Magar

The Magar Akkha script is a version of the Brahmi script, that has been used since about the 11th century AD. It is still used to some extent to write Magar, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in parts of Nepal, and northeast of India. It is taught in some schools and used in one newspaper. These days, the Devanagari script is more commonly used to write Magar.

Magar Akkha is also known as Magar Akkha Rika or Magar lipi.

Notable features

• Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
• Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
• Used to write: Magar (𑀫𑫡𑫥𑂞𑀸𑀲𑀸 / मगर ढुट‎)

Magar alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Magar Akkha (Excel)

Sample text

Details provided by Biswajit Mandal (biswajitmandal[dot]bm90[at]gmail[dot]com)

Links

Information about Magar Akkha
http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11144-magar-akkha.pdf
https://gorkhatimes.wordpress.com/category/gorkhali-scripts/

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, Ojibwe, Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

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