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Meroitic Cursive

Merc Left-to-right Living Logographic

Sample Characters

𐦠 𐦡 𐦢 𐦣 𐦤 𐦥 𐦦 𐦧 𐦨 𐦩 𐦪 𐦫 𐦬 𐦭 𐦮 𐦯 𐦰 𐦱 𐦲 𐦳 𐦴 𐦵 𐦶 𐦷 𐦸 𐦹 𐦺 𐦻 𐦼 𐦽 𐦾 𐦿 𐧀 𐧁 𐧂 𐧃 𐧄 𐧅 𐧆 𐧇 𐧈 𐧉 𐧊 𐧋 𐧌 𐧍 𐧎 𐧏

First 48 characters from Meroitic Cursive (U+109A0–U+109FF)

About Meroitic Cursive

Meroitic Cursive is a Living writing system. It reads Left-to-right and contains 90 characters in the Unicode standard. 1 language uses Meroitic Cursive as a writing system according to Unicode CLDR data. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Merc.

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

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Egyptian hieroglyphs › Meroitic Hieroglyphs › Meroitic Cursive

Languages Using Meroitic Cursive 1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Meroitic Cursive?
Meroitic Cursive is a Logographic. Logographic scripts use symbols that represent words or morphemes rather than sounds.
What direction does Meroitic Cursive read?
Meroitic Cursive is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Meroitic Cursive script?
1 language use Meroitic Cursive according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Meroitic Cursive script created?
The exact origin of the Meroitic Cursive script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Merc
ISO Number
101
Script Type
Logographic
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Characters
90
Languages
1

Unicode Ranges

  • Meroitic Cursive
    U+109A0–U+109FF

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