Tibetan script
| Tibetan བོད་ཡིག་ | |
|---|---|
The mantra "Om mani padme hum" | |
| Script type | |
Period | c. 620–present |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| Languages | |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Child systems |
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Sister systems | Meitei,[3][4] Sharada, Siddham, Kalinga, Bhaiksuki |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Tibt (330), Tibetan |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Tibetan |
Unicode range | U+0F00–U+0FFF Final Accepted Script Proposal of the First Usable Edition (3.0) |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system, or abugida, forming a part of the Brahmic scripts, and used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese, Ladakhi, Jirel and Balti. Its exact origins are a subject of research but is traditionally considered to be developed by Thonmi Sambhota for King Songtsen Gampo.
The Tibetan script has also been used for some non-Tibetic languages in close cultural contact with Tibet, such as Thakali[5] and Nepali[6]. The printed form is called uchen script while the hand-written form used in everyday writing is called umê script. This writing system is especially used across the Himalayan Region.
- ^ Daniels, Peter T. (January 2008). "Writing systems of major and minor languages". In Kachru, Braj B.; Kachru, Yamuna; Sridhar, S. N. (eds.). Language in South Asia. pp. 285–308. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511619069.017. ISBN 978-0-521-78653-9.
- ^ Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. p. 143.
- ^ Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi (2011). A Grammar of Meithei. De Gruyter. p. 355. ISBN 9783110801118. Archived from the original on 2023-04-13. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
Meithei Mayek is part of the Tibetan group of scripts, which originated from the Gupta Brahmi script
- ^ Singh, Harimohon Thounaojam (January 2011), The Evolution and Recent Development of the Meetei Mayek Script, Cambridge University Press India, p. 28
- ^ Manzardo, Andrew E. "Impression Management and Economic Growth: The Case of the Thakalis of Dhaulagiri Zone" (PDF). Kailash: A Journal of Himalayan Studies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ Karmācārya, Mādhavalāla (2001). Results of the Nepal German Project on High Mountain Archaeology: Ten documents from Mustang in the Nepali language (1667-1975 A.D.). VGH Wissenschaftsverlag. ISBN 978-3-88280-061-6.