Mundari Bani
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Mundari Bani (Mundari: 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 𞓗𞓕𞓨𞓚 Mundari Bani 'Mundari alphabet', also known as Mundari Bani Hisir Hisir 'writing', Nag Mundari 𞓨𞓕𞓦 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚, or the Mundari alphabet) is the writing system created for the Mundari language, spoken in eastern India. Mundari is an Austroasiatic language. Mundari Bani has 27 letters and five diacritics, the forms of which are intended to evoke natural shapes. The script is written from left to right.
Quick Facts Mundari Bani 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 𞓗𞓕𞓨𞓚, Script type ...
Mundari Bani 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚 𞓗𞓕𞓨𞓚 | |
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Script type | |
Creator | Rohidas Singh Nag |
Created | 1982 |
Time period | 1982 to present |
Direction | Left to Right |
Region | Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam (India) |
Languages | Mundari |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Original invention
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Nagm (295), Nag Mundari |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Nag Mundari |
U+1E4D0–U+1E4FF Nag Mundari |
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Community elder and author Rohidas Singh Nag invented and published in late 1980 the alphabetic writing system Mundari Bani, which has seen limited but increasing use in literature, education, and computing.