The Newar alphabet was actively used in central Nepal since the 10th century BC. The proof of that is that scientists had found various samples of coins and manuscripts. In 1905 this script was banned, and in 1951 it was allowed again. Now it's used for writing in the Bahasa language, which, although endangered, is still native to 800 thousand people, mainly in the Kathmandu Valley.

The Newar script belongs to the Brahmi family. This is an abugida using virama too. Words are written from left to right. This section also contains characters needed only for writing Sanskrit.

Properties

Range 11400–1147F
Characters 128

List of Characters

  • Independent vowels

  • 𑐀
    Newa Letter A
  • 𑐁
    Newa Letter Aa
  • 𑐂
    Newa Letter I
  • 𑐃
    Newa Letter Ii
  • 𑐄
    Newa Letter U
  • 𑐅
    Newa Letter Uu
  • 𑐆
    Newa Letter Vocalic R
  • 𑐇
    Newa Letter Vocalic Rr
  • 𑐈
    Newa Letter Vocalic L
  • 𑐉
    Newa Letter Vocalic Ll
  • 𑐊
    Newa Letter E
  • 𑐋
    Newa Letter Ai
  • 𑐌
    Newa Letter O
  • 𑐍
    Newa Letter Au
  • Consonants

  • 𑐎
    Newa Letter Ka
  • 𑐏
    Newa Letter Kha
  • 𑐐
    Newa Letter Ga
  • 𑐑
    Newa Letter Gha
  • 𑐒
    Newa Letter Nga
  • 𑐓
    Newa Letter Ngha
  • 𑐔
    Newa Letter Ca
  • 𑐕
    Newa Letter Cha
  • 𑐖
    Newa Letter Ja
  • 𑐗
    Newa Letter Jha
  • 𑐘
    Newa Letter Nya
  • 𑐙
    Newa Letter Nyha
  • 𑐚
    Newa Letter Tta
  • 𑐛
    Newa Letter Ttha
  • 𑐜
    Newa Letter Dda
  • 𑐝
    Newa Letter Ddha
  • 𑐞
    Newa Letter Nna
  • 𑐟
    Newa Letter Ta
  • 𑐠
    Newa Letter Tha
  • 𑐡
    Newa Letter Da
  • 𑐢
    Newa Letter Dha
  • 𑐣
    Newa Letter Na
  • 𑐤
    Newa Letter Nha
  • 𑐥
    Newa Letter Pa
  • 𑐦
    Newa Letter Pha
  • 𑐧
    Newa Letter Ba
  • 𑐨
    Newa Letter Bha
  • 𑐩
    Newa Letter Ma
  • 𑐪
    Newa Letter Mha
  • 𑐫
    Newa Letter Ya
  • 𑐬
    Newa Letter Ra
  • 𑐭
    Newa Letter Rha
  • 𑐮
    Newa Letter La
  • 𑐯
    Newa Letter Lha
  • 𑐰
    Newa Letter Wa
  • 𑐱
    Newa Letter Sha
  • 𑐲
    Newa Letter Ssa
  • 𑐳
    Newa Letter Sa
  • 𑐴
    Newa Letter Ha
  • Dependent vowel signs

  • 𑐵
    Newa Vowel Sign Aa
  • 𑐶
    Newa Vowel Sign I
  • 𑐷
    Newa Vowel Sign Ii
  • 𑐸
    Newa Vowel Sign U
  • 𑐹
    Newa Vowel Sign Uu
  • 𑐺
    Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic R
  • 𑐻
    Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic Rr
  • 𑐼
    Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic L
  • 𑐽
    Newa Vowel Sign Vocalic Ll
  • 𑐾
    Newa Vowel Sign E
  • 𑐿
    Newa Vowel Sign Ai
  • 𑑀
    Newa Vowel Sign O
  • 𑑁
    Newa Vowel Sign Au
  • Various signs

  • 𑑂
    Newa Sign Virama
  • 𑑃
    Newa Sign Candrabindu
  • 𑑄
    Newa Sign Anusvara
  • 𑑅
    Newa Sign Visarga
  • 𑑆
    Newa Sign Nukta
  • 𑑇
    Newa Sign Avagraha
  • 𑑈
    Newa Sign Final Anusvara
  • Invocation signs

  • 𑑉
    Newa Om
  • 𑑊
    Newa Siddhi
  • Punctuation

  • 𑑋
    Newa Danda
  • 𑑌
    Newa Double Danda
  • 𑑍
    Newa Comma
  • 𑑎
    Newa Gap Filler
  • 𑑏
    Newa Abbreviation Sign
  • Digits

  • 𑑐
    Newa Digit Zero
  • 𑑑
    Newa Digit One
  • 𑑒
    Newa Digit Two
  • 𑑓
    Newa Digit Three
  • 𑑔
    Newa Digit Four
  • 𑑕
    Newa Digit Five
  • 𑑖
    Newa Digit Six
  • 𑑗
    Newa Digit Seven
  • 𑑘
    Newa Digit Eight
  • 𑑙
    Newa Digit Nine
  • Punctuation

  • 𑑚
    Newa Double Comma
  • Various signs

  • 𑑛
    Newa Placeholder Mark
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  • 𑑝
    Newa Insertion Sign
  • 𑑞
    Newa Sandhi Mark
  • 𑑟
    Newa Letter Vedic Anusvara
  • 𑑠
    Newa Sign Jihvamuliya
  • 𑑡
    Newa Sign Upadhmaniya
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Table of Characters

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