Chisoi [Chis]
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Script features
| Script type | alphabet |
| Family | Indic |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | between words |
| Complex behaviors | diacritics |
| ISO 15924 Code / Key | Chis / 21987 (left=to-right alphabetic) |
| OpenType tag | [none] |
| Status | currently in use |
Script description
Chisoi is used in West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand for writing the Kurmali / Kudmali language. Since 2009 the script has been taught in more than 50 schools in West Bengal.
The script is written from left to right. The script consists of eight vowels, twenty consonants, two linguistic signs and ten digits. Vowels are written as full letters, but consonants may have an inherent vowel. The script has no regular system of conjuncts. There are no attested ligatures.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing system code | Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kadmali | kyw-Chis | in use | kyw-Chis-IN (India) |
Unicode information
The Chisoi script has been accepted for encoding in a future version of the Unicode Standard.. The script has a provisional allocation at U+16D80..U+16DAF in the Roadmap to the SMP for the Unicode Standard.
A number of documents towards its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
- 2021-05-29 Proposal to Encode Chisoi in the Universal Character Set — Biswajit Mandal (L2/21-183)
- Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-174) (See point 6.)
- 2022-11-01 Proposal to Encode Chisoi (revised) — Biswajit Mandal (L2/22-218)
Resources
Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Universal Shaping Engine
Notes on Scripts, Orthographies and Characters, Lists of Terms