Khema script

{{Short description|Abugida script}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox Writing system

|name = Khema

|altname =

|sample = File:Khema Lipi.png

|caption = Khema Lipi

|type = Abugida

|languages = Gurung

|fam1 = Egyptian

|fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic

|fam3 = Phoenician

|fam4 = Aramaic

|fam5 = Brahmi

|fam6 = Gupta

|fam7 = Tibetan

|sisters = Meitei, Lepcha, Phagspa, Marchen

|children =

|time =

|unicode = [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U16100.pdf U+16100–U+1613F]

|iso15924 = Gukh

|footnotes = The theorised Semitic origins of the Brahmi script are not universally agreed upon.

}}

{{Brahmic}}

The Khema script, also known as Gurung Khema, Khema Phri, Khema Lipi, is used to write the Gurung language. The Language Commission of Nepal recognizes Khema as the official script of Gurung.{{cite web |title=Khema |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/khema.htm |website=Omniglot |access-date=27 November 2021}}

File:Khema Lipi chart.png

Usage

Devdaha Mother Tongues Academy, located in Rupandehi, teaches Gurung in the Khema script.{{cite web |title=विद्यालयको लक्ष्य तथा उद्देश्यहरु |url=http://dmta.edu.np/mission/ |website=Devdaha Mother Tongues Academy |access-date=27 November 2021}} The Khema script is used in Sikkim to officially write the Gurung language.{{cite web |title=Sikkim Herald – Gurung Edition – 17th July, 2019 |url=https://www.sikkimherald.info/sikkim-herald-gurung-edition-17th-july-2019/ |website=Sikkim Herald |publisher=Government of Sikkim |access-date=27 November 2021}}

Unicode

{{Main|Gurung Khema (Unicode block)}}

The Khema script was added to the Unicode Standard in September, 2024 with the release of version 16.0.

The Unicode block for Khema, called Gurung Khema, is U+16100–U+1613F:

{{Unicode chart Gurung Khema}}

See also

References

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