Sunuwar alphabet

The Sunuwar alphabet (previously the Jenticha script, occasionally Kõits script) is an <a href="/facts/Alphabet/vqfRpS3E">alphabet</a> developed by Krishna Bahadur Jentich in 1942, to write the <a href="/facts/Sunwar_language/APmkqBjm">Sunwar language</a>, a member of the <a href="/facts/Kiranti_languages/ySdvMzuY">Kiranti language family</a> spoken in Eastern <a href="/facts/Nepal/yWCzTBR2">Nepal</a>, as in <a href="/facts/Sikkim/x89Pn6xf">Sikkim</a>. It is recognised in Sikkim and used as an official writing system. The alphabet has 33 letters, 10 numerals and 1 'auspicious sign'. 
It is a <a href="/facts/Grammatology/AtCAP7v5">grammatological</a> isolate, though some symbols bear recognition to the <a href="/facts/Limbu_script/JwKrYcrW">Limbu</a> and <a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin</a> scripts. The script is written left to right. The writing system currently has no official standard.
When first created, the script was a pure alphabet, and has come to include a default non written /a/, giving it a feature of an <a href="/facts/Abugida/FWhLePru">abugida</a>.

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Sunuwar alphabet