Brahmic scripts

Template:For Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Writing systems worldwide Template:Brahmic Template:Contains special characters Template:Alphabet The Brahmic scripts, also known as Indic scripts, are a family of abugida writing systems. They are used throughout South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. They are descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India and are used by various languages in several language families in South, East and Southeast Asia: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, Mongolic, Austroasiatic, Austronesian, and Tai. They were also the source of the dictionary order (gojūon) of Japanese kana.<ref name="Frellesvig">Template:Cite book</ref>

History

Brahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts. Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period. Notable examples of such medieval scripts, developed by the 7th or 8th century, include Nagari, Siddham and Sharada.

The Siddhaṃ script was especially important in Buddhism, as many sutras were written in it. The art of Siddham calligraphy survives today in Japan. The tabular presentation and dictionary order of the modern kana system of Japanese writing is believed to be descended from the Indic scripts, most likely through the spread of Buddhism.<ref name="Frellesvig"/>

Southern Brahmi evolved into the Kadamba, Pallava and Vatteluttu scripts, which in turn diversified into other scripts of South India and Southeast Asia. Brahmic scripts spread in a peaceful manner, Indianization, or the spread of Indian learning. The scripts spread naturally to Southeast Asia, at ports on trading routes.<ref name="Court">Court, C. (1996). Introduction. In P. T. Daniels & W. Bright (Eds.) The World's Writing Systems (pp. 443). Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref> At these trading posts, ancient inscriptions have been found in Sanskrit, using scripts that originated in India. At first, inscriptions were made in Indian languages, but later the scripts were used to write the local Southeast Asian languages. Hereafter, local varieties of the scripts were developed. By the 8th century, the scripts had diverged and separated into regional scripts.<ref name="Spread">Court, C. (1996). The spread of Brahmi Script into Southeast Asia. In P. T. Daniels & W. Bright (Eds.) The World's Writing Systems (pp. 445–449). Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref>

• Asokan brahmi pillar edict.jpg

  A fragment of Ashoka's 6th pillar edict, in Brahmi, the ancestor of all Brahmic scripts

• Brahmic script travel from India.png

  Spread of Brahmic family of scripts (and Kharosthi) from the subcontinent.

Characteristics

Template:Calligraphy Some characteristics, which are present in most but not all the scripts, are:

• Each consonant has an inherent vowel which is usually a short ‘ə’ (in Bengali, Assamese and Odia, the phoneme is /ɔ/ due to sound shifts). Other vowels are written by adding to the character. A mark, known in Sanskrit as a virama/halanta/hasanta, can be used to indicate the absence of an inherent vowel, although it is rarely used.
• Each vowel has two forms, an independent form when not attached to a consonant, and a dependent form, when attached to a consonant. Depending on the script, the dependent forms can be either placed to the left of, to the right of, above, below, or on both the left and the right sides of the base consonant.
• Consonants (up to 4 in Devanagari) can be combined in ligatures. Special marks are added to denote the combination of 'r' with another consonant.
• Nasalization and aspiration of a consonant's dependent vowel is also noted by separate signs.
• The alphabetical order is: vowels, velar consonants, palatal consonants, retroflex consonants, dental consonants, bilabial consonants, approximants, sibilants, and other consonants. Each consonant grouping had four stops (with all four possible values of voicing and aspiration), and a nasal consonant.

Comparison

Template:Indic letters sidebar Below are comparison charts of several of the major Indic scripts, organised on the principle that glyphs in the same column all derive from the same Brahmi glyph. Accordingly:

• The charts are not comprehensive. Glyphs may be unrepresented if they are later inventions not derived from any Brahmi character.
• The pronunciations of glyphs in the same column may not be identical. The pronunciation row is only representative; the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation is given for Sanskrit where possible, or another language if necessary.

The transliteration is indicated in ISO 15919.

