Sorang Sompeng script explained

Sorang Sompeng
Type:Alphabet
Languages:Sora
Fam1:original invention
Unicode:U+110D0–U+110FF
Iso15924:Sora
Sample:Shukla Sorang Sompeng.svg
Caption:The words "Sorang Sompeng" in the Sorang Sompeng script

The Sorang Sompeng script is used to write Sora, a Munda language with 300,000 speakers in India. The script was created by Mangei Gomango in 1936 and is used in religious contexts.[1]

The Sora language is also written in the Latin, Odia, and Telugu scripts.[2]

Letters

The values of the letters are as follows:

+Sorang Sompeng

ସୋରାଙ୍ ସୋମପେଙ୍
Letter Name Odia
kah /k/
gah /ɡ/
ngah /ŋ/
cah /tʃ/
jah /dʒ/
nyah /ɲ/
tah /t/
dah /d/
nah /n/
pah /p/
bah /b/
mah /m/
yah /j/
rah /r/
lah /l/
wah /w/
sah /s/
hah /h/
ah /aː/
ih /i/
eeh /e/
uh /u/
oh /o/, /a/ ,
eh /ai/
mae /mae/

Digits

Digit 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sorang Sompeng
Odia

Unicode

The Sorang Sompeng script was added to the Unicode Standard in January 2012, with the release of version 6.1.

Block

See main article: Sora Sompeng (Unicode block).

The Unicode block for Sorang Sompeng script, called Sora Sompeng, is U+110D0–U+110FF:

Fonts

Microsoft Windows made a font called Nirmala UI, which supports Sora Sompeng.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael . Everson . Michael Everson . Proposal for encoding the Sora Sompeng script in the UCS . 8 June 2009. International Organization for Standardization . Working Group Document.
  2. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sorangsompeng.htm Sorang Sompeng Script