Dhankari

Dhankari is a version of the Takri script used to write Sirmauri, a Western Pahari language spoken in southern Himachal Pradesh State in the north of India. It is also known as Simauri Takri or Simauri Lipi.

Simauri is usually written with the Devanagari alphabet, and was written with the Pabuuchi script by astrologers in the past.

Notable features

• Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
• Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
• Used to write: Sirmauri (𑚨𑚮𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚤𑚯 / सिरमौरी)

Simauri Takri / Dhankari alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Dhankari (Excel)

Sample text

Source: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18085-sirmauri.pdf

Details provided by Biswajit Mandal (biswajitmandal[dot]bm90[at]gmail[dot]com)

Links

Information about Dhankari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirmauri_language
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18085-sirmauri.pdf

Languages written with versions of the Takri alphabet

Bilaspuri, Dogri, Chambeali, Gaddi, Jaunsari, Kullui, Mandeali, Pangwali, Simauri

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, 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, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, Ojibwe, Odia, 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

Page last modified: 10.08.21

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