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This page tests the Limbu Unicode block (U+1900 - U+194F).

It is part of the Gallery of Unicode Fonts and is based on the following sources:

• The Unicode Standard (version 5.0.0)
• Working Group Document N2410: Revised proposal to encode the Limbu script in the UCS (2002-02-05)

The Limbu script is a Brahmi-derived writing system primarily used to write the Limbu language. The language is used in parts of eastern Nepal and the neighboring Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal (in the Darjeeling district). The script is also known as Kirat, Kirant, Kiranti, and Sirijonga.

pick the desired font name

The selected font must be installed on your system. This page might not display properly with older versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape. Additionally, Netscape & Firefox may show an unsupported character using a different font to the one selected. Internet Explorer seems to do this too, but to a much lesser extent.

Reserved/unallocated codepoints are shown with a gray background.

There are two sections presented below to test characters in the Limbu block:

• The first section shows combinations of characters to test actual usage of Limbu script.
  • Note that the letters used in column/row headings represent the Unicode designations, not necessarily how the letters would be transcribed using the Latin alphabet.
  • And some of the consonant/vowel combinations shown below may not actually be used.
     
• The second section is just the list of Limbu codepoints and is laid out in a grid format for easy comparison against the online Unicode charts.
  • Placing your cursor over any of the characters in the chart shows the codepoint and its name from the Unicode Character Database (Copyright © 1991-2006 Unicode, Inc). This may not work with some browsers.
  • Combining and non-spacing codepoints are preceded with a non-breaking space and are shown with a  dashed border 

*Note: Several characters were noted in the Limbu proposal as obsolete but are included in the Unicode Standard for encoding older texts: U+1909 (JHA), U+190A (YAN), U+191A (SSA), U+1932 (ANUSVARA), & U+1940 (LOO).

Limbu [1900-194F]