Uchen script

Uchen script
Uchen script;
Script type	Heavy-line Script Alphabet Semisyllabary
Creator	Thonmi Sambhota
Created	7th century-8th century
Languages	Tibetan, Dzongkha
Related scripts
Parent systems	Brahmi script Uchen script;
Child systems	Umê script
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Uchen (Tibetan: དབུ་ཅན་, Wylie: dbu-can; IPA: [utɕɛ̃]; variant spellings include ucen, u-cen, u-chen, ucan, u-can, uchan, u-chan, and ucän) is the upright, block style of the Tibetan script. The name means "with a head", and is the style of the script used for printing and for formal manuscripts.

It is used to write both the Tibetan language and Dzongkha, the official language of Bhutan.

There are also a number of cursive forms of the Tibetan script, sometimes collectively referred to as umê (Tibetan: དབུ་མེད་, Wylie: dbu-med), "headless."