Khema script

The Khema script, also known as Gurung Khema, Khema Phri, Khema Lipi, is used to write the Gurung language. The Language Commission of Nepal recognizes Khema as the official script of Gurung.^[1]

Khema Lipi full chart

Khema
Khema Lipi
Script type	Abugida
Languages	Gurung
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi Gupta Tibetan Khema
Sister systems	Meitei, Lepcha, Phagspa, Marchen
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Gukh (397), ​Gurung Khema
Unicode
Unicode alias	Gurung Khema
Unicode range	U+16100–U+1613F
The theorised Semitic origins of the Brahmi script are not universally agreed upon.
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Usage

Devdaha Mother Tongues Academy, located in Rupandehi, teaches Gurung in the Khema script.^[2] The Khema script is used in Sikkim to officially write the Gurung language.^[3]

Unicode

Main article: Gurung Khema (Unicode block)

The Khema script was added to the Unicode Standard in September, 2024 with the release of version 16.0.

The Unicode block for Khema, called Gurung Khema, is U+16100–U+1613F:

Gurung Khema[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+1610x

𖄀

𖄁

𖄂

𖄃

𖄄

𖄅

𖄆

𖄇

𖄈

𖄉

𖄊

𖄋

𖄌

𖄍

𖄎

𖄏

U+1611x

𖄐

𖄑

𖄒

𖄓

𖄔

𖄕

𖄖

𖄗

𖄘

𖄙

𖄚

𖄛

𖄜

𖄝

𖄞

𖄟

U+1612x

𖄠

𖄡

𖄢

𖄣

𖄤

𖄥

𖄦

𖄧

𖄨

𖄩

𖄪

𖄫

𖄬

𖄭

𖄮

𖄯

U+1613x

𖄰

𖄱

𖄲

𖄳

𖄴

𖄵

𖄶

𖄷

𖄸

𖄹

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

See also

• Gurung language