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'''Wancho script''' is an [[alphabet]] created between 2001 and 2012 by middle school teacher Banwang Losu in [[Longding district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] for writing the [[Wancho language]].<ref name="L217067">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17067r2-n4787r2-wancho.pdf|title=L2/17-067R2: Proposal to encode the Wancho script|date=2017-10-22|first=Michael|last=Everson|authorlink=Michael Everson}}</ref>  Letters represent consonants and vowels.
'''Wancho script''' is an [[alphabet]] created between 2001 and 2012 by middle school teacher Banwang Losu in [[Longding district]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]] for writing the [[Wancho language]].<ref name="L217067">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17067r2-n4787r2-wancho.pdf|title=L2/17-067R2: Proposal to encode the Wancho script|date=2017-10-22|first=Michael|last=Everson|authorlink=Michael Everson}}</ref>  Letters represent consonants and vowels.
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Wancho
𞋒𞋀𞋉𞋃𞋕
The word 'Wancho' in Wancho script
Script type
CreatorBanwang Losu
Created2001
LanguagesWancho language
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Wcho, , ​Wancho
Unicode
Unicode alias
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U+1E2C0–U+1E2FF

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Wancho script is an alphabet created between 2001 and 2012 by middle school teacher Banwang Losu in Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh for writing the Wancho language.[1] Letters represent consonants and vowels. Conjunct consonants are not used. Tone is indicated with diacritical marks on vowel letters.[1]

While Wancho script is taught in some schools, the Wancho language is generally written in either Devanagari script or the Latin alphabet.

Unicode[edit | edit source]

Wancho script was added to the Unicode Standard in March 2019 on version 12.0.

The Unicode block for Wancho is U+1E2C0–U+1E2FF:

Template:Unicode chart Wancho

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Everson, Michael (2017-10-22). "L2/17-067R2: Proposal to encode the Wancho script" (PDF).


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