Bhujinmol
Script details
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| Code | x-bhujinmol |
| Script type | abugida |
| Region | South Asian |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | hanging |
| Case | no |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | diacritics, contextual forms, reordering, required ligatures |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Number | none |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”Bhujinmol script was used in the 12th - 17th centuries CE in parts of modern day Nepal and the northern parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India.
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In the Newa language, the term _ Bhujinmol_ translates as “fly-headed”, referring to the shape of the Bhujinmol headstroke.
Structurally, Bhujinmol is based on the Brahmi model and is very similar to the Newa script. Certain vowel signs are written with contextual forms, when combining them with certain consonant letters. The contextual form changes the shape of the headstroke. The way vowel signs behave in Bhujinmol is similar to the way vowel signs behave in Newa script. The headstrokes of Newa letters are flat in comparison to the curved and hooked headstrokes of Bhujinmol letters. Although the shape of their headstrokes differ, the letters of Bhujinmol and Newa have identical structures. Lastly, there are six distinctive letters in Bhujinmol from Newa and two distinctive consonant conjuncts as well.
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 Bhujinmol script is not yet in Unicode. Bhujinmol may be considered one of seven documented styles of the Newar script or it may end up being encoded as a separate script.