Brahmic scripts#Historical

Bengali-Assamese (Eastern Nagari)

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Batak languages

| Batk

| data-sort-value="7104" | U+1BC0–U+1BFF

| {{script|Batk|ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲}}

Baybayin

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Tagalog, other Philippine languages

| Tglg

| data-sort-value="5888" | U+1700–U+171F

| {{script|Tglg|ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔}}

| Siddhaṃ

| data-sort-value="1000"|11th century

| Assamese language (Assamese script variant), Bengali language (Bengali script variant), Bishnupriya, Maithili, Meitei language (constitutionally termed as "Manipuri"){{Cite web |title=GAZETTE TITLE: The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 |url=http://manipurgovtpress.nic.in/en/details_gazzete/?gazette=658 |website=manipurgovtpress.nic.in}}

| Beng

| data-sort-value="2432" | U+0980–U+09FF

| {{flatlist|

{{script|Beng|অসমীয়া লিপি}}
{{script|Beng|বাংলা লিপি}}

}}

Bhaiksuki

| data-sort-value="-9999"|11th century

| Was used around the turn of the first millennium for writing Sanskrit

| Bhks

| data-sort-value="72704" | U+11C00–U+11C6F

| {{script|Bhks|𑰥𑰹𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰎𑰱}}

Buhid

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Buhid language

| Buhd

| data-sort-value="5952" | U+1740–U+175F

| {{script|Buhd|ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ}}

Mon-Burmese

| data-sort-value="1000"|11th century

| Burmese language, Mon language, numerous modifications for other languages including Chakma, Eastern and Western Pwo Karen, Geba Karen, Kayah, Rumai Palaung, S'gaw Karen, Shan

| Mymr

| data-sort-value="4096" | U+1000–U+109F, U+A9E0–U+A9FF, U+AA60–U+AA7F, U+116D0–U116FF

| {{script|Mymr|မြန်မာအက္ခရာ}}

Chakma

| Burmese

| data-sort-value="700"|8th century

| Chakma language

| Cakm

| data-sort-value="69888" | U+11100–U+1114F

| {{script|Cakm|𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦}}

Cham

| data-sort-value="700"|8th century

| Cham language

| Cham

| data-sort-value="43520" | U+AA00–U+AA5F

| {{script|Cham|ꨌꩌ}}

Devanagari

| data-sort-value="1200"|13th century

| Several Indo-Aryan languages (Konkani, Marathi, Hindi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Bhili, Sindhi, Gujarati etc), Sino-Tibetan languages (Bodo, Nepal Bhasa, Sherpa etc.), Mundari (Austroasiatic language) and others.

| Deva

| data-sort-value="2304" | U+0900–U+097F, U+A8E0–U+A8FF, U+11B00–U+11B5F

| {{script|Deva|देवनागरी}}

Dhives Akuru

| data-sort-value="-9999"| Before 6th-8th century

| Was used to write the Maldivian language up until the 20th century.{{cite web|title=L2/18-016R: Proposal to encode Dives Akuru in Unicode|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18016r-dives-akuru.pdf|date=2018-01-23|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}

| Diak

| data-sort-value="71936" | U+11900–U+1195F

| {{script|Diak|𑤞𑥂𑤧𑤭𑥂}}

Dogra

| Takri

| data-sort-value="-9999"|

| Was used to write Dogri. Dogra script is closely related to Takri.{{cite web|title=L2/15-234R: Proposal to encode the Dogra script|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15234r-dogra.pdf|date=2015-11-04|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}}

| Dogr

| data-sort-value="71680" | U+11800–U+1184F

| {{script|Dogr|𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠬}}

Grantha

| data-sort-value="500"|6th century

| Restricted use in traditional Vedic schools to write Sanskrit. Was widely used by Tamil speakers for Sanskrit and the classical language Manipravalam.

