87. Bantawa

Bantawa is a member of the Easter Kiranti branch of Tibeto-Burman languages spoken by the Bantawa Rai people in parts of Sikkim and Nepal. An estimiated 390,000 people speak this language, and in Sikkim it is sometimes written with an alphabet known as Kirat Rai.

Kirat Rai script   

Notable features

• Type of writing system: syllabic alphabet
• Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
• Used to write: Bantawa

Kirat Rai consonants

Kirat Rai vowels

Kirat Rai numerals

Links

Information about the Bantawa language and the Kirat Rai script and people
http://robbie.eugraph.com/bantawa/report.html
http://anshumanpandey.blogspot.com/2011/04/kirat-rai-script.html
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n4037.pdf