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Brahmic family
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The Brahmic scripts are a family of abugida writing systems. They are used throughout South Asia (including Pakistan and Afghanistan), Southeast Asia, and parts of Central and East Asia, and are descended from the Brāhmī script of the ancient India. They are used by languages of several language families: Indo-European, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, Mongolic (Soyombo alphabet), Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Tai. They were also the source of the dictionary order of Japanese kana.
History
Brahmic
scripts are descended from the Brahmi script. Brahmi is clearly attested
from the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script
for imperial edicts, but there are some claims of earlier epigraphy found
on pottery in South India and Sri Lanka. The most reliable of these were
short Brahmi inscriptions dated to the 4th century BCE and published by
Coningham et al., but scattered
press reports have claimed both dates as early as the 6th century BCE
and that the characters are identifiably Tamil Brahmi, though these latter
claims do not appear to have been published academically. Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script
during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives
during the Middle Ages, including Siddham, Sharada and Nagari.
The Siddham script was especially important in Buddhism, as many sutras were written in it. The art of Siddham calligraphy survives today in Japan. The syllabic nature 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.
Southern Brahmi evolved into Old-Kannada, Pallava and Vatteluttu scripts, which in turn diversified into other scripts of South India and Southeast Asia.
Bhattiprolu was a great centre of Buddhism during 3rd century BCE and from where Buddhism spread to east Asia. The present Telugu script is derived from Bhattiprolu Script or ‘Kannada-Telugu script’ or Kadamba script, also known as ‘old Telugu script’, owing to its similarity to the same.
Initially, minor changes were made which is now called Tamil Brahmi which has far fewer letters than some of the other Indic scripts as it has no separate aspirated or voiced consonants.
Characteristics
Some characteristics, which may not be present in all the scripts, are:
- Each consonant has an inherent vowel which is usually short ‘a’ (in Bengali, and Assamese, it is short ‘ô’ due to sound shifts). Other vowels are written by adding to the character. A mark, known in Sanskrit as a virama/halant can be used to indicate the absence of an inherent vowel.
- Each vowel has two forms, an independent form when not part of 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 traditional ordering can be summarised as follows: vowels, velar consonants, palatal consonants, retroflex consonants, dental consonants, bilabial consonants, approximants, sibilants, and other consonants. Each consonant grouping had four consonants (with all four possible values of voicing and aspiration), and a nasalised consonant.
Comparison
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 don’t derive from any Brahmi character, but are later inventions.
- 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
ISO |
k |
kh |
g |
gh |
ṅ |
c |
ch |
j |
jh |
ñ |
ṭ |
ṭh |
IPA |
k |
kʰ |
ɡ |
ɡʱ |
ŋ |
tʃ |
tʃʰ |
dʒ |
dʒʱ |
ɲ |
ʈ |
ʈʰ |
Oriya |
କ |
ଖ |
ଗ |
ଘ |
ଙ |
ଚ |
ଛ |
ଜ |
ଝ |
ଞ |
ଟ |
ଠ |
Assamese |
ক |
খ |
গ |
ঘ |
ঙ |
চ |
ছ |
জ |
ঝ |
ঞ |
ট |
ঠ |
Bengali |
ক |
খ |
গ |
ঘ |
ঙ |
চ |
ছ |
জ |
ঝ |
ঞ |
ট |
ঠ |
Devanagari |
क |
ख |
ग |
घ |
ङ |
च |
छ |
ज |
झ |
ञ |
ट |
ठ |
Gujarati |
ક |
ખ |
ગ |
ઘ |
ઙ |
ચ |
છ |
જ |
ઝ |
ઞ |
ટ |
ઠ |
Gurmukhi |
ਕ |
ਖ |
ਗ |
ਘ |
ਙ |
ਚ |
ਛ |
ਜ |
ਝ |
ਞ |
ਟ |
ਠ |
Tibetan |
ཀ |
ཁ |
ག |
|
ང |
ཅ |
ཆ |
ཇ |
|
ཉ |
ཊ |
ཋ |
Brahmi |
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Telugu |
క |
ఖ |
గ |
ఘ |
ఙ |
చ |
ఛ |
జ |
ఝ |
ఞ |
ట |
ఠ |
Kannada |
ಕ |
ಖ |
ಗ |
ಘ |
ಙ |
ಚ |
ಛ |
ಜ |
ಝ |
ಞ |
ಟ |
ಠ |
Sinhala |
ක |
ඛ |
ග |
ඝ |
ඞ |
ච |
ඡ |
ජ |
ඣ |
ඤ |
ට |
ඨ |
Malayalam |
ക |
ഖ |
ഗ |
ഘ |
ങ |
ച |
ഛ |
ജ |
ഝ |
ഞ |
ട |
ഠ |
Tamil |
க |
|
|
|
ங |
ச |
|
ஜ* |
|
ஞ |
ட |
|
Burmese |
က |
ခ |
ဂ |
ဃ |
င |
စ |
ဆ |
ဇ |
ဈ |
ဉ/ည |
ဋ |
ဌ |
Khmer |
ក |
ខ |
គ |
ឃ |
ង |
ច |
ឆ |
ជ |
ឈ |
ញ |
ដ |
ឋ |
Thai |
ก |
ข |
ค |
ฆ |
ง |
จ |
ฉ |
ช |
ฌ |
ญ |
ฏ |
ฐ |
Lao |
ກ |
ຂ |
ຄ |
|
ງ |
ຈ |
|
ຊ |
|
ຍ |
|
|
Balinese |
ᬓ |
ᬔ |
ᬕ |
ᬖ |
ᬗ |
ᬘ |
ᬙ |
ᬚ |
ᬛ |
ᬜ |
ᬝ |
ᬞ |
Javanese |
ꦏ |
ꦑ* |
ꦒ |
ꦓ* |
ꦔ |
ꦕ |
ꦖ* |
ꦗ |
ꦙ* |
ꦚ |
ꦛ |
ꦜ* |
Sundanese |
ᮊ |
|
ᮌ |
|
ᮍ |
ᮎ |
|
ᮏ |
|
ᮑ |
|
|
Buginese |
ᨀ |
|
ᨁ |
|
ᨂ |
ᨌ |
|
ᨍ |
|
ᨎ |
|
|
Baybayin |
ᜃ |
|
ᜄ |
|
ᜅ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISO |
ḍ |
ḍh |
ṇ |
t |
th |
d |
dh |
n |
ṉ |
p |
ph |
IPA |
ɖ |
ɖʱ |
ɳ |
t̪ |
t̪ʰ |
d̪ |
d̪ʱ |
n |
n̪ |
p |
pʰ |
Oriya |
ଡ |
ଢ |
ଣ |
ତ |
ଥ |
ଦ |
ଧ |
ନ |
ନ଼ |
ପ |
ଫ |
Assamese |
ড |
ঢ |
ণ |
ত |
থ |
দ |
ধ |
ন |
|
প |
ফ |
Bengali |
ড |
ঢ |
ণ |
ত |
থ |
দ |
ধ |
ন |
|
প |
ফ |
Devanagari |
ड |
ढ |
ण |
त |
थ |
द |
ध |
न |
ऩ |
प |
फ |
Gujarati |
ડ |
ઢ |
ણ |
ત |
થ |
દ |
ધ |
ન |
|
પ |
ફ |
Gurmukhi |
ਡ |
ਢ |
ਣ |
ਤ |
ਥ |
ਦ |
ਧ |
ਨ |
|
ਪ |
ਫ |
Tibetan |
ཌ |
|
ཎ |
ཏ |
ཐ |
ད |
|
ན |
|
པ |
ཕ |
Brahmi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telugu |
డ |
ఢ |
ణ |
త |
థ |
ద |
ధ |
న |
|
ప |
ఫ |
Kannada |
ಡ |
ಢ |
ಣ |
ತ |
ಥ |
ದ |
ಧ |
ನ |
|
ಪ |
ಫ |
Sinhala |
ඩ |
ඪ |
ණ |
ත |
ථ |
ද |
ධ |
න |
|
ප |
ඵ |
Malayalam |
ഡ |
ഢ |
ണ |
ത |
ഥ |
ദ |
ധ |
ന |
ഩ* |
പ |
ഫ |
Tamil |
|
|
ண |
த |
|
|
|
ந |
ன |
ப |
|
Burmese |
ဍ |
ဎ |
ဏ |
တ |
ထ |
ဒ |
ဓ |
န |
|
ပ |
ဖ |
Khmer |
ឌ |
ឍ |
ណ |
ត |
ថ |
ទ |
ធ |
ន |
|
ប |
ផ |
Thai |
ฑ |
ฒ |
ณ |
ต |
ถ |
ท |
ธ |
น |
|
ป |
ผ |
Lao |
|
|
|
ຕ |
ຖ |
ທ |
|
ນ |
|
ປ |
ຜ |
Balinese |
ᬟ |
ᬠ |
ᬡ |
ᬢ |
ᬣ |
ᬤ |
ᬥ |
ᬦ |
|
ᬧ |
ᬨ |
Javanese |
ꦝ |
ꦞ* |
ꦟ* |
ꦠ |
ꦡ* |
ꦢ |
ꦣ* |
ꦤ |
|
ꦥ |
ꦦ* |
Sundanese |
|
|
|
ᮒ |
|
ᮓ |
|
ᮔ |
|
ᮕ |
|
Buginese |
|
|
|
ᨈ |
|
ᨉ |
|
ᨊ |
|
ᨄ |
|
Baybayin |
|
|
|
ᜆ |
|
ᜇ |
|
ᜈ |
|
ᜉ |
|
ISO |
b |
bh |
m |
y |
r |
ṟ |
l |
ḷ |
ḻ |
v |
ś |
ṣ |
s |
h |
IPA |
b |
bʱ |
m |
j |
ɾ |
r |
l |
ɭ |
ɻ |
ʋ |
ʃ |
ʂ |
s |
ɦ |
Oriya |
ବ |
ଭ |
ମ |
ୟ |
ର |
ର଼ |
ଲ |
ଳ |
ଳ଼ |
ୱ |
ଶ |
ଷ |
ସ |
ହ |
Assamese |
ব |
ভ |
ম |
য |
ৰ |
|
ল |
|
|
ৱ |
শ |
ষ |
স |
হ |
Bengali |
ব |
ভ |
ম |
য |
র |
|
ল |
|
|
|
শ |
ষ |
স |
হ |
Devanagari |
ब |
भ |
म |
य |
र |
ऱ |
ल |
ळ |
ऴ |
व |
श |
ष |
स |
ह |
Gujarati |
બ |
ભ |
મ |
ય |
ર |
|
લ |
ળ |
|
વ |
શ |
ષ |
સ |
હ |
Gurmukhi |
ਬ |
ਭ |
ਮ |
ਯ |
ਰ |
|
ਲ |
ਲ਼ |
|
ਵ |
ਸ਼ |
|
ਸ |
ਹ |
Tibetan |
བ |
|
མ |
ཡ |
ར |
|
ལ |
|
|
ཝ |
ཤ |
ཥ |
ས |
ཧ |
Brahmi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telugu |
బ |
భ |
మ |
య |
ర |
ఱ |
ల |
ళ |
|
వ |
శ |
ష |
స |
హ |
Kannada |
ಬ |
ಭ |
ಮ |
ಯ |
ರ |
ಱ |
ಲ |
ಳ |
ೞ |
ವ |
ಶ |
ಷ |
ಸ |
ಹ |
Sinhala |
බ |
භ |
ම |
ය |
ර |
|
ල |
ළ |
|
ව |
ශ |
ෂ |
ස |
හ |
Malayalam |
ബ |
ഭ |
മ |
യ |
ര |
റ |
ല |
ള |
ഴ |
വ |
ശ |
ഷ |
സ |
ഹ |
Tamil |
|
|
ம |
ய |
ர |
ற |
ல |
ள |
ழ |
வ |
ஶ* |
ஷ* |
ஸ* |
ஹ* |
Burmese |
ဗ |
ဘ |
မ |
ယ |
ရ |
|
လ |
ဠ |
ၔ |
ဝ |
ၐ |
ၑ |
သ |
ဟ |
Khmer |
ព |
ភ |
ម |
យ |
រ |
|
ល |
ឡ |
|
វ |
ឝ |
ឞ |
ស |
ហ |
Thai |
พ |
ภ |
ม |
ย |
ร |
|
ล |
ฬ |
|
ว |
ศ |
ษ |
ส |
ห |
Lao |
ຟ |
ພ |
ມ |
ຢ |
ຣ |
|
ລ |
|
|
ວ |
|
|
ສ |
ຫ |
Balinese |
ᬩ |
ᬪ |
ᬫ |
ᬬ |
ᬭ |
|
ᬮ |
|
|
ᬯ |
ᬰ |
ᬱ |
ᬲ |
ᬳ |
Javanese |
ꦧ |
ꦨ* |
ꦩ |
ꦪ |
ꦫ |
|
ꦭ |
|
|
ꦮ |
ꦯ* |
ꦰ* |
ꦱ |
ꦲ |
Sundanese |
ᮘ |
|
ᮙ |
ᮚ |
ᮛ |
|
ᮜ |
|
|
ᮝ |
|
|
ᮞ |
ᮠ |
Buginese |
ᨅ |
|
ᨆ |
ᨐ |
ᨑ |
|
ᨒ |
|
|
ᨓ |
|
|
ᨔ |
ᨕ |
Baybayin |
ᜊ |
|
ᜋ |
ᜌ |
ᜇ |
|
ᜎ |
|
|
|
|
|
ᜐ |
ᜑ |
- Malayalam. Malayalam nna implemented in Unicode 6.0. May not be rendered correctly.
- Tamil. Letters not used in actual Tamil, but for transcribing foreign names.
- Javanese. Letters used in Old Javanese. They are now obsolete, but are used for capitalization in contemporary Javanese ortography.
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. When used to write their own languages, Khmer and Thai script
can have either an a or an o as the inherent vowel, following
the rules of their respective orthographies. Thai and Lao script do not
have independent vowel forms, for syllables starting with a vowel sound,
a zero consonant, อ and ອ respectively, is used as a placeholder.
ISO |
a |
ā |
æ |
ǣ |
i |
ī |
u |
ū |
IPA |
ə / a / ɔ |
ɑː |
æ/ɔ |
æː/ɔ |
i |
iː |
u |
uː |
Oriya |
ଅ |
କ |
ଆ |
କା |
ଅଽ |
କଽ |
|
|
ଇ |
କି |
ଈ |
କୀ |
ଉ |
କୁ |
ଊ |
କୂ |
Assamese |
অ |
ক |
আ |
কা |
অ্যা |
ক্যা |
|
|
ই |
কি |
ঈ |
কী |
উ |
কু |
ঊ |
কূ |
Bengali |
অ |
ক |
আ |
কা |
অ্যা |
ক্যা |
|
|
ই |
কি |
ঈ |
কী |
উ |
কু |
ঊ |
কূ |
Devanagari |
अ |
क |
आ |
का |
अॅ |
कॅ |
ऑ |
कॉ |
इ |
कि |
ई |
की |
उ |
कु |
ऊ |
कू |
Gujarati |
અ |
ક |
આ |
કા |
|
|
|
|
ઇ |
કિ |
ઈ |
કી |
ઉ |
કુ |
ઊ |
કૂ |
Gurmukhi |
ਅ |
ਕ |
ਆ |
ਕਾ |
|
|
|
|
ਇ |
ਕਿ |
ਈ |
ਕੀ |
ਉ |
ਕੁ |
ਊ |
ਕੂ |
Tibetan |
ཨ |
ཀ |
ཨཱ |
ཀཱ |
|
|
|
|
ཨི |
ཀི |
ཨཱི |
ཀཱི |
ཨུ |
ཀུ |
ཨཱུ |
ཀཱུ |
Brahmi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telugu |
అ |
క |
ఆ |
కా |
|
|
|
|
ఇ |
కి |
ఈ |
కీ |
ఉ |
కు |
ఊ |
కూ |
Kannada |
ಅ |
ಕ |
ಆ |
ಕಾ |
|
|
|
|
ಇ |
ಕಿ |
ಈ |
ಕೀ |
ಉ |
ಕು |
ಊ |
ಕೂ |
Sinhala |
අ |
ක |
ආ |
කා |
ඇ |
කැ |
ඈ |
කෑ |
ඉ |
කි |
ඊ |
කී |
උ |
කු |
ඌ |
කූ |
Malayalam |
അ |
ക |
ആ |
കാ |
|
|
|
|
ഇ |
കി |
ഈ |
കീ |
ഉ |
കു |
ഊ |
കൂ |
Tamil |
அ |
க |
ஆ |
கா |
|
|
|
|
இ |
கி |
ஈ |
கீ |
உ |
கு |
ஊ |
கூ |
Burmese |
အ |
က |
အာ |
ကာ |
|
|
|
|
ဣ |
ကိ |
ဤ |
ကီ |
ဥ |
ကု |
ဦ |
ကူ |
Khmer |
ឣ |
ក |
ឤ |
កា |
|
|
|
|
ឥ |
កិ |
ឦ |
កី |
ឧ |
កុ |
ឩ |
កូ |
Thai |
|
ก |
|
กา |
|
|
|
|
|
กิ |
|
กี |
|
กุ |
|
กู |
Lao |
|
ກ |
|
ກາ |
|
|
|
|
|
ກິ |
|
ກິ |
|
ກຸ |
|
ກູ |
Balinese |
ᬅ |
ᬓ |
ᬆ |
ᬓᬵ |
|
|
|
|
ᬇ |
ᬓᬶ |
ᬈ |
ᬓᬷ |
ᬉ |
ᬓᬸ |
ᬊ |
ᬓᬹ |
Javanese |
ꦄ |
ꦏ |
ꦄꦴ |
ꦏꦴ |
|
|
|
|
ꦆ |
ꦏꦶ |
ꦇ |
ꦏꦷ |
ꦈ |
ꦏꦸ |
ꦈꦴ |
ꦏꦹ |
Sundanese |
ᮃ |
ᮊ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ᮄ |
ᮊᮤ |
|
|
ᮅ |
ᮊᮥ |
|
|
Buginese |
|
ᨕ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ᨕᨗ |
|
|
|
ᨕᨘ |
|
|
Baybayin |
ᜀ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ᜁ |
ᜃᜒ |
|
|
ᜂ |
ᜃᜓ |
|
|
ISO |
e |
ē |
ai |
o |
ō |
au |
IPA |
e |
eː |
aɪ̯ |
o |
oː |
aʊ̯ |
Oriya |
|
|
ଏ |
କେ |
ଐ |
କୈ |
|
|
ଓ |
କୋ |
ଔ |
କୌ |
Assamese |
|
|
এ |
কে |
ঐ |
কৈ |
|
|
ও |
কো |
ঔ |
কৌ |
Bengali |
এ |
কে |
|
|
ঐ |
কৈ |
অ |
ক |
ও |
কো |
ঔ |
কৌ |
Devanagari |
ऎ |
कॆ |
ए |
के |
ऐ |
कै |
ऒ |
कॊ |
ओ |
को |
औ |
कौ |
Gujarati |
|
|
એ |
કે |
ઐ |
કૈ |
|
|
ઓ |
કો |
ઔ |
કૌ |
Gurmukhi |
|
|
ਏ |
ਕੇ |
ਐ |
ਕੈ |
|
|
ਓ |
ਕੋ |
ਔ |
ਕੌ |
Tibetan |
|
|
ཨེ |
ཀེ |
ཨཻ |
ཀཻ |
|
|
ཨོ |
ཀོ |
ཨཽ |
ཀཽ |
Brahmi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telugu |
ఎ |
కె |
ఏ |
కే |
ఐ |
కై |
ఒ |
కొ |
ఓ |
కో |
ఔ |
కౌ |
Kannada |
ಎ |
ಕೆ |
ಏ |
ಕೇ |
ಐ |
ಕೈ |
ಒ |
ಕೊ |
ಓ |
ಕೋ |
ಔ |
ಕೌ |
Sinhala |
එ |
කෙ |
ඒ |
කේ |
ඓ |
කෛ |
ඔ |
කො |
ඕ |
කෝ |
ඖ |
කෞ |
Malayalam |
എ |
കെ |
ഏ |
കേ |
ഐ |
കൈ |
ഒ |
കൊ |
ഓ |
കോ |
ഔ |
കൗ |
Tamil |
எ |
கெ |
ஏ |
கே |
ஐ |
கை |
ஒ |
கொ |
ஓ |
கோ |
ஔ |
கௌ |
Burmese |
ဧ |
ကေ |
အေး |
ကေး |
|
|
ဩ |
ကော |
|
|
ဪ |
ကော် |
Khmer |
|
|
ឯ |
កេ |
ឰ |
កៃ |
|
|
ឱ |
កោ |
ឳ |
កៅ |
Thai |
|
|
|
เก |
|
ไก or ใก |
|
|
|
โก |
|
เกา or กาว |
Lao |
|
|
|
ເກ |
|
ໄກ or ໃກ |
|
|
|
ໂກ |
|
ເກົາ or ກາວ |
Balinese |
ᬏ |
ᬓᬾ |
|
|
ᬐ |
ᬓᬿ |
ᬑ |
ᬓᭀ |
|
|
ᬒ |
ᬓᭁ |
Javanese |
ꦌ |
ꦏꦺ |
|
|
ꦍ |
ꦏꦻ |
ꦎ |
ꦏꦺꦴ |
|
|
ꦎꦴ |
ꦏꦻꦴ |
Sundanese |
ᮈ |
ᮊᮦ |
|
|
|
|
ᮇ |
ᮊᮧ |
|
|
|
|
Buginese |
|
ᨕᨙ |
|
|
|
|
|
ᨕᨚ |
|
|
|
|
Baybayin |
ᜁ |
ᜃᜒ |
|
|
|
|
ᜂ |
ᜃᜓ |
|
|
|
|
ISO |
r̥ |
r̥̄ |
l̥ |
l̥̄ |
ṁ |
ḥ |
IPA |
r̩ |
r̩ː |
l̩ |
l̩ː |
… |
… |
Oriya |
ଋ |
କୃ |
ୠ |
କୃ୍ |
ଌ |
କ୍ଲୃ |
ୡ |
କ୍ଳୃ |
|
|
|
|
Assamese |
ঋ |
কৃ |
ৠ |
কৄ |
ঌ |
কৢ |
ৡ |
কৣ |
|
|
|
|
Bengali |
ঋ |
কৃ |
ৠ |
কৄ |
ঌ |
কৢ |
ৡ |
কৣ |
|
|
|
|
Devanagari |
ऋ |
कृ |
ॠ |
कॄ |
ऌ |
कॢ |
ॡ |
कॣ |
अं |
कं |
अः |
कः |
Gujarati |
ઋ |
કૃ |
ૠ |
કૄ |
ઌ |
કૢ |
ૡ |
કૣ |
|
|
|
|
Gurmukhi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tibetan |
རྀ |
ཀྲྀ |
རཱྀ |
ཀཷ |
ལྀ |
ཀླྀ |
ལཱྀ |
ཀླཱྀ |
|
|
|
|
Brahmi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telugu |
ఋ |
కృ |
ౠ |
కౄ |
ఌ |
కౢ |
ౡ |
కౣ |
అం |
కం |
అః |
కః |
Kannada |
ಋ |
ಕೃ |
ೠ |
ಕೄ |
ಌ |
ಕೢ |
ೡ |
ಕೣ |
|
|
|
|
Sinhala |
ඍ |
කෘ |
ඎ |
කෲ |
ඏ |
කෟ |
ඐ |
කෳ |
|
|
|
|
Malayalam |
ഋ |
കൃ |
ൠ |
കൄ |
ഌ |
കൢ |
ൡ |
കൣ |
അം |
കം |
അഃ |
കഃ |
Tamil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Burmese |
ၒ |
ကၖ |
ၓ |
ကၗ |
ၔ |
ကၘ |
ၕ |
ကၙ |
|
|
|
|
Khmer |
ឫ |
ក្ឫ |
ឬ |
ក្ឬ |
ឭ |
ក្ឭ |
ឮ |
ក្ឮ |
|
|
|
|
Thai |
ฤ |
กฤ |
ฤๅ |
กฤๅ |
ฦ |
กฦ |
ฦๅ |
กฦๅ |
|
|
|
|
Lao |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balinese |
ᬋ |
ᬓᬺ |
ᬌ |
ᬓᬻ |
ᬍ |
ᬓᬼ |
ᬎ |
ᬓᬽ |
|
|
|
|
Javanese |
ꦉ |
ꦏꦽ |
ꦉꦴ |
ꦏꦽꦴ |
ꦊ |
|
ꦋ |
|
|
|
|
|
Sundanese |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buginese |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Baybayin |
|
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Note: Glyphs for r̥̄, l̥, l̥̄ and a few other glyphs are obsolete or very rarely used.
Numerals
Hindu-Arabic |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Oriya |
୦ |
୧ |
୨ |
୩ |
୪ |
୫ |
୬ |
୭ |
୮ |
୯ |
Assamese |
০ |
১ |
২ |
৩ |
৪ |
৫ |
৬ |
৭ |
৮ |
৯ |
Bengali |
০ |
১ |
২ |
৩ |
৪ |
৫ |
৬ |
৭ |
৮ |
৯ |
Devanagari |
० |
१ |
२ |
३ |
४ |
५ |
६ |
७ |
८ |
९ |
Gujarati |
૦ |
૧ |
૨ |
૩ |
૪ |
૫ |
૬ |
૭ |
૮ |
૯ |
Gurmukhi |
੦ |
੧ |
੨ |
੩ |
੪ |
੫ |
੬ |
੭ |
੮ |
੯ |
Tibetan |
༠ |
༡ |
༢ |
༣ |
༤ |
༥ |
༦ |
༧ |
༨ |
༩ |
Brahmi |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
Tamil |
೦ |
௧ |
௨ |
௩ |
௪ |
௫ |
௬ |
௭ |
௮ |
௯ |
Burmese |
၀ |
၁ |
၂ |
၃ |
၄ |
၅ |
၆ |
၇ |
၈ |
၉ |
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 |
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 |
List of Brahmic scripts
Scripts derived from Brahmi.
Historical
The Brahmi script was already divided into regional variants at the time of the earliest surviving epigraphy around the 3rd century BCE. Cursives of the Brahmi script began to diversify further from around the 5th century CE 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 Old-Kannada/Pallava scripts with the spread of Hinduism sent Brahmic scripts throughout Southeast Asia.
- Northern Brahmic
- Gupta script, 5th century
- Sharada, 8th century
- Assamese script, 6th century
- Bengali alphabet, 11th century
- Siddham, 7th century
- Nagari, 8th century
- Oriya,10th century
- Devanagari, 13th century
- Kaithi, Sylheti Nagari, 16th century
- Modi, 17th century
- Nepal
- Bhujimol, 6th century
- Ranjana, 12th century
- Prachalit
- Anga Lipi, 720
- Mithilakshar, 15th century
- Southern Brahmic (Tamil Brahmi, perhaps 5th or older but certainly 3rd, century BCE, Kalinga, Bhattiprolu)
- Proto Kannada
- Kadamba or Old Kannada, 5th century
- Pallava, 6th century
- Kawi script, 8th century
- Mon script
- Ahom, 13th century
- Tai Tham (Lanna), 14th century
- Batak, 14th century
- Vatteluttu
- Grantha, 6th century
- Tocharian script (“Slanting Brahmi”), 7th century
- Meeitei Mayek
Contemporary
script |
derivation |
period of derivation |
usage notes |
ISO 15924 |
Unicode range |
sample |
Balinese |
Old Kawi |
11th century |
Balinese language |
Bali |
U+1B00–U+1B7F |
ᬅᬓ᭄ᬲᬭ ᬩᬮᬶ |
Baybayin |
Old Kawi |
14th century |
Tagalog, other Philippine languages |
Tglg |
U+1700–U+171F |
ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ |
Buhid |
Old Kawi |
14th century |
Buhid language |
Buhd |
U+1740–U+175F |
ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ |
Burmese |
Pallava grantha |
11th century |
Burmese language, numerous modifications for other languages including Chakma, Eastern and Western Pwo Karen, Geba Karen, Kayah, Mon, Rumai Palaung, S’gaw Karen, Shan |
Mymr |
U+1000–U+109F |
မြန်မာအက္ခရာ |
Cham |
Pallava grantha |
8th century |
Cham language |
Cham |
U+AA00–U+AA5F |
ꨌꨠ |
Devanagari |
Nagari |
13th century |
Numerous Indo-Aryan languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bhili, Konkani, Angika, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Kurukh, Nepal Bhasa and sometimes Sindhi and Kashmiri. Formerly used to write Gujarati. Sometimes used to write or transliterate Sherpa |
Deva |
U+0900–U+097F |
देवनागरी |
Assamese script/Bengali script |
Gupta |
11th century |
Assamese language (Assamese script variant), Bengali language (Bengali script variant), Bishnupriya Manipuri |
Beng |
U+0980–U+09FF |
|
Gujarati |
Nagari |
17th century |
Gujarati language, Kutchi language |
Gujr |
U+0A80–U+0AFF |
ગુજરાતી લિપિ |
Gurmukhi |
Sharada |
16th century |
Punjabi language |
Guru |
U+0A00–U+0A7F |
ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ |
Hanunó’o |
Old Kawi |
14th century |
Hanuno’o language |
Hano |
U+1720–U+173F |
ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ |
Javanese |
Old Kawi |
16th century |
Javanese language, Sundanese language, Madurese language |
Java |
U+A980–U+A9DF |
ꦄꦏ꧀ꦱꦫ ꦗꦮ |
Kannada |
Kadamba |
12th century |
Kannada language, Konkani language, others |
Knda |
U+0C80–U+0CFF |
ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ |
Khmer |
Pallava grantha |
11th century |
Khmer language |
Khmr |
U+1780–U+17FF, U+19E0–U+19FF |
អក្សរខ្មែរ |
Lao |
Khmer |
14th century |
Lao language, others |
Laoo |
U+0E80–U+0EFF |
ອັກສອນລາວ |
Lepcha |
Tibetan |
18th century |
Lepcha language |
Lepc |
U+1C00–U+1C4F |
|
Limbu |
Lepcha |
18th century |
Limbu language |
Limb |
U+1900–U+194F |
ᤛᤡᤖᤡᤈᤨᤅ |
Lontara |
Old Kawi |
17th century |
Buginese language, others; mostly extinct, restricted to ceremonial use |
Bugi |
U+1A00–U+1A1F |
ᨒᨚᨈᨑ |
Malayalam |
Grantha |
12th century |
Malayalam language, Sanskrit language, Tulu language, Konkani language, |
Mlym |
U+0D00–U+0D7F |
മലയാളലിപി |
Oriya |
Kalinga |
10th century |
Oriya language |
Orya |
U+0B00–U+0B7F |
ଉତ୍କଳାକ୍ଷର |
Rejang script |
Old Kawi |
18th century |
Rejang language, mostly obsolete |
Rjng |
U+A930–U+A95F |
ꥆꤰ꥓ꤼꤽ ꤽꥍꤺꥏ |
Saurashtra |
Grantha |
20th century |
Saurashtra language, mostly obsolete |
Saur |
U+A880–U+A8DF |
ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ |
Sinhala |
Grantha |
12th century |
Sinhala language |
Sinh |
U+0D80–U+0DFF |
ශුද්ධ සිංහල |
Sundanese script |
Old Kawi |
14th century |
Sundanese language |
Sund |
U+1B80–U+1BBF |
ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ |
Tai Le |
Pallava grantha? |
|
Tai Lü language |
Tale |
U+1950–U+197F |
ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ |
New Tai Lue |
Tai Tham |
1950s |
Tai Lü language |
Talu |
U+1980-U+19DF |
ᦟᦲᧅ ᦷᦎ ᦺᦑ |
Tagbanwa |
Old Kawi |
14th century |
various languages of Palawan, nearly extinct |
Tagb |
U+1760–U+177F |
ᝦᝪᝨᝯ |
Tamil |
Chola-Pallava alphabet |
8th century |
Tamil language |
Taml |
U+0B80–U+0BFF |
தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி |
Telugu |
Bhattiprolu script |
13th Century |
Telugu language |
Telu |
U+0C01–U+0C6F |
తెలుగు లిపి |
Thai |
Khmer |
13th century |
Thai language |
Thai |
U+0E00–U+0E7F |
อักษรไทย |
Tibetan |
Siddham |
8th century |
Tibetan language, Dzongkha language, Ladakhi language |
Tibt |
U+0F00–U+0FFF |
དབུ་ཅན་ |
Tai Viet |
Thai? |
|
Tai Dam language |
Tavt |
U+AA80–U+AADF |
ꪼꪕꪒꪾ |
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