Varang Kshiti

Varang Kshiti

Infobox Writing system
name=Varang Kshiti
type=Abugida
languages=Ho
fam1=Proto-Canaanite alphabetThe link between Brahmi and Middle Eastern scripts is disputed, see Origins of Brahmi.]
fam2=Phoenician alphabet
fam3=Aramaic alphabet
fam4=Brāhmī script

Varang Kshiti is a syllabic alphabet invented by Lako Bodra , used in primary and adult education and in various publications. It is used to write Ho, a language used in the Indian states of Mundari, Bihar, and Orissa.cite web
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Community leader Lako Bodra invented it as an alternative to the writing systems devised by Christian missionaries. He claims that the alphabet was invented in the 13th century by Dhawan Turi, and that it was rediscovered in a shamanistic vision and modernized by Bodra.

Bodra authorized the following books in Varang Kshiti:

# "Ela Al Etu Uta"
# "Sala Sule Sagen"
# "Ba Buru Bonga Buru"
# "Pompo"
# "Sahar Hora" (8 Volumes)
# "Raghu Vansha"
# "Hitahasa"
# "Bakana"
# "Aida Hola Sevasala"
# "Pitika"
# "Kol Rule"

The script begins with the letter Om, the first sound for the creation of the universe and has 32 letters in total with capital and small letters. It is written from left to right in horizontal lines, and each consonant has an inherent vowel, usually /a/ but sometimes /o/ or /e/.

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