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== Writing system == ===Saurashtra script=== {{Main|Saurashtra script}} [[File:Saurashtra Script.svg|thumb|The word "Saurashtra" written in the Saurashtra script.]] Saurashtra for most of the part had been an oral language lacking any script of its own. Around the 17th to 18th centuries some attempted to write it in [[Telugu script]]. Around 19th century a script was invented. There were attempts to revitalize the script in the latter half of the 19th century, ignoring most of the complex conjunct characters.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/br/2003/04/29/stories/2003042900120300.htm|title=The Hindu : Saurashtra dictionary|last=R. V|first=SOWLEE|date=2003|website=www.thehindu.com|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> The Saurashtra script is an [[abugida]], that is, each letter represents a consonant+vowel syllable. There are thirty-four such letters. An unmarked letter represents a syllable with the inherent vowel [a]; letters can be marked with one of eleven vowel diacritics to represent a syllable with a different vowel. Vowel diacritics are attached to the top right corner of a base letter or written alongside it. There are also twelve letters for writing independent vowels (i.e. word-initial vowels). The four vocalic liquid letters r, ru, l and lu behave in the same way as vowels, so are often included in the vowel class.<ref name="ScriptSource"/> Early Saurashtra texts use a number of complex conjunct forms for writing consonant clusters. However, when the script was restructured in the 1880s these were abandoned in favour of a virama diacritic, which silences the inherent vowel of the first consonant in a cluster.<ref name="ScriptSource"/> The script uses a letter called upakshara, a dependent consonant sign which attaches nasals and liquids to aspirate them. That is, the letter m with upakshara attached represents [mha]. An aspirated nasal or liquid which is followed by a vowel other than [a] is written with the vowel diacritic attached to the upakshara, not to the base letter. Some analyses of the script classify aspirated nasal and liquids as a separate set of single discrete letters divided into two parts.<ref name="ScriptSource"/> There is a script-specific set of numbers 0β9, some of which closely resemble [[Devanagari]] digits. The widely attested Indic punctuation marks danda and double danda are used to mark the end of a sentence or clause. [[Latin]] comma, full stop and question mark symbols are also used.<ref name="ScriptSource"/> The letter order of Saurashtra script is similar to other [[Brahmic scripts]]. The letters are [[vowel]]s, [[consonant]]s, and the compound letters which are formed essentially by adding a vowel sound to a consonant. ===Devanagari script=== Recently, the [[Saurashtra people|Saurashtrian]] community has largely switched to the use of the [[Devanagari]] script.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/LMYI4kleFWlpfp9QmeL7FP/Of-littleknown-Indian-languages-and-scripts.html|title=Of little-known Indian languages and scripts|last=Venkatesh|first=Karthik|date=10 June 2017|work=Livemint|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> The alphabet chart containing [[vowel]]s, [[consonant]]s and the compound letters in Devanagari script are as follows: [[File:Sourashtra-Devnagari-alphabet-chart.jpg|thumb|Saurashtra Devanagari alphabet chart released with guidance of CIIL|right]]
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