Home › Entities › Brahmic scripts › Lepcha

Lepcha

Brahmic abugida script used to write the Lepcha language in North eastern India
Class type of: Brahmic scripts Q1481626

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet[5][6]
Inception
1700[11]
Country
India, Nepal[3][4]
Language of work or name
Lepcha[10]
Based on
Tibetan script[7]
Subclass of
Brahmic scripts[8]
Has use
Lepcha[9]
Creator
Chakdor Namgyal[2]
Indigenous to
Sikkim[16]
Name
Lepcha (Róng), lepcha (róng), Lepcha[17][18]
Native label
ᰕᰧᰵᰶᰙᰳ, ᰇᰨᰕᰧᰵᰶ, ᰀᰂ[13][14][15]
Script directionality
left-to-right[12]
Unicode range
U+1C00-1C4F[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lepcha alphabet en Lepcha script en Míngzât en Chomíng en Lepc en Lepcha de Lepc de Lepcha-Schrift el Αλφάβητο Λέπτσα fi Lepchan kirjaimisto fr alphasyllabaire lepcha fr écriture lepcha hi लेपचा लिपि id Aksara Lepcha ja レプチャ文字 pl Pismo rong pt Escrita lepcha ru Лепча th อักษรเลปชา zh 雷布查字母
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lepcha Mingzat.png ↗
Atlas of Endangered Alphabets ID
2342
Freebase ID
/m/0gf373
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Lepc
ISO 15924 numeric code
335
Topic's main category
Category:Lepcha script

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
← Writing system 3
Lepcha, GNU Unifont, Code2000
Instance of 2
abugida, unicase alphabet
Based on 1
Tibetan script
Creator 1
Chakdor Namgyal
Language of work or name 1
Lepcha
← Based on 1
Limbu script
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Lepcha is an abugida[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lepcha. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lepcha-q1481626
MLA “Lepcha.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lepcha-q1481626.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lepcha-q1481626_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lepcha}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lepcha-q1481626}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Lepcha — https://4ort.xyz/entity/lepcha-q1481626 (retrieved 2026-11-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lepcha-q1481626 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → India, Nepal
    Schematic → Lepcha Inventory Unicode.png, Lazóng.SVG
    Native label → {'lang': 'mis', 'text': 'ᰕᰧᰵᰶᰙᰳ'}, {'lang': 'mis', 'text': 'ᰇᰨᰕᰧᰵᰶ'}, {'lang': 'mis', 'text': 'ᰀᰂ'}
    Has use → Lepcha
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Schematic: Lepcha Inventory Unicode.png"
  2. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Script directionality → left-to-right
    Instance of → abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet
    Language of work or name → Lepcha
    Based on → Tibetan script
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Lepcha Mingzat.png"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.