Tolong Siki

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Tolong Siki
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Script type
Time period
1999present[ as of? ]
Languages Kurukh
Related scripts
Parent systems
Influence from Dravidic scripts.
  • Tolong Siki
ISO 15924
ISO 15924 Tols(299),Tolong Siki

Tolong Siki is an alphabetic script made specifically for Kurux in 1999 by Narayan Oraon, a doctor. Many books and magazines have been published in Tolong Siki, and it was officially recognized by the state of Jharkhand in 2007. The Kurukh Literary Society of India has been instrumental in spreading the Tolong Siki script for Kurukh literature. [1] [2]

Unicode

As of June 2023, the script has been proposed for inclusion in Unicode, most recently in January 2023. [3]

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References

  1. Ager, Simon. "Tolong Siki alphabet and the Kurukh language". Omniglot . Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  2. Pandey, Anshuman (2010-04-08). "Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Tolong Siki Script in the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  3. Pandey, Anshuman (2023-01-05). "Proposal to encode Tolong Siki in Unicode" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-06-28.