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Chakma

Changmha Ajhapat
๐‘„Œ๐‘„‹๐‘„ด๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ง๐‘„๐‘„›๐‘„–๐‘„ด

The word 'Changmha Ajhapat' in Chakma script

Script type

Period

c.โ€‰600 CE โ€“ present
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesChakma language, Pali[1]
Related scripts

Parent systems

Sister systems

ISO 15924
ISO 15924Cakm (349), โ€‹Chakma
Unicode

Unicode alias

Chakma
U+11100โ€“U+1114F[6]
 This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and โŸจ โŸฉ, see IPA ยง Brackets and transcription delimiters.

The Chakma Script (Chakma: ๐‘„Œ๐‘„‹๐‘„ด๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ง๐‘„๐‘„›๐‘„–๐‘„ด), also called Ajhฤ Pฤแนญh, is an abugida used for the Chakma language, and recently for the Pali language.[1]

The Chakma script is an abugida that belongs to the Brahmic family of scripts. Chakma evolved from the Burmese script, which was ultimately derived from Pallava.[3][4][5] Proto Chakma developed around the 6th century CE. Old Chakma developed in the 8th century CE. Classical Literary Chakma was used in the 11th to 15th centuries and the current Standard Chakma was developed and revived in the 20th century.[citation needed]

The script, along with the Chakma language, has been introduced to non-government schools in Bangladesh, and as well as schools in Mizoram.[7]

Chakma Letters

Chakma is of the Brahmic type: the consonant letters contain an inherent vowel. Unusually for Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, the inherent vowel in Chakma is a long 'ฤ' (a) as opposed to short 'a' (ษ”). Consonant clusters are written with conjunct characters, and a visible vowel killer shows the deletion of the inherent vowel when there is no conjunct.

Four independent vowels exist:

๐‘„ƒ

ฤ

๐‘„„

i

IPA: i

๐‘„…

u

IPA: u

๐‘„†

e

Other vowels in initial position are formed by adding the vowel sign to ๐‘„ƒ ฤ, as in ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ฉ ฤซ, ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ซ ลซ, ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ญ ai, ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ฐ oi. Some modern writers are generalizing this spelling in ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„จ i, ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ช u, and ๐‘„ƒ๐‘„ฌ e.

๐‘„ง

a

IPA: [ษ”]

๐‘……

aa

IPA: [a]

๐‘„จ

i

IPA: [i]

๐‘„ฉ

ii

IPA: [i]

๐‘„ช

u

IPA: [u]

๐‘„ซ

uu

IPA: [u]

๐‘„ฌ

e

IPA: [e/ษ›]

๐‘„ญ

ai

IPA: [aiฬฏ]

๐‘„ฎ

o

IPA: [o]

๐‘„ฏ

au

IPA: [ouฬฏ]

๐‘„ฐ

oi

IPA: [ษ”iฬฏ]

๐‘„ฑ

o

IPA: [o]

๐‘„ฒ

au

IPA: [ouฬฏ]

๐‘…†

ei

IPA: [ei]

๐‘„€

candrabindu

IPA: [ -ฬƒ ]

๐‘„

anusvara

IPA: [ล‹]

๐‘„‚

visarga

IPA: [h]

One of the interesting features of Chakma writing is that candrabindu ๐‘„€ (cฤnaphudฤ) can be used together with anusvara ๐‘„ (ekaphudฤ) and visarga ๐‘„‚ (dviphudฤ):

๐‘„ƒ๐‘„‚๐‘„€ aแธฅแนƒ = ๐‘„ƒ ฤ + ๐‘„‚ h + ๐‘„€แนƒ

๐‘„ƒ๐‘„๐‘„€ aแนƒแนƒ = ๐‘„ƒ ฤ + ๐‘„ แนƒ + ๐‘„€แนƒ

๐‘„…๐‘„๐‘„€ uแนƒแนƒ = ๐‘„… u + ๐‘„ แนƒ + ๐‘„€แนƒ

๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ช๐‘„€ muแนƒ = ๐‘„Ÿ mฤ + ๐‘„ช u + ๐‘„€แนƒ

๐‘„‡

kฤ

๐‘„ˆ

khฤ

๐‘„‰

gฤ

๐‘„Š

ghฤ

๐‘„‹

แน…ฤ

๐‘„Œ

cฤ

๐‘„

chฤ

๐‘„Ž

jฤ

๐‘„

jhฤ

๐‘„

รฑฤ

๐‘„‘

แนญฤ

๐‘„’

แนญhฤ

๐‘„“

แธฤ

๐‘„”

