Limbu script

A Himalayan script with a full stop of its own.

Also known as: Sirijanga script

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Meanings

The script used for Limbu in eastern Nepal and Sikkim.

Historically documentedVerified fact
Writes the Limbu language with its own subjoined and final-consonant marks.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Historically documentedVerified fact
Attributed to a Sikkimese ruler in the eighteenth century, which gives it a documented origin most Brahmic-derived scripts lack.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History

Rounded letters with subjoined consonant signs and a distinctive set of final-consonant marks, written left to right.

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

The world's writing systems and their notation
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and comparable scholarly editions · retrieved 2026-08-27
Scholarly treatment of scripts not covered by a regional source already registered. Cited for the identity, structure and documented use of a script or a mark. Undeciphered and partly deciphered scripts are recorded as such, and a reading that is contested is stated as contested rather than adopted.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27

Meanings

The script used for Limbu in eastern Nepal and Sikkim.

Historically documentedVerified fact

Writes the Limbu language with its own subjoined and final-consonant marks.

Historically documentedVerified fact

Attributed to a Sikkimese ruler in the eighteenth century, which gives it a documented origin most Brahmic-derived scripts lack.

Confidence

IdentityModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the identity is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Historical originLow confidence: Low confidence because the historical origin is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far, but the regional or cultural match to this specific claim is not precise.
Current useModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the current use is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.
Visual matchModerate confidence: Moderate confidence because the visual match is documented in encyclopedic references, but only a single source has been found so far.

Sources

The world's writing systems and their notation
Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and comparable scholarly editions · retrieved 2026-08-27
Scholarly treatment of scripts not covered by a regional source already registered. Cited for the identity, structure and documented use of a script or a mark. Undeciphered and partly deciphered scripts are recorded as such, and a reading that is contested is stated as contested rather than adopted.

Last reviewed 2026-08-27