PaliinBrahmi

pli·BrahAbugidaMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language

Pali

ISO 639-3pliStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used7

Also written in:

Kharoshthi (Khar)Khmer (Khmr)Thai (Thai)Devanagari (Nagari) (Deva)Sinhala (Sinh)Myanmar (Burmese) (Mymr)

Script

Brahmi

ISO 15924BrahFamilyBrahmic (Ancestor)OriginSouth AsiaDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusAncient scriptOpenType tagbrah

Brahmi (c. 300 BCE), the ancestor of almost all South and Southeast Asian scripts. One of the most influential writing systems in history. Its origin is debated: possibly derived from Aramaic, Proto-Sinaitic, or independently invented.

Other languages using Brahmi

Goan KonkanigomKhotanesekhoKonkani (macrolanguage)kokEastern MagarmgpClassical NewarinwcArdhamāgadhī PrākritpkaMāhārāṣṭri PrākritpmhSauraseni PrākritpsuSanskritsanTumshuqesextq

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