Newa

E520848

Newa is a Unicode block that encodes the Newa script used for writing the Nepal Bhasa (Newar) language of the Newar people in Nepal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Newa canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Unicode block ⓘ
associatedPeople Newar people ⓘ
linked to: Newar community
associatedRegion Nepal ⓘ
blockName Newa ⓘ
blockSize 128 code points ⓘ
containsCategory consonant signs ⓘ
digits ⓘ
letters ⓘ
punctuation ⓘ
various signs ⓘ
vowel signs ⓘ
encodingPurpose digital representation of Newa script ⓘ
hasCanonicalCombiningClassUsage yes ⓘ
hasCodePointRangeEnd U+1147F ⓘ
hasCodePointRangeStart U+11400 ⓘ
hasCombiningMarks true ⓘ
hasDigits true ⓘ
hasGeneralCategory Letter ⓘ
Mark ⓘ
Number ⓘ
Punctuation ⓘ
hasUnicodeVersionIntroduced Unicode 9.0 ⓘ
includedInStandard Unicode Standard ⓘ
locale Nepal ⓘ
plane Basic Multilingual Plane ⓘ
primaryCommunity Newar community ⓘ
relatedScript Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Prachalit Newa script ⓘ
linked to: Prachalit script

Ranjana script ⓘ
script Newa script ⓘ
scriptFamily Indic scripts ⓘ
scriptStatus encoded in Unicode ⓘ
scriptUsage Nepal Bhasa ⓘ
linked to: Newar language

Newar language ⓘ
standard Unicode ⓘ
supportsConjunctConsonants true ⓘ
supportsDependentVowels true ⓘ
supportsNuktaLikeMarks true ⓘ
supportsRendering complex text layout ⓘ
usedForLanguage Nepal Bhasa ⓘ
linked to: Newar language

Newar ⓘ
classical Newar texts ⓘ
usedInWriting historical documents ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType Brahmic script ⓘ
yearOfIntroduction 2016 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.