Khojki script
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The Khojki script is a historical writing system used primarily by the Nizari Ismaili community of South Asia to record religious and literary texts in languages such as Sindhi and Gujarati.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khojki script canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Khoja community
ⓘ
Nizari Ismaili religious tradition ⓘ |
| communityRole | esoteric and communal script ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Landa scripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Landa script
|
| direction | left-to-right ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari
Gujarati script ⓘ Perso-Arabic Sindhi script ⓘ |
| encodedIn | Unicode Standard ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant letters
ⓘ
distinct punctuation signs ⓘ nasalization marks ⓘ vowel diacritics ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
preservation of community literature
ⓘ
recording Ismaili devotional compositions ⓘ |
| region |
Gujarat
ⓘ
Kutch ⓘ Sindh ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | South Asian script ⓘ |
| scriptCodeISO15924 | Khoj ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Indo-Aryan scripts
ⓘ
Landa scripts ⓘ |
| status |
historical
ⓘ
no longer in everyday use ⓘ |
| unicodeBlockName | Khojki ⓘ |
| unicodeBlockRange | U+11200–U+1124F ⓘ |
| usedBy |
South Asian Shia Muslims
ⓘ
surface form:
Ismaili Muslims of South Asia
Ismaili Shia ⓘ
surface form:
Nizari Ismaili community
|
| usedFor |
devotional literature
ⓘ
ginans ⓘ literary texts ⓘ manuscript production ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| usedIn | South Asia ⓘ |
| writingLanguage |
Gujarati
ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ Kutchi ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
manuscripts
ⓘ
notebooks ⓘ paper ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.