Mahajani script
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The Mahajani script is a historical North Indian mercantile writing system once widely used by traders and accountants, particularly for languages like Marwari and Hindi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahajani script canonical | 5 |
| Mahajani-type script | 1 |
| Multani script | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ historical script ⓘ |
| addedToUnicodeVersion | Unicode 7.0 ⓘ |
| currentUse | limited scholarly use ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Landa scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Landa script
|
| hasCharacterCategory |
consonants
ⓘ
digits ⓘ independent vowels ⓘ punctuation marks ⓘ vowel signs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
abbreviated vowel notation
ⓘ
ligatures for common merchant terms ⓘ specialized numeric signs ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Mahajani ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Mahj ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
accounting
ⓘ
business correspondence ⓘ merchant records ⓘ |
| region |
Haryana
ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form:
North India
Punjab ⓘ
surface form:
Punjab region
Rajasthan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gurmukhi
ⓘ
surface form:
Gurmukhi script
Khudabadi script ⓘ Multani script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Brahmic scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Brahmic
|
| status | historical ⓘ |
| typicalUsers |
accountants
ⓘ
shopkeepers ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+11150–U+1117F ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Haryanvi language
ⓘ
Hindi language ⓘ Marwari language ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ bahi-khata (account books) ⓘ various North Indian languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
commercial documents
ⓘ
inventory lists ⓘ loan records ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
account ledgers
ⓘ
paper ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Multani script
this entity surface form:
Mahajani-type script