Tolong Siki

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Tolong Siki
𑶻𑶳𑷑𑶳𑷎 𑷔𑶰𑷊𑶰
Tolong Siki Narayan Oraon.jpg
Tolong Siki script
Script type
Period
since 1999
DirectionLeft-to-right  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Languages Kurukh
Related scripts
Parent systems
Influence from Dravidic scripts.
  • Tolong Siki
    𑶻𑶳𑷑𑶳𑷎 𑷔𑶰𑷊𑶰
ISO 15924
ISO 15924 Tols(299),Tolong Siki
Unicode
Unicode alias
Tolong Siki
U+11DB0U+11DEF

Tolong Siki is an alphabetic script made specifically for Kurux language 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]

Tolong Siki Numerials & Signs [3] TolongSikiNumerials&Signs.jpg
Tolong Siki Numerials & Signs [3]
Tolong Siki Script [4] [5] Tolong Siki.jpg
Tolong Siki Script [4] [5]

Unicode

Tolong Siki was added to the Unicode Standard in September 2025 with the release of version 17.0.

The Unicode block for Tolong Siki is U+11DB0–U+11DEF:

Tolong Siki [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+11DBx𑶰𑶱𑶲𑶳𑶴𑶵𑶶𑶷𑶸𑶹𑶺𑶻𑶼𑶽𑶾𑶿
U+11DCx𑷀𑷁𑷂𑷃𑷄𑷅𑷆𑷇𑷈𑷉𑷊𑷋𑷌𑷍𑷎𑷏
U+11DDx𑷐𑷑𑷒𑷓𑷔𑷕𑷖𑷗𑷘𑷙𑷚𑷛
U+11DEx𑷠𑷡𑷢𑷣𑷤𑷥𑷦𑷧𑷨𑷩
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 17.0
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

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.