Pracalit script

Prachalit Nepal
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮‎^[1]
Prachalit Nepal; 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮‎
	The word 'Prachalit Nepal' in Prachalit Nepal script
Script type	Abugida
Time period	Unknown — 1769
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Pali, Maithili
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic script Brāhmī Gupta Siddham Nepali Prachalit Nepal; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Sister systems	Ranjana; Bhujimol
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Newa (333), Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi
Unicode
Unicode alias	Newa
Unicode range	U+11400–U+1147F

Nepal script used on letterhead of Nepalese business house in Lhasa dated 1958.

Prachalit, also known as Newa, Newar, Newari, or Nepāla lipi is a type of abugida script developed from the Nepalese scripts, which are a part of the family of Brahmic scripts descended from Brahmi script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa, Maithili, Sanskrit and Pali. Various publications are still published in this script including the Sikkim Herald the bulletin of the Sikkim government (Newari edition).^[1]

^ ^a ^b Pandey, Anshuman (3 May 2011). "N4038: Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. p. 143.

[Pandey2011-1] Pandey, Anshuman (3 May 2011). "N4038: Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Prachalit Nepal Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[masica-2] Masica, Colin (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. p. 143.

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