Chakma script

E593932

Chakma script is an abugida used primarily by the Chakma people of Bangladesh and India to write the Chakma language and related liturgical texts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chakma script canonical 4
Chakma 1
Chakma (U+11100–U+1114F) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Chakma ⓘ
linked to: Chakma people
direction left-to-right ⓘ
encodedInUnicodeVersion Unicode 6.1 ⓘ
hasCharacterSet consonants ⓘ
digits ⓘ
punctuation marks ⓘ
vowels ⓘ
hasCommunityEffort language preservation ⓘ
script standardization ⓘ
hasDesign rounded letterforms ⓘ
hasFeature consonant signs ⓘ
independent vowel letters ⓘ
inherent vowel ⓘ
numeral signs ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
hasHistoricalInfluence influenced by Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

influenced by Burmese script ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin derived from Brahmi script ⓘ
hasInherentVowel /a/ or similar central vowel ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Cakm ⓘ
hasNumeralSystem decimal ⓘ
hasPhonographicType segmental writing system ⓘ
hasScriptCategory Indic script ⓘ
hasType alphasyllabary ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Chakma (U+11100–U+1114F) ⓘ
hasUnicodeProperty Script=Cakm ⓘ
hasUsageStatus minority script ⓘ
revitalized script ⓘ
hasVowelRepresentation diacritics attached to consonant base ⓘ
region Chittagong Hill Tracts ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
usedBy Chakma people ⓘ
usedFor inscriptions ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
usedForLanguage Chakma ⓘ
linked to: Chakma language

Sanskrit (liturgical contexts) ⓘ
usedIn Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
usedInDomain cultural publications ⓘ
education (Chakma-medium schools) ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemFor Chakma language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Chakma language → writingSystem → Chakma script ⓘ
Unicode 6.1 → addsScript → Chakma ⓘ
linked to: Chakma script
Unicode 6.1 → addsBlock → Chakma (U+11100–U+1114F) ⓘ
linked to: Chakma script
Chakma people → writingSystem → Chakma script ⓘ
Changma Kodha → writingSystem → Chakma script ⓘ