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Front Matter
Brahmi Script
The oldest confirmed records are in Emperor Ashoka's edicts (3rd century BC), though it was likely created before the 6th century BC.
The oldest confirmed records are in Emperor Ashoka's edicts (3rd century BC), though it was likely created before the 6th century BC. It is the most influential script family in history, spawning 300+ descendant scripts across India, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. Devanagari, Tamil, Thai, Khmer, Tibetan, Burmese, Javanese, and Balinese scripts are all descendants of Brahmi.
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The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
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System
Abugida
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Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
Ancestors
Descendants
SundaneseDevanagariBengali (Bangla)Gurmukhi (Punjabi)Tamil ScriptTelugu ScriptKannada ScriptMalayalam ScriptSinhala ScriptTibetan ScriptThai ScriptKhmer ScriptLao ScriptBurmese (Myanmar) ScriptJavanese (Hanacaraka)Balinese ScriptCham ScriptOdia (Oriya)Limbu Script (Sirijonga)Lepcha (Róng)GranthaSharadaTagalog (Baybayin)HanunooRejang (Kaganga)Lontara (Buginese)Tai Tham (Lanna)New Tai LueNewa (Pracalit)Tirhuta (Maithili)DograMasaram GondiChakmaKhudawadi (Sindhi)Sylheti NagriMasaram GondiKaithiModi ScriptKhojki
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