Script - Hanifi Rohingya

Hanifi Rohingya is a script used to write the Rohingya language, primarily spoken by the Rohingya people in Myanmar and in diaspora communities. In the context of character encoding, this script value identifies a distinct set of characters, including letters, digits, and punctuation, that are specifically designed for the phonetic needs of Rohingya, which is not adequately served by Arabic or Latin scripts. The script’s characters have a right-to-left directionality and include unique vowel markers and consonant outlines, reflecting the language’s South Asian and Southeast Asian linguistic influences. This script value ensures that digital text in Rohingya can be correctly rendered, sorted, and processed, preserving the community’s written heritage in modern technology.