Nepalese scripts

Nepalese scripts
Script type	Abugida
Direction	Left-to-right
Region	Nepal and India
Languages	Nepal Bhasa
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic script (?) Brāhmī Gupta Siddham[1] Nepalese scripts
Child systems	Ranjana, Bhujimol, Pracalit
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Nepalese scripts (Nepal Lipi: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐁𑐏𑐮, Devanagari: नेपाल आखल) are a family of alphabetic writing systems employed historically in Nepal Mandala by the indigenous Newar people for primarily writing Nepal Bhasa. It is also used for transcribing Sanskrit and Pali.^[2] There are also some claims they have also been used to write the Parbatiya (Khas) language^{[3][dubious – discuss]}.

These scripts were in widespread use from the 10th to the early 20th-century, but have since been largely supplanted by the modern script known as Devanagari. Of the older scripts, about 50,000 manuscripts written in Nepal Lipi have been archived.^[4]