Badugu
Script details
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| Code | x-badugu |
| Script type | abugida |
| Region | South Asian |
| Status | Current |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | unknown |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | none |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Number | 942 (private use, alias, or special) |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”The Badugu (sometimes called Badaga) script is a relatively recent creation.
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It was developed over approximately 40 years by Yogesh Raj Kadasoley, and officially released in 2012. The script is designed for writing the Badaga language, a Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu in South India. The Badaga people primarily worship the Hindu goddess Hethai.
Previously, the language was written in the Kannada script, and it is currently most often written in the Tamil script.
This is not the first script designed exclusively for the Badaga language. In 2009, Anandhan Raju designed a Badaga script based on the shapes of Tamil characters.
This script is not currently recognized by the ISO 15924 standard
, but is included in Writing Systems Technical Resources for research purposes. If you have any information on this script, please add the information to this site. Your contributions can be a great help in refining and expanding the ISO 15924 standard. The Script Encoding Initiative is working to support the inclusion of this script in the standard, and contributions here will support their efforts.
Languages that use this script
Section titled “Languages that use this script”There are no known languages that use this script.
Unicode status
Section titled “Unicode status”The Badugu script is not yet in Unicode. It is not yet in the Roadmap for the Unicode Standard.
Resources
Section titled “Resources”External links
- Badaga script (Badagas of the Blue Mountains)