Consonants

ISOTemplate:Efn	ka	kha	ga	gha	ṅa	ca	cha	ja	jha	ña	ṭa	ṭha	ḍa	ḍha	ṇa	ta	tha	da	dha	na	ṉa	pa	pha/fa	ba	bha	ma	ya	ẏa	ra	ṟa	la	ḷa	ḻa	va	śa	ṣa	sa	ha	kṣa	ṯa
Ashoka Brahmi	𑀓	𑀔	𑀕	𑀖	𑀗	𑀘	𑀙	𑀚	𑀛	𑀜	𑀝	𑀞	𑀟	𑀠	𑀡	𑀢	𑀣	𑀤	𑀥	𑀦		𑀧	𑀨	𑀩	𑀪	𑀫	𑀬		𑀭		𑀮	𑀴		𑀯	𑀰	𑀱	𑀲	𑀳
Devanagari	क	ख	ग	घ	ङ	च	छ	ज	झ	ञ	ट	ठ	ड	ढ	ण	त	थ	द	ध	न	ऩ	प	फ	ब	भ	म	य	य़	र	ऱ	ल	ळ	ऴ	व	श	ष	स	ह	क्ष
Bengali- Assamese	ক	খ	গ	ঘ	ঙ	চ	ছ	জ	ঝ	ঞ	ট	ঠ	ড	ঢ	ণ	ত	থ	দ	ধ	ন		প	ফ	ব	ভ	ম	য	য়	র,ৰ		ল			ৱ	শ	ষ	স	হ	ক্ষ
Sharada	𑆑	𑆒	𑆓	𑆔	𑆕	𑆖	𑆗	𑆘	𑆙	𑆚	𑆛	𑆜	𑆝	𑆞	𑆟	𑆠	𑆡	𑆢	𑆣	𑆤	𑆤𑇊	𑆥	𑆦	𑆧	𑆨	𑆩	𑆪	𑆪𑇊	𑆫	𑆫𑇊	𑆬	𑆭	𑆭𑇊	𑆮	𑆯	𑆰	𑆱	𑆲	𑆑𑇀𑆰
Gurmukhi	ਕ	ਖ	ਗ	ਘ	ਙ	ਚ	ਛ	ਜ	ਝ	ਞ	ਟ	ਠ	ਡ	ਢ	ਣ	ਤ	ਥ	ਦ	ਧ	ਨ		ਪ	ਫ	ਬ	ਭ	ਮ	ਯ		ਰ		ਲ	ਲ਼		ਵ	ਸ਼		ਸ	ਹ
Gujarati	ક	ખ	ગ	ઘ	ઙ	ચ	છ	જ	ઝ	ઞ	ટ	ઠ	ડ	ઢ	ણ	ત	થ	દ	ધ	ન		પ	ફ	બ	ભ	મ	ય		ર		લ	ળ		વ	શ	ષ	સ	હ	ક્ષ
Odia	କ	ଖ	ଗ	ଘ	ଙ	ଚ	ଛ	ଜ	ଝ	ଞ	ଟ	ଠ	ଡ	ଢ	ଣ	ତ	ଥ	ଦ	ଧ	ନ		ପ	ଫ	ବ	ଭ	ମ	ଯ	ୟ	ର		ଲ	ଳ		ୱ	ଶ	ଷ	ସ	ହ	କ୍ଷ
Grantha	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Tamil	க				ங	ச		ஜ		ஞ	ட				ண	த				ந	ன	ப				ம	ய		ர	ற	ல	ள	ழ	வ	ஶ	ஷ	ஸ	ஹ	க்ஷ
Telugu	క	ఖ	గ	ఘ	ఙ	చ	ఛ	జ	ఝ	ఞ	ట	ఠ	డ	ఢ	ణ	త	థ	ద	ధ	న	న఼	ప	ఫ	బ	భ	మ	య	య఼	ర	ఱ	ల	ళ	ఴ	వ	శ	ష	స	హ	క్ష
Kannada	ಕ	ಖ	ಗ	ಘ	ಙ	ಚ	ಛ	ಜ	ಝ	ಞ	ಟ	ಠ	ಡ	ಢ	ಣ	ತ	ಥ	ದ	ಧ	ನ	ನ಼	ಪ	ಫ	ಬ	ಭ	ಮ	ಯ	ಯ಼	ರ	ಱ	ಲ	ಳ	ೞ	ವ	ಶ	ಷ	ಸ	ಹ	ಕ್ಷ
Malayalam	ക	ഖ	ഗ	ഘ	ങ	ച	ഛ	ജ	ഝ	ഞ	ട	ഠ	ഡ	ഢ	ണ	ത	ഥ	ദ	ധ	ന	ഩ	പ	ഫ	ബ	ഭ	മ	യ		ര	റ	ല	ള	ഴ	വ	ശ	ഷ	സ	ഹ	ക്ഷ	ഺ
Sinhala	ක	ඛ	ග	ඝ	ඞ	ච	ඡ	ජ	ඣ	ඤ	ට	ඨ	ඩ	ඪ	ණ	ත	ථ	ද	ධ	න		ප	ඵ	බ	භ	ම	ය		ර		ල	ළ		ව	ශ	ෂ	ස	හ	ක්‍ෂ
Tibetan	ཀ	ཁ	ག	གྷ	ང	ཅ	ཆ	ཇ	ཛྷ	ཉ	ཊ	ཋ	ཌ	ཌྷ	ཎ	ཏ	ཐ	ད	དྷ	ན		པ	ཕ	བ	བྷ	མ	ཡ		ར	ཬTemplate:Efn	ལ			ཝ	ཤ	ཥ	ས	ཧ
ʼPhags-pa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa		Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa		Template:Phagspa		Template:Phagspa			Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa		Template:Phagspa	Template:Phagspa
Meitei MayekTemplate:Efn	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		ꯔ		ꯂ			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Lepcha	ᰀ	ᰂ	ᰃ		ᰅ	ᰆ	ᰇ	ᰈ		ᰉ	ᱍ	ᱎ	ᱏ			ᰊ	ᰋ	ᰌ		ᰍ		ᰎ	ᰐ	ᰓ		ᰕ	ᰚ		ᰛ		ᰜ			ᰟ	ᰡ	ᰡ᰷	ᰠ	ᰝ
Limbu	ᤁ	ᤂ	ᤃ	ᤄ	ᤅ	ᤆ	ᤇ	ᤈ	ᤉ	ᤊ						ᤋ	ᤌ	ᤍ	ᤎ	ᤏ		ᤐ	ᤑ	ᤒ	ᤓ	ᤔ	ᤕ		ᤖ		ᤗ			ᤘ	ᤙ	ᤚ	ᤛ	ᤜ
Tirhuta	𑒏	𑒐	𑒑	𑒒	𑒓	𑒔	𑒕	𑒖	𑒗	𑒘	𑒙	𑒚	𑒛	𑒜	𑒝	𑒞	𑒟	𑒠	𑒡	𑒢		𑒣	𑒤	𑒥	𑒦	𑒧	𑒨		𑒩		𑒪				𑒬	𑒭	𑒮	𑒯
Kaithi	𑂍	𑂎	𑂏	𑂐	𑂑	𑂒	𑂓	𑂔	𑂕	𑂖	𑂗	𑂘	𑂙	𑂛	𑂝	𑂞	𑂟	𑂠	𑂡	𑂢		𑂣	𑂤	𑂥	𑂦	𑂧	𑂨		𑂩		𑂪			𑂫	𑂬	𑂭	𑂮	𑂯
Newa Prachalit	𑐎	𑐏	𑐐	𑐑	𑐒	𑐔	𑐕	𑐖	𑐗	𑐘	𑐚	𑐛	𑐜	𑐝	𑐞	𑐟	𑐠	𑐡	𑐢	𑐣	𑐣𑑆	𑐥	𑐦	𑐧	𑐨	𑐩	𑐫	𑐫𑑆	𑐬	𑐬𑑆	𑐮	𑐮𑑆	𑐲𑑆	𑐰	𑐱	𑐲	𑐳	𑐴	𑐎𑑂𑐲
Sylheti Nagari	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script		Template:Script						Template:Script	Template:Script
ChakmaTemplate:Efn	𑄇	𑄈	𑄉	𑄊	𑄋	𑄌	𑄍	𑄎	𑄏	𑄐	𑄑	𑄒	𑄓	𑄔	𑄕	𑄖	𑄗	𑄘	𑄙	𑄚		𑄛	𑄜	𑄝	𑄞	𑄟	𑄠	𑄡	𑄢		𑄣	𑅄		𑄤			𑄥	𑄦
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Tai Tham	ᨠ	ᨡ,ᨢTemplate:Efn	ᨣ,ᨤTemplate:Efn	ᨥ	ᨦ	ᨧ	ᨨ	ᨩ,ᨪTemplate:Efn	ᨫ	ᨬ	ᨭ	ᨮ	ᨯ	ᨰ	ᨱ	ᨲ	ᨳ	ᨴ	ᨵ	ᨶ		ᨷ,ᨸTemplate:Efn	ᨹ,ᨺTemplate:Efn	ᨻ,ᨼTemplate:Efn	ᨽ	ᨾ	ᨿ,ᩀTemplate:Efn		ᩁ		ᩃ	ᩊ		ᩅ	ᩆ	ᩇ	ᩈ	ᩉ,ᩌTemplate:Efn
New Tai Lue	ᦂ	ᦃ	ᦅ,ᦆTemplate:Efn		ᦇ	ᦈ		ᦋ,ᦌTemplate:Efn					ᦡ,ᦤTemplate:Efn			ᦎ	ᦏ	ᦑ	ᦒ	ᦓ		ᦢ,ᦥTemplate:Efn,ᦔTemplate:Efn	ᦕ,ᦚTemplate:Efn	ᦗ,ᦝTemplate:Efn	ᦘ	ᦙ	ᦍ,ᦊTemplate:Efn		ᦣ		ᦟ			ᦞ			ᦉ	ᦠ
