Prachalit, also known as Newa, Newar, Newari, or Nepāla lipi is a type of abugida script developed from the Nepalese scripts, which are a part of the family of Brahmic scripts descended from Brahmi script. It is used to write Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit and Pali. Various publications are still published in this script including the Sikkim Herald the bulletin of the Sikkim government (Newari edition).^[1]

Quick Facts Prachalit Nepal 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮‎, Script type ...

Prachalit Nepal 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮‎[1]
The word 'Prachalit Nepal' in Prachalit Nepal script
Script type	Abugida
Time period	Unknown — 1769
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Pali
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic script (?) Brāhmī Gupta Siddham[2] Nepali Prachalit Nepal
Sister systems	Ranjana Bhujimol
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Newa (333), ​Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi
Unicode
Unicode alias	Newa
Unicode range	U+11400–U+1147F

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Prachalit Nepal script was added to the Unicode Standard in June, 2016 with the release of version 9.0.

The Unicode block for Prachalit Nepal, called Newa, is U+11400–U+1147F:

• Nepalese scripts