Gurung Khema
Script details
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| Code | Gukh |
| Script type | abugida |
| Region | South Asian |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | unknown |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | gukh |
| ISO 15924 Number | 397 (alphasyllabic) |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”Gurung Khema (sometimes called Khe Phri) is one of three scripts used for writing the Eastern and Western Gurung languages spoken in Nepal, Bhutan and India.
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These languages are often known collectively as “Gurung”, although they are not mutually intelligible. Usually, Gurung is written in the Devanagari script; however, in recent times, some Gurung-speaking groups have promoted the use of two other scripts, Gurung Khema and Khema Tamu Phri.
Gurung Khema is an alphasyllabary. It is written with fifty-eight characters: one vowel, twenty-nine consonants, twelve vowel signs, six various signs, and a set of script-specific digits.
Languages that use this script
Section titled “Languages that use this script”| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurung | gvr-Gukh | in use | gvr-Gukh-IN |
Unicode status
Section titled “Unicode status”In The Unicode Standard, Gurung Khema Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 13 South and Central Asia-II — Other Modern Scripts
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Resources
Section titled “Resources”- ScriptSource page for Gurung Khema script - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems