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Saurashtra

Saur Left-to-right Living Abugida South Asian
Sample Text
ꢱꢵꢬꢵ꣄

Sample Characters

ꢀ ꢁ ꢂ ꢃ ꢄ ꢅ ꢆ ꢇ ꢈ ꢉ ꢊ ꢋ ꢌ ꢍ ꢎ ꢏ ꢐ ꢑ ꢒ ꢓ ꢔ ꢕ ꢖ ꢗ ꢘ ꢙ ꢚ ꢛ ꢜ ꢝ ꢞ ꢟ ꢠ ꢡ ꢢ ꢣ ꢤ ꢥ ꢦ ꢧ ꢨ ꢩ ꢪ ꢫ ꢬ ꢭ ꢮ ꢯ

First 48 characters from Saurashtra (U+A880–U+A8D9)

About Saurashtra

Saurashtra is a Living writing system from the South Asian region. It reads Left-to-right and contains 82 characters in the Unicode standard. 1 language uses Saurashtra as a writing system according to Unicode CLDR data. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Saur.

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

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Brahmi › Saurashtra

Languages Using Saurashtra 1

Sourashtra

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Saur
ISO Number
344
Script Type
Abugida
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Region
South Asian
Characters
82
Languages
1

Unicode Ranges

  • Saurashtra
    U+A880–U+A8D9

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