Tikamuli 
Tikamuli was developed by Tikaram Mulicha in 2005 to write Sunwar, a Kiranti language spoken in mainly eastern Nepal. It is promoted by the Sunuwar Welfare Society in Kathmandu in Nepal, where the script is used.
Notable features
- Type of writing system: abugida / syllabic alphabet
- Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
- Vowels, other than a, are written with diacritics. There are no independent vowel letters.
- Consonants have an inherent vowel which is changed with vowel diacritics
- Used to write: Sunwar, a Kiranti language spoken in eastern Nepal, and in Sikkim in India
Tikamuli script for Sunwar
Download an alphabet chart for Tikamuli (Excel format)
Sample text (Matthew 1:1-3)
Transliteration
- abrāhām ā tau, pip dāud ā tau, yesu khrīst ā kikī pipī ān nēṅ eko bāknīm.
- yesu khrīst ā kikī pipī su su bākmā bākt deṅshā hanā, ngoitīṅ abrāhām bākmākt. abrāhāmmī isahāk thīmākt. isahākmī yākūb thimākt. yakūbmī yahūdā nu ā wobu thīmī bākt.
- yahūdāmī tāmār re peres nu jerah tau nikshī thimsī bākt. peresmī hesron thimākt. hesronmī arām thimākt.
Translation
- The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
- And Judas begat a Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
Information about Sunwar | Jenticha script | Tikamuli script | Tower of Babel
Links
Information about the Tikamuli script
http://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail&uid=mrqq6uxjlx
http://glyphs.webfoot.com/blog/2011/05/02/tikamuli-2005-nepal/
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3963.pdf
http://glyphs.webfoot.com/blog/2011/05/02/tikamuli-2005-nepal/
Tikamuli fonts
http://viriimind.50webs.com/downloads/sunuwarFont.zip
Syllabic alphabets / abugidas
Ahom, Aima, Badaga, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin (Tagalog), Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno’o, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Jenticha, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Phri, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, Ojibwe, Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Ranjana, Redjang, Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi
