Warang Citi

A script attributed to a revelation.

Also known as: Varang Kshiti, Ho script

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Meanings

The script created in the twentieth century to write Ho, a Munda language of eastern India.

Historically documentedVerified fact
Writes the Ho language as a full alphabet.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Historically documentedVerified fact
Attributed by the community to Lako Bodra, who described it as revealed rather than invented; the record notes the community's account without adopting it as an account of the script's origin.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History

Visual description

Angular letters of straight strokes, written left to right, with a distinct set for the language's vowels.

Symmetry: none
Orientation: upright

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

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Meanings

The script created in the twentieth century to write Ho, a Munda language of eastern India.

Historically documentedVerified fact

Writes the Ho language as a full alphabet.

Contexts: Language and transcription, History

Historically documentedVerified fact

Attributed by the community to Lako Bodra, who described it as revealed rather than invented; the record notes the community's account without adopting it as an account of the script's origin.

Contexts: Language and transcription, History

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