แธhฤ

๐‘„•

แน‡ฤ

๐‘„–

tฤ

๐‘„—

thฤ

๐‘„˜

dฤ

๐‘„™

dhฤ

๐‘„š

nฤ

๐‘„›

pฤ

๐‘„œ

phฤ

๐‘„

bฤ

๐‘„ž

bhฤ

๐‘„Ÿ

mฤ

๐‘„ 

yyฤ

๐‘„ก

yฤ

๐‘„ข

rฤ

๐‘„ฃ

lฤ

๐‘„ค๐‘…‡

wฤ / vฤ

๐‘„ฅ

sฤ

๐‘„ฆ

hฤ

๐‘…„

แธทฤ

Like other Brahmic scripts, Chakma makes use of the maayyaa (killer) to invoke conjoined consonants. In the past, practice was much more common than it is today. Like the Myanmar script, Chakma is encoded with two vowel-killing characters in order to conform to modern user expectations. As shown above, most letters have their vowels killed with the use of the explicit maayyaa:

๐‘„‡๐‘„ด k = ๐‘„‡ kฤ + ๐‘„ด MAAYYAA

In 2001 an orthographic reform was recommended in the book Cฤแน…mฤ pattham pฤt which would limit the standard repertoire of conjuncts to those composed with the five letters ๐‘„  yฤ, ๐‘„ข rฤ, ๐‘„ฃ lฤ, ๐‘„ค wฤ, and ๐‘„š nฤ. The four here are the most widely accepted repertoire of conjuncts. No separate conjunct forms of subjoined full-form -yฤ or -rฤ appear to exist. The fifth of these conjuncts, the -na conjunct, is exemplary of the orthographic shift which has taken place in the Chakma language.

Consonant ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ 

- yyฤ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข

- rฤ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ

- lฤ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค

- wฤ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„š

- nฤ

๐‘„‡ k ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ˆ kh ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„‰ g ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„Š gh ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„‹ แน… ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„Œ c ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ ch ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„Ž j ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ jh ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ รฑ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„‘ แนญ ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„’ แนญh ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„“ แธ ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„” แธh ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„• แน‡ ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„– t ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„— th ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„˜ d ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„™ dh ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„š n ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„› p ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„œ ph ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ b ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ž bh ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„Ÿ m ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„  yy ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ก y ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ข r ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ค w ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ฅ s ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š
๐‘„ฆ h ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„  ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„š

While some writers would indeed write kakna (in ligating style) as ๐‘„‡๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„š or (in subjoining style) as ๐‘„‡๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„š, most now would probably expect it to be written as ๐‘„‡๐‘„‡๐‘„ด๐‘„š. The ligating style of glyphs is now considered old-fashioned. Thus, taking the letter ๐‘„Ÿ mฤ as the second element, while the glyph shapes ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ kmฤ, ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ tmฤ, ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ nmฤ, ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ bbฤ, ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ mmฤ, ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ llฤ, ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ smฤ, and ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ hmฤ are attested, most users now prefer the glyph shapes ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ kmฤ, ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ tmฤ, ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ nmฤ, ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ bbฤ, ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ mmฤ, ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฃ llฤ, ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ smฤ, and ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ hmฤ. Again, this distinction is stylistic and not orthographic.

The 2004 book Phadagaแน… shows examples of the five conjuncts above together alongside conjuncts formed with ๐‘„ bฤ, ๐‘„Ÿ mฤ, and ๐‘„ฆ hฤ. These are all formed by simple subjoining.

Consonant ๐‘„ณ๐‘„

- bฤ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ

- mฤ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ

- hฤ

๐‘„‡ k ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ˆ kh ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ˆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„‰ g ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„‰๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„Š gh ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„Š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„‹ แน… ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„Œ c ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ ch ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„Ž j ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ jh ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ รฑ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„‘ แนญ ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„’ แนญh ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„’๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„“ แธ ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„“๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„” แธh ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„”๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„• แน‡ ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„•๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„– t ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„— th ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„—๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„˜ d ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„™ dh ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„™๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„š n ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„› p ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„œ ph ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ b ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ž bh ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„Ÿ m ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„  yy ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ก y ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ก๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ข r ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ข๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ค w ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ค๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ฅ s ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ฆ h ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ

In the 1982 book Cฤแน…mฤr ฤg pudhi a much wider range of conjunct pairs is shown, some of them with fairly complicated glyphs:

