Kirat Rai

Kirat Rai (also called Rai, Khambu Rai, Rai Barṇamālā and Kirat Khambu Rai) is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the Sumhung Lipi of 1920s, used to write the Bantawa language in the Indian state of Sikkim. Kirat Rai is composed of 31 primary characters, including seven vowels (and seven related vowel diacritics), one of which (/a/) is inherent in all consonants, 31 consonants, a virama to cancel the inherent vowel, and a vowel carrier to be used in combination with the vowel diacritics for writing word-initial vowels.

Kirat Rai
Rai
Khambu Rai
Rai Barṇamālā
Kirat Khambu Rai
Script type
Time period
1920 – present
LanguagesBantawa
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Krai (396), Kirat Rai
Unicode
Unicode range
U+16D40–U+16D7F (tentative)
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