Writing and Printing

Chisoi

The Chisoi alphabet or Kurmali Lipi is a alphabetic writing system used to write the Kudmali language spread across West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam in northeastern India. It was invented by Jayanta Kumar Mahata, a native speaker, in 1986 as an authentic way to write the phonetics of Kurmali. Various school primers and educational materials have been published in this script. Though the predominant scripts for writing Kudmali remain Devanagari, Bengali and Odia, community-led efforts have increased its use across Jharkhand. Chisoi is a unicameral alphabet written from left to right with no ligatures or conjuncts. It has 30 basic alphabets, 27 basic consonants and 3 diacritic markers, along with 10 numeric signs.

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• ▸Garhwali language
• ▸Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
• ▸Ephraim Deinard

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