Sompeng | 𑃰 | 𑃱 | 𑃲 | 𑃳 | 𑃴 | 𑃵 | 𑃶 | 𑃷 | 𑃸 | 𑃹 |
Odia | ୦ | ୧ | ୨ | ୩ | ୪ | ୫ | ୬ | ୭ | ୮ | ୯ |
Unicode
editThe Sorang Sompeng script was added to the Unicode Standard in January 2012, with the release of version 6.1.
Block
editThe 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 |
Fonts
editMicrosoft Windows made a font called Nirmala UI, which supports Sora Sompeng.
References
edit- ^ Everson, Michael (8 June 2009). "Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document. International Organization for Standardization.
- ^ Sorang Sompeng Script