An Innovative Neography Featuring a Sleek and Modern Writing System for Kokborok
Footprints across time — a living alphabet born from the Borok people of Tripura
ya·pi·ri /jəˈpiri/ — footprints, traces, the marks we leave behind
The Story
Kokborok is one of the oldest languages of Northeast India, spoken by over a million Borok people across Tripura and beyond. It carries centuries of oral tradition, song, and story — yet has long lacked a writing system truly shaped by its own phonology.
Yapiri was created to change that. Designed from first principles around the sounds and rhythms of Kokborok, it is a Phonemic Alphabet — a script where each symbol represents exactly one unique sound (a phoneme) of a specific language. The inventory spans 25 consonants, 6 vowels, 10 numerals, 5 punctuations and two combining diacritics: a high tone mark and a reduplication mark — both encoded at standard Unicode combining codepoints for maximum compatibility. Every glyph was drawn with both visual elegance and linguistic precision in mind.
The name yapiri — meaning "footprints" in Kokborok — reflects what all writing truly is: traces of a living voice, preserved across time.
The Characters
Script in Motion
Written in the script, spoken in Kokborok
Interactive Tool
Click the keys below to compose text in the Yapiri script. Install the font first for full rendering.
Vowels
Stops
Affricates & Nasals
Fricatives & Approximants
Numerals
Diacritics
Punctuation
Resources
Download the Yapiri OTF/TTF font file for use in word processors, design software, and web projects.
Download FontRead the full technical specification: glyph inventory, Unicode PUA mapping, OpenType features, and design rationale.
Read the SpecFor the Borok People
Yapiri was created by a member of the Borok community, for the Borok community — shaped by the rhythms of Kokborok.
If you speak, teach, write, or love Kokborok, this script belongs to you. Come join the journey.
yapiri — footprintsConnect With Us
Or email us at yapiriscript@gmail.com