Mundari Bani
| Mundari Bani ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ | |
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'Mundari' in Mundari Bani Script | |
| Script type | |
| Creator | Rohidas Singh Nag |
| Created | 1982 |
Period | 1982 to present |
| Direction | Left to Right |
| Region | Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam (India) |
| Languages | Mundari |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Original invention
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| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Nagm (295), โNag Mundari |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Nag Mundari |
| U+1E4D0โU+1E4FF Nag Mundari | |
Mundari Bani (Mundari: ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ Mundari Bani 'Mundari alphabet', also known as Mundari Bani Hisir Hisir 'writing', Nag Mundari ๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐, or the Mundari alphabet) is the writing system created for the Mundari language, spoken in eastern India. Mundari is an Austroasiatic language. Mundari Bani has 27 letters and five diacritics, the forms of which are intended to evoke natural shapes. The script is written from left to right.
Community elder and author Rohidas Singh Nag invented and published in late 1980 the alphabetic writing system Mundari Bani, which has seen limited but increasing use in literature, education, and computing.