Ranjana script
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| Ranjana abugida | ||
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| Type: | Abugida | |
| Languages: | Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Tibetan | |
| Time period: | ~11th century to the present | |
| Parent writing systems: | Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brāhmī Gupta script Ranjana abugida |
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Ranjana script (syn: Kutila, Lantsa) is used for writing the Nepal Bhasa language of Nepal. It is a Brahmic script and shows similarities to the Devanagari script of northern India and Nepal. The script is also used in most of the Mahayana and Vajrayana monastaries.
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