Brahmi
Ancient script of Central and South Asia and progenitor of the Brahmic family of scripts
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Brahmi
Summary
Brahmi is a natural writing system[1]. Brahmi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Brahmi's instance of is recorded as natural writing system[3].
- Brahmi's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet[4].
- Brahmi's instance of is recorded as abugida[5].
- Brahmi's based on is recorded as Aramaic alphabet[6].
- Brahmi's Commons category is recorded as Brahmi script[7].
- Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Prakrit[8].
- Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Sanskrit[9].
- Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Saka[10].
- Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Tamil[11].
- Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Kannada[12].
- Brahmi's language of work or name is recorded as Tocharian[13].
- 300 BC marks the founding of Brahmi[14].
- Brahmi ended on 500[15].
- Brahmi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brahmi script[16].
- Brahmi's location of creation is recorded as Central Asia[17].
- Brahmi's replaced by is recorded as Gupta[18].
- Brahmi's replaced by is recorded as Sharada[19].
- Brahmi's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right[20].
- Brahmi's different from is recorded as Brahmic scripts[21].
- Brahmi's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brahmi'}[22].
- Brahmi's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'brahma'}[23].
- Brahmi's derivative work is recorded as Gupta[24].
- Brahmi's Unicode range is recorded as U+11000-1107F[25].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include natural writing system[3], unicase alphabet[4], and abugida[5].
Origins
300 BC marks the founding of Brahmi[14].
Why It Matters
Brahmi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Brahmi is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]