Newa

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Newa is a Unicode block that encodes the Newa script used for writing the Nepal Bhasa (Newar) language of the Newar people in Nepal.

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Newa canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Unicode block
associatedPeople Newar people
linked to: Newar community
associatedRegion Nepal
blockName Newa
blockSize 128 code points
containsCategory consonant signs
digits
letters
punctuation
various signs
vowel signs
encodingPurpose digital representation of Newa script
hasCanonicalCombiningClassUsage yes
hasCodePointRangeEnd U+1147F
hasCodePointRangeStart U+11400
hasCombiningMarks true
hasDigits true
hasGeneralCategory Letter
Mark
Number
Punctuation
hasUnicodeVersionIntroduced Unicode 9.0
includedInStandard Unicode Standard
locale Nepal
plane Basic Multilingual Plane
primaryCommunity Newar community
relatedScript Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script

Prachalit Newa script
linked to: Prachalit script

Ranjana script
script Newa script
scriptFamily Indic scripts
scriptStatus encoded in Unicode
scriptUsage Nepal Bhasa
linked to: Newar language

Newar language
standard Unicode
supportsConjunctConsonants true
supportsDependentVowels true
supportsNuktaLikeMarks true
supportsRendering complex text layout
usedForLanguage Nepal Bhasa
linked to: Newar language

Newar
classical Newar texts
usedInWriting historical documents
literary works
religious texts
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystemType Brahmic script
yearOfIntroduction 2016

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