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Nepalese scripts
| Newari scripts | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Script type | |
| Direction | Left-to-right  |
| Region | Nepal and India |
| Languages | Nepal Bhasa |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | Ranjana, Bhujimol, Pracalit |
| Brahmic scripts |
|---|
| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
Newari scripts (Nepal Lipi: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐁𑐏𑐮, Devanagari: नेपाल आखल) are a family of alphabetic writing systems employed historically in Nepal Mandala by the indigenous Newar people for primarily writing Nepal Bhasa. It is also used for transcribing Sanskrit and Pali.[2] There are also some claims they have also been used to write the Parbatiya (Khas) language[3][dubious – discuss].
These scripts were in widespread use from the 10th to the early 20th-century, but have since been largely supplanted by the modern script known as Devanagari. Of the older scripts, about 50,000 manuscripts written in Nepal Lipi have been archived.[4]
- ^ Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. p. 143.
- ^ Tuladhar, Prem Shanti (2000). Nepal Bhasa Sahityaya Itihas: The History of Nepalbhasa Literature. Kathmandu: Nepal Bhasa Academy. ISBN 99933-56-00-X. Page 306.
- ^ Lienhard, Siegfried (1984). Songs of Nepal. Hawaii: Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press. pp. 2, 14. ISBN 0-8248-0680-8. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Nepal-German Manuscript Cataloguing Project
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