Khmer	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Thai	ก	ข,ฃTemplate:Efn	ค,ฅTemplate:Efn	ฆ	ง	จ	ฉ	ช,ซTemplate:Efn	ฌ	ญ	ฎ,Template:Efnฏ	ฐ	ฑ	ฒ	ณ	ด,Template:Efnต	ถ	ท	ธ	น		บ,Template:Efnป	ผ,ฝTemplate:Efn	พ,ฟTemplate:Efn	ภ	ม	ย		ร		ล	ฬ		ว	ศ	ษ	ส	ห,ฮTemplate:Efn
Lao	ກ	ຂ	ຄ	ຆTemplate:Efn	ງ	ຈ	ຉTemplate:Efn	ຊ	ຌTemplate:Efn	ຎTemplate:Efn	ຏTemplate:Efn	ຐTemplate:Efn	ຑTemplate:Efn	ຒTemplate:Efn	ຓTemplate:Efn	ດ,ຕ	ຖ	ທ	ຘTemplate:Efn	ນ		ບ,ປ	ຜ,ຝ	ພ,ຟ	ຠTemplate:Efn	ມ	ຍ		ຣ		ລ	ຬTemplate:Efn		ວ	ຨTemplate:Efn	ຩTemplate:Efn	ສ	ຫ
Cham	ꨆ	ꨇ	ꨈ	ꨉ	ꨋ	ꨌ	ꨍ	ꨎ	ꨏ	ꨑ						ꨓ	ꨔ	ꨕ	ꨖ	ꨘ		ꨚ	ꨜ	ꨝ	ꨞ	ꨠ	ꨢ		ꨣ		ꨤ			ꨥ		ꨦ	ꨧ	ꨨ
Kawi	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Balinese	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal		Template:Bal		Template:Bal			Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal	Template:Bal
JavaneseTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:Jav		Template:Jav		Template:Jav			Template:Jav	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:JavTemplate:Efn	Template:Jav	Template:Jav
Sundanese	Template:Sund	Template:SundTemplate:Efn	Template:Sund		Template:Sund	Template:Sund		Template:Sund		Template:Sund						Template:Sund		Template:Sund		Template:Sund		Template:Sund		Template:Sund	Template:SundTemplate:Efn	Template:Sund	Template:Sund		Template:Sund		Template:Sund			Template:Sund	Template:SundTemplate:Efn		Template:Sund	Template:Sund
Lontara	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script						Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script
Makasar	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script						Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script
Rejang	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script						Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script
Batak (Toba)	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script		Template:Script/Template:Script						Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script
Baybayin	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script											Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script		Template:Script / Template:Script		Template:Script			Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script
Buhid	ᝃ		ᝄ		ᝅ											ᝆ		ᝇ		ᝈ		ᝉ		ᝊ		ᝋ	ᝌ		ᝍ		ᝎ			ᝏ			ᝐ	ᝑ
Hanunuo	ᜣ		ᜤ		ᜥ											ᜦ		ᜧ		ᜨ		ᜩ		ᜪ		ᜫ	ᜬ		ᜭ		ᜮ			ᜯ			ᜰ	ᜱ
Tagbanwa	Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script											Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script		Template:Script	Template:Script				Template:Script			Template:Script			Template:Script
ISO	ka	kha	ga	gha	ṅa	ca	cha	ja	jha	ña	ṭa	ṭha	ḍa	ḍha	ṇa	ta	tha	da	dha	na	ṉa	pa	pha	ba	bha	ma	ya	ẏa	ra	ṟa	la	ḷa	ḻa	va	śa	ṣa	sa	ha	kṣa	ṯa

Notes

Vowels

Vowels are presented in their independent form on the left of each column, and in their corresponding dependent form (vowel sign) combined with the consonant k on the right. A glyph for ka is an independent consonant letter itself without any vowel sign, where the vowel a is inherent.

ISO	a		ā		ê		ô		i		ī		u		ū		e		ē		ai		o		ō		au		ə		r̥		r̥̄Template:Efn		l̥Template:Efn		l̥̄Template:Efn		ṁ		ḥ
	a	ka	ā	kā	ê	kê	ô	kô	i	ki	ī	kī	u	ku	ū	kū	e	ke	ē	kē	ai	kai	o	ko	ō	kō	au	kau	ə	kə	r̥	kr̥	r̥̄	kr̥̄	l̥	kl̥	l̥̄	kl̥̄	aṁ	kaṁ	aḥ	kaḥ	k
Ashoka Brahmi	𑀅	𑀓	𑀆	𑀓𑀸					𑀇	𑀓𑀺	𑀈	𑀓𑀻	𑀉	𑀓𑀼	𑀊	𑀓𑀽			𑀏	𑀓𑁂	𑀐	𑀓𑁃			𑀑	𑀓𑁄	𑀒	𑀓𑁅			𑀋	𑀓𑀾	𑀌	𑀓𑀿	𑀍	𑀓𑁀	𑀎	𑀓𑁁	𑀅𑀁	𑀓𑀁	𑀅𑀂	𑀓𑀂	𑀓𑁆
Devanagari	अ	क	आ	का	ॲ	कॅ	ऑ	कॉ	इ	कि	ई	की	उ	कु	ऊ	कू	ऎ	कॆ	ए	के	ऐ	कै	ऒ	कॊ	ओ	को	औ	कौ			ऋ	कृ	ॠ	कॄ	ऌ	कॢ	ॡ	कॣ	अं	कं	अः	कः	क्
Bengali- Assamese	অ	ক	আ	কা	অ্যা	ক্যা			ই	কি	ঈ	কী	উ	কু	ঊ	কূ			এ	কে	ঐ	কৈ			ও	কো	ঔ	কৌ			ঋ	কৃ	ৠ	কৄ	ঌ	কৢ	ৡ	কৣ	অং	কং	অঃ	কঃ	ক্
Gujarati	અ	ક	આ	કા	ઍ	કૅ	ઑ	કૉ	ઇ	કિ	ઈ	કી	ઉ	કુ	ઊ	કૂ			એ	કે	ઐ	કૈ			ઓ	કો	ઔ	કૌ			ઋ	કૃ	ૠ	કૄ	ઌ	કૢ	ૡ	કૣ	અં	કં	અઃ	કઃ	ક્,ક્‍
Odia	ଅ	କ	ଆ	କା					ଇ	କି	ଈ	କୀ	ଉ	କୁ	ଊ	କୂ			ଏ	କେ	ଐ	କୈ			ଓ	କୋ	ଔ	କୌ			ଋ	କୃ	ୠ	କୄ	ଌ	କୢ	ୡ	କୣ	ଅଂ	କଂ	ଅଃ	କଃ	କ୍
Gurmukhi	ਅ	ਕ	ਆ	ਕਾ					ਇ	ਕਿ	ਈ	ਕੀ	ਉ	ਕੁ	ਊ	ਕੂ			ਏ	ਕੇ	ਐ	ਕੈ			ਓ	ਕੋ	ਔ	ਕੌ											ਅਂ	ਕਂ	ਅਃ	ਕਃ	ਕ੍
Meitei MayekTemplate:Efn	ꯑ	ꯀ	ꯑꯥ	ꯀꯥ					ꯏ	ꯀꯤ	Template:Script	Template:Script	ꯎ	ꯀꯨ	Template:Script	Template:Script			ꯑꯦ	ꯀꯦ	ꯑꯩ	ꯀꯩ			ꯑꯣ	ꯀꯣ	ꯑꯧ	ꯀꯧ											ꯑꯪ	ꯀꯪ	Template:Script	Template:Script	ꯛ
TibetanTemplate:Efn	ཨ	ཀ	ཨཱ	ཀཱ					ཨི	ཀི	ཨཱི	ཀཱི	ཨུ	ཀུ	ཨཱུ	ཀཱུ			ཨེ	ཀེ	ཨཻ	ཀཻ			ཨོ	ཀོ	ཨཽ	ཀཽ			རྀ	ཀྲྀ	རཱྀ	ཀཷ	ལྀ	ཀླྀ	ལཱྀ	ཀླཱྀ	ཨཾ	ཀཾ	ཨཿ	ཀཿ	ཀ྄
LepchaTemplate:Efn	ᰣ	ᰀ	ᰣᰦ	ᰀᰦ					ᰣᰧ	ᰀᰧ	ᰣᰧᰶ	ᰀᰧᰶ	ᰣᰪ	ᰀᰪ	ᰣᰫ	ᰀᰫ			ᰣᰬ	ᰀᰬ					ᰣᰨ	ᰀᰨ	ᰣᰩ	ᰀᰩ											ᰣᰴ	ᰀᰴ
LimbuTemplate:Efn	ᤀ	ᤁ	ᤀᤠ	ᤁᤠ					ᤀᤡ	ᤁᤡ	ᤀᤡ᤺	ᤁᤡ᤺	ᤀᤢ	ᤁᤢ	ᤀᤢ᤺	ᤁᤢ᤺	ᤀᤧ	ᤁᤧ	ᤀᤣ	ᤁᤣ	ᤀᤤ	ᤁᤤ	ᤀᤨ	ᤁᤨ	ᤀᤥ	ᤁᤥ	ᤀᤦ	ᤁᤦ											ᤀᤲ	ᤁᤲ			ᤁ᤻
Tirhuta	𑒁	𑒏	𑒂	𑒏𑒰					𑒃	𑒏𑒱	𑒄	𑒏𑒲	𑒅	𑒏𑒳	𑒆	𑒏𑒴		𑒏𑒺	𑒋	𑒏𑒹	𑒌	𑒏𑒻		𑒏𑒽	𑒍	𑒏𑒼	𑒎	𑒏𑒾			𑒇	𑒏𑒵	𑒈	𑒏𑒶	𑒉	𑒏𑒷	𑒊	𑒏𑒸	𑒁𑓀	𑒏𑓀	𑒁𑓁	𑒏𑓁	𑒏𑓂
Kaithi	𑂃	𑂍	𑂄	𑂍𑂰					𑂅	𑂍𑂱	𑂆	𑂍𑂲	𑂇	𑂍𑂳	𑂈	𑂍𑂴			𑂉	𑂍𑂵	𑂊	𑂍𑂶			𑂋	𑂍𑂷	𑂌	𑂍𑂸											𑂃𑂁	𑂍𑂁	𑂃𑂂	𑂍𑂂	𑂍𑂹
Newa Prachalit	𑐀	𑐎	𑐁	𑐎𑐵					𑐂	𑐎𑐶	𑐃	𑐎𑐷	𑐄	𑐎𑐸	𑐅	𑐎𑐹			𑐊	𑐎𑐾	𑐋	𑐎𑐿			𑐌	𑐎𑑀	𑐍	𑐎𑑁			𑐆	𑐎𑐺	𑐇	𑐎𑐻	𑐈	𑐎𑐼	𑐉	𑐎𑐽	𑐀𑑄	𑐎𑑄	𑐀𑑅	𑐎𑑅	𑐎𑑂
Sylheti Nagari		Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script													Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script
Tamil	அ	க	ஆ	கா					இ	கி	ஈ	கீ	உ	கு	ஊ	கூ	எ	கெ	ஏ	கே	ஐ	கை	ஒ	கொ	ஓ	கோ	ஔ	கௌ											அஂ	கஂ	அஃ	கஃ	க்
Kannada	ಅ	ಕ	ಆ	ಕಾ					ಇ	ಕಿ	ಈ	ಕೀ	ಉ	ಕು	ಊ	ಕೂ	ಎ	ಕೆ	ಏ	ಕೇ	ಐ	ಕೈ	ಒ	ಕೊ	ಓ	ಕೋ	ಔ	ಕೌ			ಋ	ಕೃ	ೠ	ಕೄ	ಌ	ಕೢ	ೡ	ಕೣ	అం	ಕಂ	అః	ಕಃ	ಕ್
Telugu	అ	క	ఆ	కా					ఇ	కి	ఈ	కీ	ఉ	కు	ఊ	కూ	ఎ	కె	ఏ	కే	ఐ	కై	ఒ	కొ	ఓ	కో	ఔ	కౌ			ఋ	కృ	ౠ	కౄ	ఌ	కౢ	ౡ	కౣ	అం	కం	అః	కః	క్
Sinhala	අ	ක	ආ	කා	ඇ	කැ	ඈ	කෑ	ඉ	කි	ඊ	කී	උ	කු	ඌ	කූ	එ	කෙ	ඒ	කේ	ඓ	කෛ	ඔ	කො	ඕ	කෝ	ඖ	කෞ			ඍ	කෘ	ඎ	කෲ	ඏ	කෟ	ඐ	කෳ	අං	කං	අඃ	කඃ	ක්
Malayalam	അ	ക	ആ	കാ					ഇ	കി	ഈ	കീ	ഉ	കു	ഊ	കൂ	എ	കെ	ഏ	കേ	ഐ	കൈ	ഒ	കൊ	ഓ	കോ	ഔ	കൗ			ഋ	കൃ	ൠ	കൄ	ഌ	കൢ	ൡ	കൣ	അം	കം	അഃ	കഃ	ക്,ക്‍
Chakma	𑄃𑄧	𑄇𑄧	𑄃	𑄇	𑄃𑄬𑄬	𑄇𑄬𑄬	𑄃𑅅	𑄇𑅅	𑄄, 𑄃𑄨	𑄇𑄨	𑄃𑄩	𑄇𑄩	𑄅, 𑄃𑄪	𑄇𑄪	𑄃𑄫	𑄇𑄫			𑄆, 𑄃𑄬	𑄇𑄬	𑄃𑄰	𑄇𑄰			𑄃𑄮	𑄇𑄮	𑄃𑄯	𑄇𑄯											𑄃𑄧𑄁	𑄇𑄧𑄁	𑄃𑄧𑄂	𑄇𑄧𑄂	𑄇𑄴