| Gran

| data-sort-value="70400" | U+11300–U+1137F

| {{script|Gran|𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥}}

Gujarati

| data-sort-value="1600"|17th century

| Gujarati language, Kutchi language

| Gujr

| data-sort-value="2688" | U+0A80–U+0AFF

| {{script|Gujr|ગુજરાતી લિપિ}}

Gunjala Gondi

| uncertain

| data-sort-value="-9999"|16th century

| Used for writing the Adilabad dialect of the Gondi language.{{cite book | title = The Unicode Standard, Version 11.0 | chapter = Chapter 13: South and Central Asia-II | publisher = Unicode, Inc. | date = June 2018 | location = Mountain View, California | chapter-url = https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ch13.pdf | isbn = 978-1-936213-19-1 }}

| Gong

| data-sort-value="73056" | U+11D60–U+11DAF

| {{script|Gong|𑵶𑶍𑶕𑶀𑵵𑶊 𑵶𑶓𑶕𑶂𑶋}}

Gurmukhi

| Sharada

| data-sort-value="1500"|16th century

| Punjabi language

| Guru

| data-sort-value="2560" | U+0A00–U+0A7F

| {{script|Guru| ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ}}

Hanunó'o

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Hanuno'o language

| Hano

| data-sort-value="5920" | U+1720–U+173F

| {{script|Hano|ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ}}

Javanese

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1500"|16th century

| Javanese language, Sundanese language, Madurese language

| Java

| data-sort-value="43392" | U+A980–U+A9DF

| {{script|Java|ꦄꦏ꧀ꦱꦫꦗꦮ}}

Kaithi

| data-sort-value="1500"|16th century

| Historically used for writing legal, administrative, and private records.

| Kthi

| data-sort-value="69760" | U+11080–U+110CF

| {{Script|Kthi|𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲}}

Kannada

| Telugu-Kannada

| data-sort-value="800"|Around 4th-6th century

| Sanskrit, Kannada, Konkani, Tulu, Badaga, Kodava, Beary, others

| Knda

| data-sort-value="3200" | U+0C80–U+0CFF

| {{script|Knda|ಕನ್ನಡ ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ}}

Kawi

| data-sort-value="700"|8th century

| Kawi was found primarily in Java and used across much of Maritime Southeast Asia between the 8th century and the 16th century.Aditya Bayu Perdana and Ilham Nurwansah 2020. [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20284r-kawi.pdf Proposal to encode Kawi]

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="73472" | U+11F00–U+11F5F

| {{script|Kawi|𑼒𑼮𑼶}}

Khmer

| data-sort-value="1000"|11th century

| Khmer language

| Khmr

| data-sort-value="6016" | U+1780–U+17FF, U+19E0–U+19FF

| {{script|Khmr|អក្សរខ្មែរ}}

Khojki

| data-sort-value="1500"|16th century

| Some use by Ismaili communities. Was used by the Khoja community for Muslim religious literature.

| Khoj

| data-sort-value="70144" | U+11200–U+1124F

| {{script|Khoj|𑈉𑈲𑈐𑈈𑈮}}

Khudawadi

| data-sort-value="1550"|16th century

| Was used by Sindhi communities for correspondence and business records.

| Sind

| data-sort-value="70320" | U+112B0–U+112FF

| {{script|Sind|𑊻𑋩𑋣𑋏𑋠𑋔𑋠𑋏𑋢}}

Lao

| Khmer

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Lao language, others

| Laoo

| data-sort-value="3712" | U+0E80–U+0EFF

| {{script|Laoo|ອັກສອນລາວ}}

Lepcha

| Tibetan

| data-sort-value="1700"|8th century

| Lepcha language

| Lepc

| data-sort-value="7168" | U+1C00–U+1C4F

| {{script|Lepc|ᰛᰩᰴ}}

Limbu

| Lepcha

| data-sort-value="1700"|9th century

| Limbu language

| Limb

| data-sort-value="6400" | U+1900–U+194F

| {{Script|Limb|ᤛᤡᤖᤡᤈᤨᤅ}}

Lontara

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1600"|17th century

| Buginese language, others

| Bugi

| data-sort-value="6656" | U+1A00–U+1A1F

| {{script|Bugi|ᨒᨚᨈᨑ}}

Mahajani

| data-sort-value="-9999"|16th century

| Historically used in northern India for writing accounts and financial records.

