Lantsha has the same 5 types of consonant groups and the same 14 vowels and in addition two "diacritics" , "anusvara" and "visarga", as Devanagari.

Each consonant (33 in number) has an inherent vowel "a". All other vowels are written by adding to the character. To denote the nasal [-am], a circle is placed above the letter. Similary to write [-ah], two circles in different style are written to the right of the letter.

As in Sanskrit, a mark known as "virama" can be used to indicate the absence of an inherent consonant. The "virama" is drawn under the letter.

To form a syllable a consonant or a conjunct has up to four thin and long strokes at the end of the character or the succeeding consonant in the conjunct.

				Click and enlarge the ali-kali bijaharam of the elegant Lantsha [162 KB] font [PDF File, use Adobe Reader7,0]
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				Click and enlarge the ali-kali bijaharam of a more sloppy handwriting styled [132 KB] Lantsha script with signs having short endstrokes and a variation of writing the vowels [PDF File, use Adobe Reader7,0]
				Click and enlarge the ali-kali bijaharam of handwriting styled Lantsha script with signs having the typically long endstrokes [132 KB] and a variation of writing the vowels [PDF File, use Adobe Reader7,0]