Tirhuta script

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Brahmic script abugida writing system

Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
addedToUnicodeVersion Unicode 7.0 ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Maithili identity ⓘ
derivedFrom Gupta script ⓘ
geographicFocus Bihar ⓘ
Terai ⓘ
surface form: Terai region of Nepal
hasConsonantConjuncts yes ⓘ
hasConsonantInventory similar to other Eastern Nagari scripts ⓘ
hasDependentVowels yes ⓘ
hasDigits yes ⓘ
hasDistinctLetterForms yes ⓘ
hasDistinctNumerals yes ⓘ
hasIndependentVowels yes ⓘ
hasInherentVowel yes ⓘ
hasNuktaLikeSign yes ⓘ
hasPunctuationMarks yes ⓘ
hasVowelDiacritics yes ⓘ
hasVowelInventory similar to Maithili phonology ⓘ
historicalUsage legal documents ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
traditional script of Mithila ⓘ
inherentVowel a ⓘ
laterReplacedBy Devanagari script for Maithili ⓘ
primaryLanguage Maithili ⓘ
relatedTo Bengali script ⓘ
surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Devanagari script ⓘ
revivalEfforts yes ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924 Tirh ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic ⓘ
status historical script ⓘ
timePeriodOfWidespreadUse early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
unicodeBlockName Tirhuta ⓘ
unicodeBlockRange U+11480–U+114DF ⓘ
usedBy Maithil people ⓘ
surface form: Maithil Brahmins
usedByCommunity Maithil people ⓘ
usedFor Maithili ⓘ
surface form: Maithili language

Maithili literature ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
ritual texts ⓘ
usedInCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
usedInRegion Mithila region ⓘ
surface form: Mithila
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

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

Eastern Nagari script → closelyRelatedTo → Tirhuta script ⓘ
Maithili → historicalScript → Tirhuta script ⓘ
Bengali script → relatedTo → Tirhuta script ⓘ
Mithila region → writingSystem → Tirhuta script ⓘ