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  Todo Bichig

  The Clear script (Mongolian: Тодо бичиг, todo bichig) was created in 1648 by the Oirat Buddhist monk the Zaya Pandita Oktorguin Dalai to write Mongolian. It was developed on the basis of the traditional Mongolian script with the goal of bringing the written language closer to the actual...
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  Gujarati script

  The Gujarati script (ગુજરાતી લિપિ Gujǎrātī Lipi), which like all Nāgarī writing systems is strictly speaking an abugida rather than an alphabet, is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. It is a variant of Devanāgarī script differentiated by the loss of the characteristic horizontal line...
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  Tamil

  The Tamil script (தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி tamiḻ ariccuvaṭi "Tamil alphabet") is a script that is used to write the Tamil language as well as other minority languages such as Badaga, Irulas, and Paniya. With the use of diacritics to represent aspirated and voiced consonants not represented in the basic...
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  Tibetan script

  The Tibetan script is an abugida of Indic origin used to write the Tibetan language as well as the Dzongkha language, Denzongkha, Ladakhi language and sometimes the Balti language. The printed form of the script is called uchen script (Tibetan: དབུ་ཅན་; Wylie: dbu-can; "with a head") while the hand...
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  Grantha

  Grantha script (Tamil: கிரந்த ௭ழுத்து, Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥലിപി, Sanskrit: ग्रन्थ grantha meaning "book" or "manuscript") is an ancient script that was prevalent in South India. It is generally supposed to have evolved from Brahmi, another ancient Indic script. It has influenced the Malayalam, Tulu,...
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  Soyombo script

  The Soyombo script (Mongolian Соёмбо бичиг, soyombo bichig) is an abugida developed by the Mongolian monk and scholar Bogdo Zanabazar in 1686 to write Mongolian. It can also be used to write Tibetan and Sanskrit. A special character of the script, the Soyombo symbol, became a national symbol of...
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  Brāhmī

  Brāhmī is the modern name given to the oldest members of the Brahmic family of alphabets. The best known inscriptions in Brāhmī are the rock-cut edicts of Ashoka in north-central India, dated to the 3rd century BCE. These are traditionally considered the earliest known examples of Brāhmī writing,...
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  Ranjana script

  The Ranjana script (syn: Kutila, Lantsa) is an abugida writing system developed as a derivative of Brāhmī in 11th century. It is primarily used for writing Nepal Bhasa but is also used in monasteries of India, Tibet, coastline China, Mongolia, and Japan. It is usually written from left to right but...
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  Script Modi

  Moḍī (मोडी) is the name of one of the scripts used to write the Marathi language, which is the primary language spoken in the state of Maharashtra in western India. There are several theories about the origin of this script. One of them claims that it was developed by Hemadpant (or Hemadri Pandit)...
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  Vatteluttu

  Vatteluttu (Tamil: வட்டெழுத்து vaṭṭeḻuttu) (means rounded letters) is an abugida writing system originating from the Tamil people of Southern India and Sri Lanka. The syllabic alphabet is attested from 6th century CE to 14th century CE in present day Tamil Nadu and Kerala states in India. It was...