Dhankari

Dhankari is a version of the Takri script used to write Sirmauri, a Western Pahari language spoken in southern Himachal Pradesh State in the north of India. It is also known as Simauri Takri or Simauri Lipi.

Simauri is usually written with the Devanagari alphabet, and was written with the Pabuuchi script by astrologers in the past.

Notable features

Type of writing system:Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write:Sirmauri (𑚨𑚮𑚤𑚢𑚵𑚤𑚯 / सिरमौरी)

Simauri Takri / Dhankari alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Dhankari (Excel)

Sample text

Sample text in the Dhankari script

Source:https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18085-sirmauri.pdf

Details provided by Biswajit Mandal (biswajitmandal[dot]bm90[at]gmail[dot]com)

Links

Information about Dhankari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirmauri_language
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18085-sirmauri.pdf

Languages written with versions of theTakri alphabet

Bilaspuri,Chambeali,Gaddi,Jaunsari,Kullui,Mandeali,Pangwali,Simauri

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom,Aima,Arleng,Badagu,Badlit,Basahan,Balinese,Balti-A,Balti-B,Batak,Baybayin,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,Fox,Fraser,Gond,Goykanadi,Grantha,Gujarati,Gunjala Gondi,Gupta,Gurmukhi,Halbi Lipi,Hanifi,Hanuno'o,Hočąk,Ibalnan,Incung,Inuktitut,Jaunsari Takri,Javanese,Kaithi,Kadamba,Kamarupi,Kannada,Kawi,Kharosthi,Khema,Khe Prih,Khmer,Khojki,Khom Thai,Khudabadi,Kirat Rai,Kōchi,Kodava Lipi,Komering,Kulitan,Kurukh Banna,Lai Tay (Tai Yo),Lampung,Lanna,Lao,Leke,Lepcha,Limbu,Lontara/Makasar,Lota Ende,Magar Akkha,Mahajani,Malayalam,Meitei (Modern),Manpuri (Old),Marchen,Meetei Yelhou Mayek,Meroïtic,Masarm Gondi,Modi,Mon,Mongolian Horizontal Square Script,Multani,Nandinagari,Newa,New Tai Lue,Ojibwe,Odia,Ogan,Pahawh Hmong,Pallava,Phags-pa,Purva Licchavi,Qiang / Rma,Ranjana,Rejang (Kaganga),Sasak,Savara,Satera Jontal,Shan,Sharda,Sheek Bakrii Saphaloo,Siddham,Sinhala,Sorang Sompeng,Sourashtra,Soyombo,Sukhothai,Sundanese,Syloti Nagri,Tagbanwa,Tai Noi,Takri,Tamil,Tanchangya (Ka-Pat),Tani,Thaana,Telugu,Thai,Thirke,Tibetan,Tigalari,Tikamuli,Tocharian,Tolong Siki,Vatteluttu,Warang Citi

Other writing systems

Page last modified: 16.03.23

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