| Mahj

| data-sort-value="69968" | U+11150–U+1117F

| {{script|Mahj|𑅬𑅱𑅛𑅧𑅑}}

Makasar

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="-9999"|17th century

| Was used in South Sulawesi, Indonesia for writing the Makassarese language.{{cite book | title = The Unicode Standard, Version 11.0 | chapter = Chapter 17: Indonesia and Oceania | publisher = Unicode, Inc. | date = June 2018 | location = Mountain View, California | chapter-url = https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode11.0.0/ch17.pdf | isbn = 978-1-936213-19-1 }} Makasar script is also known as "Old Makassarese" or "Makassarese bird script" in English-language scholarly works.{{cite web | url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15233-makasar.pdf | title=L2/15-233: Proposal to encode the Makasar script in Unicode | first=Anshuman | last=Pandey | date=2015-11-02 }}

| Maka

| data-sort-value="73440" | U+11EE0–U+11EFF

| {{script|Maka|𑻪𑻢𑻪𑻢}}

Malayalam

| Grantha

| data-sort-value="1100"|12th century

| Malayalam

| Mlym

| data-sort-value="3328" | U+0D00–U+0D7F

| {{script|Mlym|മലയാളലിപി}}

Marchen

| Tibetan

| data-sort-value="-9999"|7th century

| Was used in the Tibetan Bön tradition to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language

| Marc

| data-sort-value="72816" | U+11C70–U+11CBF

| {{script|Marc|𑱳𑲁𑱽𑱾𑲌𑱵𑲋𑲱𑱴𑱶𑲱𑲅𑲊𑱱}}

Meetei Mayek

| Tibetan{{cite book |last1=Chelliah |first1=Shobhana Lakshmi |title=A Grammar of Meithei |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noCHVvu0P8oC |year=1997 |publisher=De Gruyter |page=355 |isbn=3-11-014321-6 |quote="In the classification of scripts provided by K. S. Singh and Manoharan ..., Meithei Mayek is part of the Tibetan group of scripts, which originated from the Gupta Brahmi script"}}

| data-sort-value="-9999"|6th century{{Cite book |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Manipur%208th%20century%20copper%20plate%20inscription%20Manipur&pg=PA142 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature |date=1987 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 |pages=142 |language=en |quote=The coins of Urakonthauba (568-653) and Ayangba (821-910) in the Mutua Museum, Imphal bear evidence of early existence of old Manipuri alphabet. }}

| officially used for Meitei language (constitutionally termed as "Manipuri") in accordance to "The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021"

| Mtei

| data-sort-value="43744" | U+AAE0–U+AAFF, U+ABC0–U+ABFF

| {{script|Mtei|ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ}}

Modi

| Nāgarī

| data-sort-value="1600"|17th century

| Was used to write the Marathi language

| Modi

| data-sort-value="71168" | U+11600–U+1165F

| {{script|Modi|𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲}}

Multani

| data-sort-value="-9999"|

| Was used to write the Multani language

| Mult

| data-sort-value="70272" | U+11280–U+112AF

| {{script|Mult|𑊠𑊣𑊖𑊚}}

Nandinagari

| Nāgarī

| data-sort-value="600"| 7th century

| Historically used to write Sanskrit in southern India

| Nand

| data-sort-value="72096" | U+119A0–U+119FF

| {{script|Nand|𑧁𑧞𑦿𑧒𑧁𑧑𑦰𑧈𑧓}}

New Tai Lue

| Tai Tham

| data-sort-value="1950"|1950s

| Tai Lü language

| Talu

| data-sort-value="6528" | U+1980–U+19DF

| {{script|Talu|ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑ}}

Odia

| Siddhaṃ

| data-sort-value="900"|13th century

| Odia language

| Orya

| data-sort-value="2816" | U+0B00–U+0B7F

| {{script|Orya|ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅକ୍ଷର}}

data-sort-value="Phags-Pa" | ʼPhags-pa

| Tibetan

| data-sort-value="1200"|13th century

| Historically used during the Mongol Yuan dynasty.