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Tai Tham	ᩋ	ᨠ	ᩋᩣ	ᨠᩣ/ᨠᩤ	ᩋᩯ	ᨠᩯ	(ᩋᩬᩴ,ᩋᩳ)	(ᨠᩬᩴ,ᨠᩳ)	ᩍ	ᨠᩥ	ᩎ	ᨠᩦ	ᩏ	ᨠᩩ	ᩐ	ᨠᩪ	(ᩋᩮᩡ)	(ᨠᩮᩡ)	ᩑ	ᨠᩮ	ᩋᩱ	ᨠᩱ	(ᩋᩰᩡ)	(ᨠᩰᩡ)	ᩒ,ᩋᩰ	ᨠᩰ,ᨠᩮᩣ	ᩋᩮᩢᩣ,ᩋᩯᩣ,ᩐᩣ	ᨠᩮᩢᩣ,ᨠᩮᩫᩣ,ᨠᩯᩣ			ᩁᩂ	ᨠᩂ							ᩋᩴ	ᨠᩴ	ᩋᩡ	ᨠᩡ	ᨠ᩺,ᨠ᩼
New Tai LueTemplate:Efn	ᦀ	ᦂ	ᦀᦱ	ᦂᦱ	ᦶᦀ	ᦶᦂ	(ᦀᦸ)	(ᦂᦸ)	ᦀᦲᦰ	ᦂᦲᦰ	ᦀᦲ	ᦂᦲ	ᦀᦳ	ᦂᦳ	ᦀᦴ	ᦂᦴ	(ᦵᦀᦰ)	(ᦵᦂᦰ)	ᦵᦀ	ᦵᦂ	ᦺᦀ	ᦺᦂ	(ᦷᦀᦰ)	(ᦷᦂᦰ)	ᦷᦀ	ᦷᦂ	ᦀᧁ	ᦂᧁ													ᦀᦰ	ᦂᦰ	ᧅ
KhmerTemplate:Efn	អ	ក	អា	កា					ឥ	កិ	ឦ	កី	ឧ	កុ	ឩ	កូ			ឯ	កេ	ឰ	កៃ			ឱ	កោ	ឳ	កៅ			ឫ	ក្ឫ	ឬ	ក្ឬ	ឭ	ក្ឭ	ឮ	ក្ឮ	អំ	កំ	អះ	កះ	ក៑
ThaiTemplate:Efn	อ (อะ)	ก (กะ)	อา	กา	แอ	แก	(ออ)	(กอ)	อิ	กิ	อี	กี	อุ	กุ	อู	กู	(เอะ)	(เกะ)	เอ	เก	ไอ,ใอ	ไก,ใก	(โอะ)	(โกะ)	โอ	โก	เอา	เกา			ฤ	กฺฤ	ฤๅ	กฺฤๅ	ฦ	กฺฦ	ฦๅ	กฺฦๅ	อํ	กํ	อะ (อะฮฺ)	กะ (กะฮฺ)	กฺ (ก/ก์)
LaoTemplate:Efn	ອະ	ກະ	ອາ	ກາ	ແອ	ແກ	(ອອ)	(ກອ)	ອິ	ກິ	ອີ	ກີ	ອຸ	ກຸ	ອູ	ກູ	(ແອະ)	(ແກະ)	ເອ	ເກ	ໄອ,ໃອ	ໄກ,ໃກ	(ໂອະ)	(ໂກະ)	ໂອ	ໂກ	ເອົາ,ອາວ	ເກົາ,ກາວ											ອํ	ກํ	ອະ	ກະ	ກ
Cham	ꨀ	ꨆ	ꨀꨩ	ꨆꨩ					ꨁ	ꨆꨪ	ꨁꨩ	ꨆꨫ	ꨂ	ꨆꨭ	ꨂꨩ	ꨆꨭꨩ			ꨃ	ꨆꨯꨮ	ꨄ	ꨆꨰ			ꨅ	ꨆꨯ	ꨀꨯꨱ	ꨆꨯꨱ			ꨣꨮ	ꨆꨴꨮ	ꨣꨮꨩ	ꨆꨴꨮꨩ	ꨤꨮ	ꨆꨵꨮ	ꨤꨮꨩ	ꨆꨵꨮꨩ	ꨀꩌ	ꨆꩌ	ꨀꩍ	ꨆꩍ	ꩀ
Kawi	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Balinese	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Javanese	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav					Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav			Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav			Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav	Template:Jav
Sundanese	Template:Sund	Template:Sund							Template:Sund	Template:Sund			Template:Sund	Template:Sund			Template:Sund	Template:Sund					Template:Sund	Template:Sund					Template:Sund	Template:Sund	Template:SundTemplate:Efn	Template:SundTemplate:Efn			Template:SundTemplate:Efn	Template:SundTemplate:Efn			Template:Sund	Template:Sund	Template:Sund	Template:Sund	Template:Sund
Lontara	Template:Script	Template:Script							Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script
Makasar	Template:Script	Template:Script							Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script
Rejang	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script											Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Batak (Toba)	Template:Script	Template:Script							Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script				Template:Script						Template:Script															Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script	Template:Script
Baybayin	Template:Script	Template:Script							Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script					Template:Script	Template:Script																			Template:Script
Buhid	ᝀ	ᝃ							ᝁ	ᝃᝒ			ᝂ	ᝃᝓ
Hanunuo	ᜠ	ᜣ							ᜡ	ᜣᜲ			ᜢ	ᜣᜳ																													ᜣ᜴
Tagbanwa	Template:Script	Template:Script							Template:Script	Template:Script			Template:Script	Template:Script
ISO	a	ka	ā	kā	ê	kê	ô	kô	i	ki	ī	kī	u	ku	ū	kū	e	ke	ē	kē	ai	kai	o	ko	ō	kō	au	kau	ə	kə	r̥	kr̥	r̥̄	kr̥̄	l̥	kl̥	l̥̄	kl̥̄	aṁ	kaṁ	aḥ	kaḥ	k
	a		ā		ê		ô		i		ī		u		ū		e		ē		ai		o		ō		au		ə		r̥		r̥̄		l̥		l̥̄		ṁ		ḥ

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Numerals

Hindu-Arabic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Brahmi numbers		𑁒	𑁓	𑁔	𑁕	𑁖	𑁗	𑁘	𑁙	𑁚
Brahmi digits	𑁦	𑁧	𑁨	𑁩	𑁪	𑁫	𑁬	𑁭	𑁮	𑁯
Bengali- Assamese	০	১	২	৩	৪	৫	৬	৭	৮	৯
Tirhuta	𑓐	𑓑	𑓒	𑓓	𑓔	𑓕	𑓖	𑓗	𑓘	𑓙
Odia	୦	୧	୨	୩	୪	୫	୬	୭	୮	୯
Devanagari	०	१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८	९
Gujarati	૦	૧	૨	૩	૪	૫	૬	૭	૮	૯
Modi	𑙐‎	𑙑‎	𑙒	𑙓‎	𑙔‎	𑙕	𑙖‎	𑙗	𑙘‎	𑙙
Sharada	𑇐	𑇑	𑇒	𑇓	𑇔	𑇕	𑇖	𑇗	𑇘	𑇙
Takri	𑛀	𑛁	𑛂	𑛃	𑛄	𑛅	𑛆	𑛇	𑛈	𑛉
Gurmukhi	੦	੧	੨	੩	੪	੫	੬	੭	੮	੯
Khudabadi	𑋰	𑋱	𑋲	𑋳	𑋴	𑋵	𑋶	𑋷	𑋸	𑋹
Meitei (Manipuri)	꯰	꯱	꯲	꯳	꯴	꯵	꯶	꯷	꯸	꯹
Pracalit	𑑐‎	𑑑‎	𑑒‎	𑑓‎	𑑔‎	𑑕‎	𑑖‎	𑑗‎	𑑘‎	𑑙
Tibetan	༠	༡	༢	༣	༤	༥	༦	༧	༨	༩
MongolianTemplate:Efn	᠐	᠑	᠒	᠓	᠔	᠕	᠖	᠗	᠘	᠙
Lepcha	᱀	᱁	᱂	᱃	᱄	᱅	᱆	᱇	᱈	᱉
Limbu	᥆	᥇	᥈	᥉	᥊	᥋	᥌	᥍	᥎	᥏
Sinhala astrological numbers	෦	෧	෨	෩	෪	෫	෬	෭	෮	෯
Sinhala archaic numbers		𑇡	𑇢	𑇣	𑇤	𑇥	𑇦	𑇧	𑇨	𑇩
Tamil	೦	௧	௨	௩	௪	௫	௬	௭	௮	௯
Telugu	౦	౧	౨	౩	౪	౫	౬	౭	౮	౯
Kannada	೦	೧	೨	೩	೪	೫	೬	೭	೮	೯
Malayalam	൦	൧	൨	൩	൪	൫	൬	൭	൮	൯
Saurashtra	꣐	꣑	꣒	꣓	꣔	꣕	꣖	꣗	꣘	꣙
Ahom	𑜰	𑜱	𑜲	𑜳	𑜴	𑜵	𑜶	𑜷	𑜸	𑜹
Chakma	𑄶	𑄷	𑄸	𑄹	𑄺	𑄻	𑄼	𑄽	𑄾	𑄿
Burmese	၀	၁	၂	၃	၄	၅	၆	၇	၈	၉
Tai Tham Astrological NumbersTemplate:Efn	᪀	᪁	᪂	᪃	᪄	᪅	᪆	᪇	᪈	᪉
New Tai Lue	᧐	᧑	᧒	᧓	᧔	᧕	᧖	᧗	᧘	᧙
Shan	႐	႑	႒	႓	႔	႕	႖	႗	႘	႙
Khmer	០	១	២	៣	៤	៥	៦	៧	៨	៩
Thai	๐	๑	๒	๓	๔	๕	๖	๗	๘	๙
Lao	໐	໑	໒	໓	໔	໕	໖	໗	໘	໙
Tai ThamTemplate:Efn	᪐	᪑	᪒	᪓	᪔	᪕	᪖	᪗	᪘	᪙
Cham	꩐	꩑	꩒	꩓	꩔	꩕	꩖	꩗	꩘	꩙
Balinese	᭐	᭑	᭒	᭓	᭔	᭕	᭖	᭗	᭘	᭙
Javanese	꧐	꧑	꧒	꧓	꧔	꧕	꧖	꧗	꧘	꧙
Sundanese	᮰	᮱	᮲	᮳	᮴	᮵	᮶	᮷	᮸	᮹
Hindu-Arabic	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

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List of Brahmic scripts

Historical

The Brahmi script was already divided into regional variants at the time of the earliest surviving epigraphy around the 3rd century BC. Cursives of the Brahmi script began to diversify further from around the 5th century AD and continued to give rise to new scripts throughout the Middle Ages. The main division in antiquity was between northern and southern Brahmi. In the northern group, the Gupta script was very influential, and in the southern group the Vatteluttu and Kadamba/Pallava scripts with the spread of Buddhism sent Brahmic scripts throughout Southeast Asia.Template:Citation needed

Northern Brahmic

File:Indoarische Sprachen Gruppen.png

A map of Indo-Aryan languages using their respective Brahmic family scripts (except dark blue colored Khowar, Pashai, Kohistani, and Urdu, not marked here, which use Arabic-derived scripts).