Note: Spaces left blank do not have a combination
Consonant ๐‘„ณ๐‘„‡

- k

๐‘„ณ๐‘„‰

- g

๐‘„ณ๐‘„Œ

- c

๐‘„ณ๐‘„

- ch

๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ž

- j

๐‘„ณ๐‘„

- jh

๐‘„ณ๐‘„‘

- แนญ

๐‘„ณ๐‘„–

- t

๐‘„ณ๐‘„—

- th

๐‘„ณ๐‘„˜

- d

๐‘„ณ๐‘„™

- dh

๐‘„ณ๐‘„›

- p

๐‘„ณ๐‘„

- b

๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ

- m

๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ

- l

๐‘„‡ k ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„‡ ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„Œ ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„‘ ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„– ๐‘„‡๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ
๐‘„‹ แน… ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„‡ ๐‘„‹๐‘„ณ๐‘„‰
๐‘„Œ c ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Œ ๐‘„Œ๐‘„ณ๐‘„
๐‘„Ž j ๐‘„Ž๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ž
๐‘„ รฑ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„Œ ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ž ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„
๐‘„‘ แนญ ๐‘„‘๐‘„ณ๐‘„‘
๐‘„– t ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„– ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„— ๐‘„–๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ
๐‘„˜ d ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„˜ ๐‘„˜๐‘„ณ๐‘„™
๐‘„š n ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„– ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„— ๐‘„š๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ
๐‘„› p ๐‘„›๐‘„ณ๐‘„›
๐‘„ b ๐‘„๐‘„ณ๐‘„
๐‘„Ÿ m ๐‘„Ÿ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ
๐‘„ฃ l ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„‡ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„‰ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„‘ ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„› ๐‘„ฃ๐‘„ณ๐‘„ฆ
๐‘„ฅ s ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„‡ ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„‘ ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„› ๐‘„ฅ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ
๐‘„ฆ h ๐‘„ฆ๐‘„ณ๐‘„Ÿ

Letter names and punctuation

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Chakma letters have a descriptive name followed by a traditional Brahmic consonant. These are given in annotations to the character names. Alongside a single (๐‘…) and double (๐‘…‚) danda punctuation, Chakma has a unique question mark (๐‘…ƒ), and a section sign, Phulacihna. There is some variation in the glyphs for the Phulacihna (๐‘…€), some looking like flowers or leaves.

The Chakma script contains its own set of numerals, although Bengali numerals are also used.

0

๐‘„ถ

1

๐‘„ท

2

๐‘„ธ

3

๐‘„น

4

๐‘„บ

5

๐‘„ป

6

๐‘„ผ

7

๐‘„ฝ

8

๐‘„พ

9

๐‘„ฟ

Chakma script was added to the Unicode Standard in January 2012 with the release of version 6.1.[8]

The Unicode block for Chakma script is U+11100โ€“U+1114F. Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points:

Chakma[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1110x ๐‘„€ ๐‘„ ๐‘„‚ ๐‘„ƒ ๐‘„„ ๐‘„… ๐‘„† ๐‘„‡ ๐‘„ˆ ๐‘„‰ ๐‘„Š ๐‘„‹ ๐‘„Œ ๐‘„ ๐‘„Ž ๐‘„
U+1111x ๐‘„ ๐‘„‘ ๐‘„’ ๐‘„“ ๐‘„” ๐‘„• ๐‘„– ๐‘„— ๐‘„˜ ๐‘„™ ๐‘„š ๐‘„› ๐‘„œ ๐‘„ ๐‘„ž ๐‘„Ÿ
U+1112x ๐‘„  ๐‘„ก ๐‘„ข ๐‘„ฃ ๐‘„ค ๐‘„ฅ ๐‘„ฆ ๐‘„ง ๐‘„จ ๐‘„ฉ ๐‘„ช ๐‘„ซ ๐‘„ฌ ๐‘„ญ ๐‘„ฎ ๐‘„ฏ
U+1113x ๐‘„ฐ ๐‘„ฑ ๐‘„ฒ  ๐‘„ณ  ๐‘„ด ๐‘„ถ ๐‘„ท ๐‘„ธ ๐‘„น ๐‘„บ ๐‘„ป ๐‘„ผ ๐‘„ฝ ๐‘„พ ๐‘„ฟ
U+1114x ๐‘…€ ๐‘… ๐‘…‚ ๐‘…ƒ ๐‘…„ ๐‘…… ๐‘…† ๐‘…‡
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Educational Institutions

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The Chakma language is taught in numerous government and private schools across India (in Tripura, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh) and Bangladesh. In 2004, the Government of Tripura's Directorate of Kokborok & Other Minority Languages officially introduced Chakma in primary schools using the Bengali script. Since 2013, it has been taught using the Chakma script. Currently,[when?] 87 schools offer Chakma language instruction.[9]

  1. ^ a b Scheuren, Zachary (22 April 2019). "Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali" (PDF). The Unicode Consortium.
  2. ^ Joshi, R. Malatesha; McBride, Catherine, eds. (2019). Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography. Literacy Studies. Vol. 17. p. 28. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05977-4. ISBN 978-3-030-05976-7.
  3. ^ a b Talukdar, S. P. (2010). Genesis of Indigenous Chakma Buddhists and Their Pulverization Worldwide. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788178357584.
  4. ^ a b Brauns, Claus-Dieter; Lรถffler, Lorenz G. (11 November 2013). Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh. Birkhรคuser. ISBN 9783034856942.
  5. ^ a b Everson, Michael; Hosken, Martin (28 July 2009). "Proposal for encoding the Chakma script in the UCS" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Chakma block chart" (PDF). The Unicode Consortium.
  7. ^ Brandt, Carmen (2014). "Script as a potential demarcator and stabilizer of languages in South Asia". In Cardoso, Hugo C. (ed.). Language Endangerment and Preservation in South Asia. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 86. hdl:10125/4602. ISBN 9780985621148.
  8. ^ "Unicode 6.1.0". The Unicode Consortium. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Chakma Language". The Directorate of Kokborok & Other Minority Languages. Government of Tripura, India.