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A recent script for a Himalayan language.
Also known as: Khema script
The script devised in the twentieth century for Gurung, spoken in Nepal.
Writes the Gurung language of Nepal.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
One of several scripts devised for Himalayan languages within a century, each for a community whose language had been written in Devanagari — a regional pattern of communities choosing a script of their own over a neighbour's.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
An alphabet of rounded and angular letters written left to right, with its own numerals and separate vowel letters.