Wancho Letter Ing

𞋥 writes /iŋ/ in the Wancho language: the “ee” sound, as in “see,” plus the final “ng” in English “sing.” Alone, it is a letter within a Wancho word, not a chat reaction.

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What 𞋥 means

The Wancho “ing” letter combines two sounds. “Ng” is the last sound in English “sing”; “i” is pronounced like “ee.”

Banwang Losu devised this independent alphabet between 2001 and 2012 because Latin letters missed some Wancho tones. His book, The Wancho Script, documented it in 2013. A 2024 reading primer teaches the alphabet; Wancho is also written in Latin or Devanagari, a script used for Hindi.

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Lepcha, Wancho & Other Scripts of India and Nepal

Who writes 𞋥

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Questions people ask

Why does 𞋥 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Wancho block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.