| Phag

| data-sort-value="43072" | U+A840–U+A87F

| {{Phagspa|v|ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ|'Phags-pa}}

Prachalit (Newa)

| Nepal

| data-sort-value="-9999"|

| Has been used for writing the Sanskrit, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, and Maithili languages

| Newa

| data-sort-value="70656" | U+11400–U+1147F

| {{script|Newa|𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐔𑐮𑐶𑐟}}

Rejang

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1700"|18th century

| Rejang language, mostly obsolete

| Rjng

| data-sort-value="43312" | U+A930–U+A95F

| {{script|Rjng|ꥆꤰ꥓ꤼꤽ ꤽꥍꤺꥏ}}

Saurashtra

| Grantha

| data-sort-value="1900"|20th century

| Saurashtra language, mostly obsolete

| Saur

| data-sort-value="43136" | U+A880–U+A8DF

| {{script|Saur|ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ}}

Sharada

| data-sort-value="700"|8th century

| Was used for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri

| Shrd

| data-sort-value="70016" | U+11180–U+111DF

| {{script|Shrd|𑆯𑆳𑆫𑆢𑆳}}

Siddham

| data-sort-value="600"|7th century

| Was used for writing Sanskrit

| Sidd

| data-sort-value="71040" | U+11580–U+115FF

| {{script|Sidd|𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽}}

Sinhala

| Brahmi{{cite book |last=Salomon |first=Richard G. |editor1-last=Daniels |author-link=Richard G. Salomon (professor of Asian studies) |editor1-first=Peter T. |editor2-last=Bright |editor2-first=William |title=The World's Writing Systems |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195079937 |url-access=registration |year=1996 |publisher=Oxford University Press |chapter=Brahmi and Kharoshthi |isbn=0-19-507993-0 |page=379}}

| data-sort-value="300"|4th century{{cite book |last1=Diringer |first1=David |title=Alphabet a key to the history of mankind |date=1948 |page=389}}

| Sinhala language

| Sinh

| data-sort-value="3456" | U+0D80–U+0DFF, U+111E0–U+111FF

| {{script|Sinh|ශුද්ධ සිංහල}}

Sundanese

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Sundanese language

| Sund

| data-sort-value="7040" | U+1B80–U+1BBF, U+1CC0–U+1CCF

| {{script|Sund|ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ}}

Sylheti Nagari

| data-sort-value="1500"|16th century

| Historically used for writing the Sylheti language

| Sylo

| data-sort-value="43008" | U+A800–U+A82F

| {{script|Sylo|ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ}}

Tagbanwa

| Kawi

| data-sort-value="1300"|14th century

| Various languages of Palawan, nearly extinct

| Tagb

| data-sort-value="5984" | U+1760–U+177F

| {{script|Tagb|ᝦᝪᝨᝯ}}

Tai Le

| Mon

| data-sort-value="-9999"|13th century

| Tai Nüa language

| Tale

| data-sort-value="6480" | U+1950–U+197F

| {{script|Tale|ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ}}

Tai Tham

| Mon

| data-sort-value="1200"|13th century

| Northern Thai language, Tai Lü language, Khün language

| Lana

| data-sort-value="6688" | U+1A20–U+1AAF

| {{script|Lana|ᨲᩫ᩠ᩅᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ}}

Tai Viet

| Thai

| data-sort-value="1500"|16th century

| Tai Dam language

| Tavt

| data-sort-value="43648" | U+AA80–U+AADF

| {{script|Tavt|ꪼꪕꪒꪾ}}

Takri

| Sharada

| data-sort-value="-9999"|16th century

| Was used for writing Chambeali, and other languages

| Takr

| data-sort-value="71296" | U+11680–U+116CF

| {{script|Takr|𑚔𑚭𑚊𑚤𑚯}}

Tamil

| data-sort-value="-400"|2nd century

| Tamil language

| Taml

| data-sort-value="2944" | U+0B80–U+0BFF, U+11FC0–U+11FFF

| {{script|Taml|தமிழ் அரிச்சுவடி}}

Telugu

| Telugu-Kannada

| data-sort-value="400"|5th century

| Telugu language

| Telu

| data-sort-value="3072" | U+0C00–U+0C7F

| {{script|Telu|తెలుగు లిపి}}

Thai

| Old Khmer

| data-sort-value="1200"|13th century

| Thai language

| Thai

| data-sort-value="3584" | U+0E00–U+0E7F

| {{script|Thai|อักษรไทย}}

Tibetan