Brahmic scripts
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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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brahmic script | 1 |
| South Brahmic scripts | 1 |
| Southern Brahmic scripts | 1 |
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 (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Brahmic scripts
this entity surface form:
South Brahmic scripts
subject surface form:
Thai language
this entity surface form:
Brahmic script