What 𑣡 means
It is the numeral one in Warang Citi writing.
Lako Bodra developed Warang Citi for Ho in the 1950s as part of a wider cultural program, presenting it as an improvement over scripts used by Christian missionary linguists. A community origin tradition, recorded in 2013, says Bodra recovered an older script through a vision rather than inventing it; written accounts date the script's development to the 1950s.
Other languages in the Munda family have their own scripts: Ol Chiki for Santali and Sorang Sompeng for Sora. A 2021 academic study describes Bani Hisir, used for Mundari, as partly influenced by Warang Citi; this is a script-history connection, not a different reading for 𑣡.
How to type Warang Citi digit 1
Use a Unicode input method or a keyboard with Warang Citi support.
Mangu Purty's community-made mobile keyboard launched with Android 11 in September 2021. A keyboard enters the character; the selected font determines whether your device can draw it.
In Ho writing, 𑣡 is the numeral one. Choosing Warang Citi can also signal a preference for writing Ho in its community-developed script.
A box means your font cannot draw it; the text can still hold the correct numeral.
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1Why does Warang Citi digit 1 show as a box?
The selected font does not include its Warang Citi glyph. The text may still contain the correct character even when the font cannot draw it.
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