Tikamuli

Tikamuli was developed by Tikaram Mulicha in 2005 to write Sunwar, a Kiranti language spoken in mainly eastern Nepal. It is promoted by the Sunuwar Welfare Society in Kathmandu in Nepal, where the script is used.

Notable features

Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
Vowels, other than a, are written with diacritics. There are no independent vowel letters.
Consonants have an inherent vowel which is changed with vowel diacritics
Used to write: Sunwar, a Kiranti language spoken in eastern Nepal, and in Sikkim in India

Tikamuli script for Sunwar

Download an alphabet chart for Tikamuli (Excel format)

Sample text (Matthew 1:1-3)

Sample text in Tikamuli

Transliteration

abrāhām ā tau, pip dāud ā tau, yesu khrīst ā kikī pipī ān nēṅ eko bāknīm.
yesu khrīst ā kikī pipī su su bākmā bākt deṅshā hanā, ngoitīṅ abrāhām bākmākt. abrāhāmmī isahāk thīmākt. isahākmī yākūb thimākt. yakūbmī yahūdā nu ā wobu thīmī bākt.
yahūdāmī tāmār re peres nu jerah tau nikshī thimsī bākt. peresmī hesron thimākt. hesronmī arām thimākt.

Translation

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
And Judas begat a Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

Information about Sunwar | Sunuwar script | Tikamuli script | Numbers | Tower of Babel

Links

Information about the Tikamuli script
http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&uid=mrqq6uxjlx
http://glyphs.webfoot.com/blog/2011/05/02/tikamuli-2005-nepal/
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3963.pdf
http://glyphs.webfoot.com/blog/2011/05/02/tikamuli-2005-nepal/

Tikamuli fonts
http://viriimind.50webs.com/downloads/sunuwarFont.zip

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, 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, Fox, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Incung, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khom Thai, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kodava Lipi, Komering, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lai Tay (Tai Yo), Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Leke, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meetei Yelhou Mayek, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Ogan, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Sheek Bakrii Saphaloo, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Tai Noi, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Thirke, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

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Page last modified: 16.03.23

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