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Front Matter

Kaithi

Practical script widely used for legal, administrative, and commercial documents in northern India from the 18th to early 20th century.

𑂁 𑂂 𑂃 𑂄 𑂅
Era
Medieval
Region
South Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
66
Status
Extinct
Practical script widely used for legal, administrative, and commercial documents in northern India from the 18th to early 20th century. Mughal-era court records and land documents were written in this script. It competed with Devanagari during British colonial rule but lost out in standardization.
III

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+11080–U+110CF
Total signs66
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
왼쪽에서 오른쪽으로 표기.
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Brahmi Script

Same family

Newa (Pracalit)Tirhuta (Maithili)DograMasaram GondiModi ScriptKhojkiSaurashtra ScriptMahajani
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

HindiBhojpuriMagahi

Countries

India