Mandaic, Mandaean

The Mandaic script is a cursive right-to-left abjad used to write Classical Mandaic, the liturgical language of Mandaeism — one of the world's oldest continuously practiced religions, centered on the figure of John the Baptist. Mandaeism originated in ancient Mesopotamia and has a small number of adherents primarily in Iraq and Iran, with diaspora communities worldwide.

Mandaic is descended from the Aramaic script. Classical Mandaic is used exclusively for religious texts, while Neo-Mandaic (a distinct spoken language) was historically written in the same script. The Mandaic script is characterized by its connected, cursive letterforms.