Hanifi Rohingya (rwâyṅgya) 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝

The Hanifi Rohingya script was created in the 1980s by Mohammad Hanif, a teacher and scholar from Bangladesh, and his colleagues. It is an alternative way to write Rohingya, an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in northern Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Chiittagong Division of Bangladesh. There are also ways to write Rohingya with the Arabic and Latin alphabets.

Notable features

Hanifi Rohingya script

Hanifi alphabet for Hanifi Rohingya

Download a chart for the Hanifi Rohingya script (Excel)

Details of Rohingya alphabets provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Sample text

Article 1 of the UDHR in Hanifi Rohingya

Transliteration

Insán beggún azad ar ekku fúainna hók ar izzot loi foida óiye. Itarattu ahol ar buz óiye, étolla itarattu ek zon ar ek zon loi báiyo dhoilla maamela goróon saá.

Transliteration by অজ্ঞাতনামা সমতাবাদী

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Videos about the Hanifi Rohingya script

Information about Rohingya | Hanifi script | Numbers

Links

Information about Hanifi Rohingya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanifi_Rohingya_script
http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n4283.pdf
http://www.skyknowledge.com/rohingya.htm
https://r12a.github.io/scripts/rohg/

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, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, 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 / Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, 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

Other writing systems

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