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.
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: