Eastern Neo-Brahmi script
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Eastern Neo-Brahmi script is a modern Indic writing system used for several Eastern South Asian languages, including Bengali and Assamese, derived from the ancient Brahmi script.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Neo-Brahmi | 1 |
| Eastern Neo-Brahmi script canonical | 1 |
| Neo-Brahmi script | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Brahmi script ⓘ |
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| encodes | phonemic segments ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conjunct consonants
ⓘ
diacritic-based vowel notation ⓘ distinct consonant and vowel signs ⓘ independent vowel letters ⓘ inherent vowel ⓘ numeral signs ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Gupta script ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern South Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bengali script
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali–Assamese script
Kaithi script ⓘ Odia script ⓘ Tirhuta script ⓘ |
| scriptCategory |
Eastern Neo-Brahmi script
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Neo-Brahmi
|
| scriptFamily |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmic
|
| subclassOf |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmic script
Eastern Neo-Brahmi script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Brahmi script
|
| timePeriod | modern era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Assamese
ⓘ
surface form:
Assamese language
Bengali ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali language
Meitei language ⓘ Sylheti language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Assam
ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Barak Valley ⓘ India ⓘ Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| writingDirection | horizontal ⓘ |
| writingSystemClass | Eastern Brahmic ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Neo-Brahmi script
this entity surface form:
Eastern Neo-Brahmi