Warang Citi script

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The Warang Citi script is an alphabetic writing system created in the 20th century for the Ho language spoken by the Ho people of eastern India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Warang Citi script canonical 4
Warang Citi Unicode block 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
addedToUnicodeVersion Unicode 7.0 ⓘ
associatedEthnicity Ho people ⓘ
communityMovement Ho language revitalization ⓘ
competesWith Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

Odia script ⓘ
country India ⓘ
creationPeriod 20th century ⓘ
creator Lako Bodra ⓘ
Pandit Lako Bodra ⓘ
designedFor Ho phonology ⓘ
Munda language family ⓘ
designedToPreserve Ho culture ⓘ
Ho language ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Varang Citi ⓘ
Varang Kshiti ⓘ
Warang Chiti ⓘ
hasConsonants yes ⓘ
hasDigitalEncoding Unicode standard ⓘ
linked to: Unicode Standard
hasDistinctLettersFor consonants ⓘ
vowels ⓘ
hasEducationalUse regional schools ⓘ
hasVowels yes ⓘ
ISO15924Code Wara ⓘ
primaryFunction writing Ho language ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
scriptUserCommunity Ho speakers ⓘ
timeOfOrigin mid-20th century ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Warang Citi ⓘ
UnicodeRange U+118A0–U+118FF ⓘ
usedBy Ho people ⓘ
usedIn Assam ⓘ
India ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

West Bengal ⓘ
writingMedium digital text ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
printed materials ⓘ
writingSystemFamily independent script ⓘ
writingSystemFor Ho language ⓘ
writingSystemStatus minority script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Ho → scriptUsed → Warang Citi script ⓘ
Ho language → writingSystem → Warang Citi script ⓘ
Warang Citi block → hasAlias → Warang Citi Unicode block ⓘ
linked to: Warang Citi script
Lako Bodra → notableWork → Warang Citi script ⓘ
subject linked to: Lako Bodra (for Warang Citi)
Lako Bodra → developed → Warang Citi script ⓘ
subject linked to: Lako Bodra (for Warang Citi)