Sorang Sompeng alphabet

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Sorang Sompeng
Type
Languages Sora
Parent systems
Brahmi
  • Sorang Sompeng
Direction Left-to-right
ISO 15924 Sora, 398
Unicode alias
Sora Sompeng
U+110D0–U+110FF

Sorang Sompeng script is used to write in Sora, a Munda language with 300,000 speakers in India. The script was created by Mangei Gomango in 1936 and is used in religious contexts.[1] He was familiar with Oriya, Telugu and English.

The Sora language is also written in the Latin, Odiya and Telugu scripts.[2]

Unicode[edit]

Sorang Sompeng script was added to the Unicode Standard in January, 2012 with the release of version 6.1.

Block[edit]

The Unicode block for Sorang Sompeng script, called Sora Sompeng, is U+110D0–U+110FF:

Sora Sompeng[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+110Dx 𑃐 𑃑 𑃒 𑃓 𑃔 𑃕 𑃖 𑃗 𑃘 𑃙 𑃚 𑃛 𑃜 𑃝 𑃞 𑃟
U+110Ex 𑃠 𑃡 𑃢 𑃣 𑃤 𑃥 𑃦 𑃧 𑃨
U+110Fx 𑃰 𑃱 𑃲 𑃳 𑃴 𑃵 𑃶 𑃷 𑃸 𑃹
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 9.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

References[edit]

  1. ^ Everson, Michael (2009-06-08). "Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCS" (pdf). Working Group Document. International Organization for Standardization. 
  2. ^ Sorang Sompeng Script