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.
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) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1610x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| U+1611x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| U+1612x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| U+1613x | | | | | | | | | | | ||||||
| Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points | ||||||||||||||||
See also
External links
- Mandal, Biswajit (5 June 2022). "Proposal to Encode Gurung Khema in Universal Character Set (revised version)" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2024.
References
"Khema". Omniglot. Retrieved 27 November 2021. https://omniglot.com/writing/khema.htm ↩
"विद्यालयको लक्ष्य तथा उद्देश्यहरु". Devdaha Mother Tongues Academy. Retrieved 27 November 2021. http://dmta.edu.np/mission/ ↩
"Sikkim Herald – Gurung Edition – 17th July, 2019". Sikkim Herald. Government of Sikkim. Retrieved 27 November 2021. https://www.sikkimherald.info/sikkim-herald-gurung-edition-17th-july-2019/ ↩