Sunuwar   Sunuwar

The Sunuwar script was developed by Karna Bahadur Sunuwar (1926-1991) in the 1942 to write Sunwar, a Kiranti language spoken mainly in eastern Nepal, and also in Sikkim in the northeast of India. It is used as an official script in Sikkim and in Nepal for Sunuwar language. The Sunuwar script is also known sa Jenticha, Sunuwar Lipi, Koĩts Lipi or Mukhiya script. It is not related to any other writing system.

The Sunuwar script has been used to produce books for use in primary schools, for poetry, histories, a newspaper, a grammar, government records, academic works, and other material.

Notable features

Sunuwar script for Sunwar

Sunuwar script for Sunwar

Details provided by Dev kumar Sunuwar, Biswajit Mandal (biswajitmandal[dot]bm90[at]gmail[dot]com) and Uttam Kumar Sunuwar

Sample text

Sample text in the Sunuwar script

Information about Sunwar | Sunuwar script | Tikamuli script | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about the Sunuwar script
http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&uid=ssw8skfwtg
http://anshumanpandey.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/jenticha-script-for-writing-sunuwar.html
http://glyphs.webfoot.com/blog/2011/04/30/jenticha-1942-ad-india/
https://www.sunuwar.org/history-of-koits-script/

Alphabets

A-chik Tokbirim, Adinkra, ADLaM, Armenian, Avestan, Avoiuli, Bassa (Vah), Beitha Kukju, Beria (Zaghawa), Borama / Gadabuursi, Carian, Carpathian Basin Rovas, Chinuk pipa, Chisoi, Coorgi-Cox, Coptic, Cyrillic, Dalecarlian runes, Elbasan, Etruscan, Faliscan, Fox, Galik, Georgian (Asomtavruli), Georgian (Nuskhuri), Georgian (Mkhedruli), Glagolitic, Global Alphabet, Gothic, Greek, Irish (Uncial), Kaddare, Kayah Li, Khatt-i-Badí’, Khazarian Rovas, Koch, Korean, Latin, Lepontic, Luo Lakeside Script, Lycian, Lydian, Manchu, Mandaic, Mandombe, Marsiliana, Medefaidrin, Messapic, Mongolian, Mro, Mundari Bani, Naasioi Otomaung, N'Ko, North Picene, Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, Odùduwà, Ogham, Old Church Slavonic, Oirat Clear Script, Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet' / Santali), Old Italic, Old Nubian, Old Permic, Ol Onal, Orkhon, Osage, Oscan, Osmanya (Somali), Pau Cin Hau, Phrygian, Pollard script, Runic, Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes), South Picene, Sutton SignWriting, Sunuwar, Tai Viet, Tangsa, Todhri, Toto, Umbrian, (Old) Uyghur, Wancho, Yezidi, Zoulai

Other writing systems

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