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Khema
Khema Lipi
Script type	Abugida
Languages	Gurung
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian Proto-Sinaitic Phoenician Aramaic Brahmi Gupta Tibetan Khema
Sister systems	Meitei, Lepcha, Phagspa, Marchen
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Gukh (397), ​Gurung Khema
Unicode
Unicode alias	Gurung Khema
Unicode range	U+16100–U+1613F
The theorised Semitic origins of the Brahmi script are not universally agreed upon.
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The Khema script, also known as Gurung Khema, Khema Phri, Khema Lipi, is used to write the Gurung language. The Language Commission of Nepal recognizes Khema as the official script of Gurung.

Usage

Devdaha Mother Tongues Academy, located in Rupandehi, teaches Gurung in the Khema script. The Khema script is used in Sikkim to officially write the Gurung language.

Unicode

The Khema script was added to the Unicode Standard in September, 2024 with the release of version 16.0.

The Unicode block for Khema, called Gurung Khema, is U+16100–U+1613F:

See also

• Gurung language

References

1. "Khema". Omniglot. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
2. "विद्यालयको लक्ष्य तथा उद्देश्यहरु". Devdaha Mother Tongues Academy. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. "Sikkim Herald – Gurung Edition – 17th July, 2019". Sikkim Herald. Government of Sikkim. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

External links

• Mandal, Biswajit (5 June 2022). "Proposal to Encode Gurung Khema in Universal Character Set (revised version)" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2024.

• Writing systems of Nepal
• Brahmic scripts