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Khema script

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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.

01Usage

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.

Khema Lipi full chart
Khema Lipi full chart

02Unicode

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:

Gurung Khema[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
ย 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1610x ๐–„€ ๐–„ ๐–„‚ ๐–„ƒ ๐–„„ ๐–„… ๐–„† ๐–„‡ ๐–„ˆ ๐–„‰ ๐–„Š ๐–„‹ ๐–„Œ ๐–„ ๐–„Ž ๐–„
U+1611x ๐–„ ๐–„‘ ๐–„’ ๐–„“ ๐–„” ๐–„• ๐–„– ๐–„— ๐–„˜ ๐–„™ ๐–„š ๐–„› ๐–„œ ๐–„ ๐–„ž ๐–„Ÿ
U+1612x ๐–„  ๐–„ก ๐–„ข ๐–„ฃ ๐–„ค ๐–„ฅ ๐–„ฆ ๐–„ง ๐–„จ ๐–„ฉ ๐–„ช ๐–„ซ ๐–„ฌ ๐–„ญ ๐–„ฎ ๐–„ฏ
U+1613x ๐–„ฐ ๐–„ฑ ๐–„ฒ ๐–„ณ ๐–„ด ๐–„ต ๐–„ถ ๐–„ท ๐–„ธ ๐–„น
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
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Gurung language

Gurung, also known as Tamu Kyi (เคคเคฎเฅ เค•เฅเคฏเฅ€, tamu kyฤซ; Tibetan: เฝขเพŸเฝ˜เฝดเผ‹เฝฆเพเฝ‘เผ‹) or Tamu Bhฤแนฃฤ (เคคเคฎเฅ เคญเคพเคทเคพ, tamu bhฤแนฃฤ), is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Gurung people of Nepal. The total number of all Gurung speakers in Nepal was 227,918 in 1991 and 325,622 in 2011.