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Front Matter

Saurashtra Script

Script of the Saurashtra community in Madurai, Tamil Nadu — descendants of textile workers who migrated from Gujarat and have preserved their distinct language and script for centuries within Tamil culture.

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Era
Modern
Region
SE Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
82
Status
Endangered
Script of the Saurashtra community in Madurai, Tamil Nadu — descendants of textile workers who migrated from Gujarat and have preserved their distinct language and script for centuries within Tamil culture. Remarkably, the Saurashtra language retains 80% Sanskrit vocabulary, an unusual linguistic structure.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+A880–U+A8DF
Total signs82
In Unicode82
Unicode Blocks
Saurashtra
A880 – A8DF
82 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
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Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
왼쪽에서 오른쪽으로 표기.
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System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
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The Lineage

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

Same family

Newa (Pracalit)Tirhuta (Maithili)DograMasaram GondiKaithiModi ScriptKhojkiMahajani
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Saurashtra

Countries

India