Ranjana script

Rañjanā
'Ranjana Lipi' in Ranjana script
Script type	Abugida
Time period	c. 1100–present
Direction	Left-to-right
Region	Nepal and India
Languages	Newar (Nepal Bhasa) Sanskrit Tibetan
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic script (?) Brāhmī Gupta Siddham[1] Nepalese Rañjanā
Child systems	Soyombo
Sister systems	Prachalit Bhujimol
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Ranj (303), ​Ranjana
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The Rañjanā script (Lantsa^[2]) is an abugida writing system which developed in the 11th century^[3] and until the mid-20th century was used in an area from Nepal to Tibet by the Newar people, the historic inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley, to write Sanskrit and Newar (Nepal Bhasa). Nowadays it is also used in Buddhist monasteries in China, especially in the Tibetan Buddhist areas within the Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu; Mongolia, and Japan.^[3] It is normally written from left to right but the Kutakshar form is written from top to bottom.^[3] It is also considered to be the standard Nepali calligraphic script.