• Gupta, 4th century
  • Sharada
    • Landa
      • Gurmukhi
      • Khojki
      • Khudabadi
      • Mahajani
      • Multani
    • Takri
      • Chamba
      • Dogri
      • Sirmauri
  • Siddhaṃ
    • Nagari
      • Devanagari
      • Modi
      • Gujarati
      • Nandinagari
      • Kaithi
        • Sylheti Nagari
    • Kamarupi
      • Assamese<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>
    • Gaudi
      • Bengali–Assamese (Eastern Nagari)
        • Assamese<ref name=":0" />
        • Bengali
      • Tirhuta (Mithilakshar)
      • Odia
    • Nepalese
      • Bhujimol
      • Ranjana
        • Soyombo
      • Pracalit
  • Tibetan
    • Meetei Mayek
    • Lepcha
      • Limbu
    • Khema
    • ʼPhags-pa
      • Zanabazar square
    • Marchen
      • Marchung
      • Pungs-chen
      • Pungs-chung
      • Drusha
  • Kalinga
  • Bhaiksuki
• Tocharian (Slanting Brahmi)

Southern Brahmic

File:Dravidian subgroups.png

A map of Dravidian languages using their respective Brahmic family scripts (except Brahui, which uses an Arabic-derived script).

• Tamil-Brahmi, 2nd century BC
  • Pallava
    • Tamil
    • Grantha
      • Malayalam
      • Tigalari/Tulu
      • Saurashtra
    • Khmer
      • Khom Thai
      • Proto-Tai script?
        • Sukhothai
          • Thai
          • Fakkham
            • Thai Noi
              • Lao
        • Tai Viet
        • Dai Don
        • Lai Tay
        • Lai Pao
    • Cham
    • Kawi
      • Balinese
      • Batak
      • Buda
      • Javanese
      • Old Sundanese
        • Sundanese
      • Lontara
      • Makasar
      • Ulu scripts
        • Incung
        • Lampung
        • Lembak
        • Ogan
        • Pasemah
        • Rejang
        • Serawai
      • Baybayin
        • Buhid
        • Hanunó'o
        • Tagbanwa
        • Kulitan
        • Basahan
    • Mon–Burmese
      • Modern Mon
      • Burmese
        • Chakma
        • S'gaw Karen
        • Shan
        • Tanchangya
        • Lik-Tai scripts
          • Ahom
          • Khamti
          • Tai Le
      • Tai Tham
        • New Tai Lue
    • Pyu
  • Vatteluttu
    • Kolezhuthu
    • Malayanma
  • Sinhala
  • Dhives Akuru
• Bhattiprolu script
• Kadamba
  • Telugu-Kannada
    • Telugu
    • Kannada
      • Goykanadi

Unicode of Brahmic scripts

As of Unicode version Template:Unicode version, the following Brahmic scripts have been encoded:

