Sorang Sompeng (𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃣𑃗) Sorang Sompeng

Sorang Sompeng was devised by Mangei Gomango in 1936 as a way to write the Sora, an Munda language spoken mainly in Andhra Pradesh in the northeast of India. Mangei Gomango was the son-in-law, Malia Gomango, an influential Sora leader, and claimed that the idea for Sorang Sompeng came to him in a vision on 18th June 1936. He also founded a religious order dedicated to Akshara Brahma.

The alphabet is used in primary and adult education and in various publications. It is also known as the Saura alphabet. Sora is written with the Odia (Oriya) alphabet in Odisha (Orissa), and with the Telugu alphabet in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Before the invention of the the Sorang Sompeng script, the Sora language was written with the Telugu, Odia or Latin scripts. Speakers of Telugu and Odia were keen to promote their scripts to the Sora people, who, instead of choosing one or the other, decided to try to come up with their own script.

Notable features

Sorang Sompeng alphabets

This chart shows the Sorang Sompeng alphabet with Odia and Latin equivalents.

Sorang Sompeng alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Sorang Sompeng (Excel)

Sample video in Sora

Links

Information about Sorang Sompeng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorang_Sompeng_alphabet
http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&key=Sora
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1957_sorang_sompeng.pdf
http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/zide1999three.pdf

Information about the Sora language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/srb/
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/langhotspots/Sora/
http://www.indianetzone.com/44/sora_language.htm
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5619
https://livingtongues.org/projects/asia/india/munda-languages/sora/

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fox, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Incung, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Komering, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meetei Yelhou Mayek, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Ogan, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

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