Wancho script explained

Wancho
Sample:Shukla Wancho.svg
Caption:The word 'Wancho' in Wancho script
Type:Alphabet
Languages:Wancho language
Creator:Banwang Losu
Date:2001
Iso15924:Wcho
Unicode:U+1E2C0–U+1E2FF
Note:none

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

See main article: Wancho (Unicode block). 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:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L2/17-067R2: Proposal to encode the Wancho script. 2017-10-22. Michael. Everson. Michael Everson.