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Prachalit Nepal

Brahmic abugida script used widely in Nepal for the Newar language (Nepal Bhasa)
Class type of: Brahmic scripts Q7237292

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
natural writing system, abugida, unicase alphabet, script in Unicode[4][5][6]
Inception
1500[18]
Country
Nepal, India[2][3]
Language of work or name
Newar, Sanskrit, Pali, Nepali, Hindi, Bangla, Maithili[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Based on
Nepalese script, Nāgarī[7][8]
Subclass of
Brahmic scripts[9]
Has use
Newar[10]
End time
1800[19]
Name
Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi, néwa, néwar, néwari, nepāla lipi, Newa[22][23]
Native label
𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐶[21]
Script directionality
left-to-right[20]
Unicode range
U+11400-1147F
🏷️ Also known as
en Pracalit script en Newa en Nepāla lipi en Newar en Newari en Newar script en Newa script el Αλφάβητο Πρατσαλίτ Νεπάλ fr prachalit fr néwa fr pracalit he פראקליט hi नेवारी लिपि ja ネワール文字 ja プラチャリット文字 th อักษรปรัจลิต tr Pracalit yazısı zh 尼泊尔纽瓦字母 zh 尼瓦爾文 zh 尼瓦爾通俗體
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Newar Varnamala.png ↗
Atlas of Endangered Alphabets ID
5181
Freebase ID
/m/03hkz_j
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Newa
ISO 15924 numeric code
333
Topic's main category
Category:Newa script

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🔗 Connections
Language of work or name 7
Hindi, Sanskrit, Bangla, Nepali, Pali, Maithili, Newar
Instance of 3
writing system, abugida, unicase alphabet
← Writing system 2
GNU Unifont, Classical Newari
Based on 1
Nepalese script
Topic's main category 1
Category:Newa script
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Newa script
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Summary

Prachalit Nepal is a natural writing system[1].

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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. 8w ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Newar script
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Commons category: Newar script, Update P373 to avoid commons category redirect"
  2. 9w ago · ~2026-47544-65 · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Brahmic scripts
    Country → Nepal, India
    Wikidata description → Brahmic abugida script used widely in Nepal for the Newar language (Nepal Bhasa)
    Based on → Nepalese script, Nāgarī
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Native label: 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐶"
  3. 21w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Nepal, India
    Wikidata description → Brahmic abugida script used widely in Nepal for the Newar language (Nepal Bhasa)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: Nepal"
  4. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Newar Varnamala.png, Shukla Prachalit Nepal.svg, Letter in nepal script.jpg +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Letter in nepal script.jpg"
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