Brahmic scripts

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abugida script family writing system family

Brahmic scripts are a family of abugida writing systems that originated in ancient India and gave rise to many of the scripts used across South and Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Brahmic scripts canonical 43
Brahmic 13
Brahmic script 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
script family ⓘ
writing system family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indic scripts family ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
feature conjunct consonant forms ⓘ
inherent vowel in consonant letters ⓘ
use of diacritics to modify vowels ⓘ
geographicRegion Himalayan region ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
parts of Central Asia ⓘ
influenced Balinese script ⓘ
Baybayin ⓘ
surface form: Baybayin script

Bengali script ⓘ
surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Burmese script ⓘ
Cham script ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ
Grantha script ⓘ
Gujarati script ⓘ
Gurmukhi ⓘ
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Javanese script ⓘ
Kannada script ⓘ
Kawi script ⓘ
Khmer script ⓘ
Lao script ⓘ
Lontara script ⓘ
Malayalam script ⓘ
Newa script ⓘ
Odia script ⓘ
Sharada script ⓘ
Sinhala script ⓘ
Tamil script ⓘ
Telugu script ⓘ
Thai script ⓘ
Tibetan script ⓘ
originatedIn ancient India ⓘ
relatedTo Brahmi script ⓘ
timeOfOrigin 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
usedFor Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
Austronesian languages ⓘ
Dravidian languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
writing languages of South Asia ⓘ
writing languages of Southeast Asia ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

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

Kannada → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Kawi script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Thai → scriptType → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
subject surface form: Thai language
this entity surface form: Brahmic script
Balinese script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Brahmi script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Odia → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Grantha script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Brahmic scripts
Bengali script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Eastern Nagari script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Khmer script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Brahmic scripts
Kadamba script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Lao → scriptOrigin → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Lao script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Pallava script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Tibetan script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Burmese script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Tamil script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Kawi language → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
India–Southeast Asia → culturalInfluence → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian scripts
Batak script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Newa script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Lontara script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Kharoṣṭhī script → hasScriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Siddham script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Indosphere → includesScriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Pallava Grantha → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Telu → scriptType → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic script
Beng → writingSystemFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Sharada → scriptType → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic script
Sharada → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Tigalari script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Gupta script → subclassOf → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic script
Hanunoo language → writingSystemFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Burmese people → scriptOrigin → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Buhid → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Eastern Neo-Brahmi script → subclassOf → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic script
Eastern Neo-Brahmi script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Bama → writingSystemFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Orya → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Palaniappan → writingSystem → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Cham script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Tirhuta → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Tai Viet script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
New Tai Lue script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Mahajani script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmic
Karen script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Nagari → writingSystemFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Shan script → partOf → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
Shan script → scriptFamily → Brahmic scripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: South-East Asian Brahmic scripts
Lārī scripts → developedFrom → Brahmic scripts ⓘ