Brahmi script

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abugida historical script writing system

The Brahmi script is one of the oldest writing systems of the Indian subcontinent, serving as the ancestor of most modern South and Southeast Asian scripts.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Bhattiprolu script 2
Gupta script 2
Ancient Indian Brahmi script 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
dateOfFirstAttestation 3rd century BCE ⓘ
reign of Ashoka ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
hasConsonantClustersRepresentation conjunct consonants ⓘ
hasDescendant Balinese script ⓘ
Baybayin ⓘ
Bengali script ⓘ
surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Burmese script ⓘ
Cham script ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari

Grantha script ⓘ
Gujarati script ⓘ
Gurmukhi ⓘ
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Javanese script ⓘ
Kannada script ⓘ
Kharosthi-derived scripts ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ
Lao script ⓘ
Lontara script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
Newa script ⓘ
Odia script ⓘ
Sharada script ⓘ
Siddham script ⓘ
Sinhala script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
Telugu script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
Tibetan script ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn development of Indic numerals ⓘ
hasVowelNotation inherent vowel ⓘ
vowel diacritics ⓘ
historicalStatus extinct as a living script ⓘ
ISO15924Code Brah ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd century BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock Brahmi (U+11000–U+1107F) ⓘ
usedFor Prakrit ⓘ
surface form: Prakrit languages

Sanskrit ⓘ
early Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ
Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: pillar edicts of Ashoka

Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: rock edicts of Ashoka
writingDirectionCategory horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemClass alpha-syllabary ⓘ
writingSystemFamilyRole ancestor of most modern South Asian scripts ⓘ
ancestor of most modern Southeast Asian scripts ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahmic scripts → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Devanagari script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta script
Grantha script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Javanese script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Kadamba script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Kannada script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhattiprolu script
Odia script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Rencong script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Sharada script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gupta script
Telugu script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Telugu script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhattiprolu script
Tibetan script → derivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Sinhala script → developedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Indian Brahmi script
Kannada script → evolvedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Kannada script → evolvedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Brahmi script
Pallava script → follows → Brahmi script ⓘ
Malayalam script → hasParentSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Telugu → hasScriptDerivedFrom → Brahmi script ⓘ
Tamil → hasScriptOrigin → Brahmi script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → relatedTo → Brahmi script ⓘ
Maurya Empire → script → Brahmi script ⓘ
Sinhalese people → scriptOrigin → Brahmi script ⓘ
Tocharian languages → scriptUsed → Brahmi script ⓘ
Tocharian languages → scriptUsed → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Asian Brahmi
Gupta Empire → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinhala script
Kushan Empire → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Maharashtri Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Sanskrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit → writingSystem → Brahmi script ⓘ