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Brahmi

Brah Left-to-right Living Abugida

Sample Characters

𑀀 𑀁 𑀂 𑀃 𑀄 𑀅 𑀆 𑀇 𑀈 𑀉 𑀊 𑀋 𑀌 𑀍 𑀎 𑀏 𑀐 𑀑 𑀒 𑀓 𑀔 𑀕 𑀖 𑀗 𑀘 𑀙 𑀚 𑀛 𑀜 𑀝 𑀞 𑀟 𑀠 𑀡 𑀢 𑀣 𑀤 𑀥 𑀦 𑀧 𑀨 𑀩 𑀪 𑀫 𑀬 𑀭 𑀮 𑀯

First 48 characters from Brahmi (U+11000–U+1107F)

About Brahmi

Brahmi is a Living writing system. It reads Left-to-right and contains 115 characters in the Unicode standard. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Brah.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Brahmi?
Brahmi is an Abugida. Abugidas (alphasyllabaries) use consonant characters with an inherent vowel modified by diacritics.
What direction does Brahmi read?
Brahmi is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Brahmi script?
0 languages use Brahmi according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Brahmi script created?
The exact origin of the Brahmi script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Brah
ISO Number
300
Script Type
Abugida
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Characters
115
Languages
0

Unicode Ranges

  • Brahmi
    U+11000–U+1107F

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