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  2. Devanagari (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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    Devanagari is a Unicode block containing characters for writing languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Bodo, Maithili, Sindhi, Nepali, and Sanskrit, among others. In its original incarnation, the code points U+0900..U+0954 were a direct copy of the characters A0-F4 from the 1988 ISCII standard. The Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu ...

  3. Newa (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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    A Unicode character set was initially proposed in May 2011. [3] A previous tentative mapping of the first SMP also included the script [4] and later versions include the proposal. [5] A revised proposal [6] using the name "Newar" is reflected in the roadmap from 6.0.12. [7]

  4. Nepalese scripts - Wikipedia

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    Nepalese scripts (Nepal Lipi: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐁𑐏𑐮, Devanagari: नेपाल आखल) are a family of alphabetic writing systems employed historically in Nepal Mandala by the indigenous Newar people for primarily writing Nepal Bhasa. It is also used for transcribing Sanskrit and Pali. [2]

  5. Devanagari transliteration - Wikipedia

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    The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a subset of the ISO 15919 standard, used for the transliteration of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pāḷi into Roman script with diacritics. IAST is a widely used standard. It uses diacritics to disambiguate phonetically similar but not identical Sanskrit glyphs.

  6. Devanagari - Wikipedia

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    Any one of the Unicode fonts input systems is fine for the Indic language Wikipedia and other wikiprojects, including Hindi, Bhojpuri, Marathi, and Nepali Wikipedia. While some people use InScript , the majority uses either Google phonetic transliteration or the input facility Universal Language Selector provided on Wikipedia.

  7. Nepali language - Wikipedia

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    Nepali (English: / nɪˈpɔːli /; [ 3 ] Devanagari: नेपाली, [ˈnepali]) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a lingua franca. Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland ...

  8. Pracalit script - Wikipedia

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    Letter in Nepal Bhasa and Nepal script dated 7 May 1924 sent from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Prachalit, also known as Newa, Newar, Newari, or Nepāla lipi is a type of abugida script developed from the Nepalese scripts, which are a part of the family of Brahmic scripts descended from Brahmi script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit and Pali.

  9. Unicode - Wikipedia

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    Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, [note 1] is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized. Version 16.0 of the standard [A] defines 154 998 characters and 168 scripts [3] used in various ordinary, literary, academic, and ...