script	derivation	Period of derivation	usage notes	ISO 15924	Unicode range(s)	sample
Ahom	Burmese<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	13th century	Extinct Ahom language	Ahom	U+11700–U+1174F	Template:Script
Balinese	Kawi	11th century	Balinese language	Bali	U+1B00–U+1B7F	lang}}
Batak	Pallava	14th century	Batak languages	Batk	U+1BC0–U+1BFF	Template:Script
Baybayin	Kawi	14th century	Tagalog, other Philippine languages	Tglg	U+1700–U+171F	Template:Script
Bengali-Assamese (Eastern Nagari)	Siddhaṃ	11th century	Assamese language (Assamese script variant), Bengali language (Bengali script variant), Bishnupriya, Maithili, Meitei language (constitutionally termed as "Manipuri")<ref name="manipur">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Beng	U+0980–U+09FF	Template:Flatlist
Bhaiksuki	Gupta	11th century	Was used around the turn of the first millennium for writing Sanskrit	Bhks	U+11C00–U+11C6F	Template:Script
Buhid	Kawi	14th century	Buhid language	Buhd	U+1740–U+175F	Template:Script
Mon-Burmese	Pallava	11th century	Burmese language, Mon language, numerous modifications for other languages including Chakma, Eastern and Western Pwo Karen, Geba Karen, Kayah, Rumai Palaung, S'gaw Karen, Shan	Mymr	U+1000–U+109F, U+A9E0–U+A9FF, U+AA60–U+AA7F, U+116D0–U116FF	Template:Script
Chakma	Burmese	8th century	Chakma language	Cakm	U+11100–U+1114F	Template:Script
Cham	Pallava	8th century	Cham language	Cham	U+AA00–U+AA5F	Template:Script
Devanagari	Nagari	13th century	Several Indo-Aryan languages (Konkani, Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Bhili, Sindhi, Gujarati etc), Sino-Tibetan languages (Bodo, Nepal Bhasa, Sherpa etc.), Mundari (Austroasiatic language) and others.	Deva	U+0900–U+097F, U+A8E0–U+A8FF, U+11B00–U+11B5F	Template:Script
Dhives Akuru	Gupta	Before 6th-8th century	Was used to write the Maldivian language up until the 20th century.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Diak	U+11900–U+1195F	Template:Script
Dogra	Takri		Was used to write Dogri. Dogra script is closely related to Takri.<ref name="L215234">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Dogr	U+11800–U+1184F	Template:Script
Grantha	Pallava	6th century	Restricted use in traditional Vedic schools to write Sanskrit. Was widely used by Tamil speakers for Sanskrit and the classical language Manipravalam.	Gran	U+11300–U+1137F	Template:Script
Gujarati	Nagari	17th century	Gujarati language, Kutchi language	Gujr	U+0A80–U+0AFF	Template:Script
Gunjala Gondi	uncertain	16th century	Used for writing the Adilabad dialect of the Gondi language.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Gong	U+11D60–U+11DAF	Template:Script
Gurmukhi	Sharada	16th century	Punjabi language	Guru	U+0A00–U+0A7F	Template:Script
Hanunó'o	Kawi	14th century	Hanuno'o language	Hano	U+1720–U+173F	Template:Script
Javanese	Kawi	16th century	Javanese language, Sundanese language, Madurese language	Java	U+A980–U+A9DF	Template:Script
Kaithi	Nagari	16th century	Historically used for writing legal, administrative, and private records.	Kthi	U+11080–U+110CF	Template:Script
Kannada	Telugu-Kannada	Around 4th-6th century	Sanskrit, Kannada, Konkani, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Beary, others	Knda	U+0C80–U+0CFF	Template:Script
Kawi	Pallava	8th century	Kawi was found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century.<ref name=bayu>Aditya Bayu Perdana and Ilham Nurwansah 2020. Proposal to encode Kawi</ref>	Kawi	U+11F00–U+11F5F	Template:Script
Khmer	Pallava	11th century	Khmer language	Khmr	U+1780–U+17FF, U+19E0–U+19FF	Template:Script
Khojki	Landa	16th century	Some use by Ismaili communities. Was used by the Khoja community for Muslim religious literature.	Khoj	U+11200–U+1124F	Template:Script
Khudawadi	Landa	16th century	Was used by Sindhi communities for correspondence and business records.	Sind	U+112B0–U+112FF	Template:Script
Lao	Khmer	14th century	Lao language, others	Laoo	U+0E80–U+0EFF	Template:Script
Lepcha	Tibetan	8th century	Lepcha language	Lepc	U+1C00–U+1C4F	Template:Script
Limbu	Lepcha	9th century	Limbu language	Limb	U+1900–U+194F	Template:Script
Lontara	Kawi	17th century	Buginese language, others	Bugi	U+1A00–U+1A1F	Template:Script
Mahajani	Landa	16th century	Historically used in northern India for writing accounts and financial records.	Mahj	U+11150–U+1117F	Template:Script
Makasar	Kawi	17th century	Was used in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Makassarese language.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Makasar script is also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Maka	U+11EE0–U+11EFF	Template:Script
Malayalam	Grantha	12th century	Malayalam	Mlym	U+0D00–U+0D7F	Template:Script
Marchen	Tibetan	7th century	Was used in the Tibetan Bön tradition to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language	Marc	U+11C70–U+11CBF	Template:Script
Meetei Mayek	Tibetan<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	6th century<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	officially used for Meitei language (constitutionally termed as "Manipuri") in accordance to "The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021"<ref name="manipur" />	Mtei	U+AAE0–U+AAFF, U+ABC0–U+ABFF	Template:Script
Modi	Nāgarī	17th century	Was used to write the Marathi language	Modi	U+11600–U+1165F	Template:Script
Multani	Landa		Was used to write the Multani language	Mult	U+11280–U+112AF	Template:Script
Nandinagari	Nāgarī	7th century	Historically used to write Sanskrit in southern India	Nand	U+119A0–U+119FF	Template:Script
New Tai Lue	Tai Tham	1950s	Tai Lü language	Talu	U+1980–U+19DF	Template:Script
Odia	Siddhaṃ	13th century	Odia language	Orya	U+0B00–U+0B7F	Template:Script
ʼPhags-pa	Tibetan	13th century	Historically used during the Mongol Yuan dynasty.	Phag	U+A840–U+A87F	Template:Phagspa
Prachalit (Newa)	Nepal		Has been used for writing the Sanskrit, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, and Maithili languages	Newa	U+11400–U+1147F	Template:Script
Rejang	Kawi	18th century	Rejang language, mostly obsolete	Rjng	U+A930–U+A95F	Template:Script
Saurashtra	Grantha	20th century	Saurashtra language, mostly obsolete	Saur	U+A880–U+A8DF	Template:Script
Sharada	Gupta	8th century	Was used for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri	Shrd	U+11180–U+111DF	Template:Script
Siddham	Gupta	7th century	Was used for writing Sanskrit	Sidd	U+11580–U+115FF	Template:Script
Sinhala	Brahmi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	4th century<ref name="diringer">Template:Cite book</ref>	Sinhala language	Sinh	U+0D80–U+0DFF, U+111E0–U+111FF	Template:Script
Sundanese	Kawi	14th century	Sundanese language	Sund	U+1B80–U+1BBF, U+1CC0–U+1CCF	Template:Script
Sylheti Nagari	Nagari	16th century	Historically used for writing the Sylheti language	Sylo	U+A800–U+A82F	Template:Script
Tagbanwa	Kawi	14th century	Various languages of Palawan, nearly extinct	Tagb	U+1760–U+177F	Template:Script
Tai Le	Mon	13th century	Tai Nüa language	Tale	U+1950–U+197F	Template:Script
Tai Tham	Mon	13th century	Northern Thai language, Tai Lü language, Khün language	Lana	U+1A20–U+1AAF	Template:Script
Tai Viet	Thai	16th century	Tai Dam language	Tavt	U+AA80–U+AADF	Template:Script
Takri	Sharada	16th century	Was used for writing Chambeali, and other languages	Takr	U+11680–U+116CF	Template:Script
Tamil	Pallava	2nd century	Tamil language	Taml	U+0B80–U+0BFF, U+11FC0–U+11FFF	Template:Script
Telugu	Telugu-Kannada	5th century	Telugu language	Telu	U+0C00–U+0C7F	Template:Script
Thai	Old Khmer	13th century	Thai language	Thai	U+0E00–U+0E7F	Template:Script
Tibetan	Gupta	8th century	Classical Tibetan, Dzongkha, Ladakhi language	Tibt	U+0F00–U+0FFF	Template:Script
Tigalari/Tulu	Grantha	9th century	Tulu, Kannada, and Sanskrit	Tutg	U+11380–U113FF	Template:Script
Tirhuta	Siddham	13th century	Historically used for the Maithili language	Tirh	U+11480–U+114DF	Template:Script

See also

• Devanagari transliteration
  • International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration
  • National Library at Kolkata romanisation
• Bharati Braille, the unified braille assignments of Indian languages
• Indus script – symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation
• Indian Script Code for Information Interchange (ISCII) – the coding scheme specifically designed to represent Indic scripts

External links

• Online Tool which supports Conversion between various Brahmic Scripts
• Windows Indic Script Support
• An Introduction to Indic Scripts
• South Asian Writing Systems
• Enhanced Indic Transliterator Template:Webarchive Transliterate from romanised script to Indian Languages.
• Indian Transliterator A means to transliterate from romanised to Unicode Indian scripts.
• Imperial Brahmi Font and Text-Editor Template:Webarchive
• Brahmi Script
• Xlit: Tool for Transliteration between English and Indian Languages
• Padma: Transformer for Indic Scripts Template:Webarchive – a Firefox add-on