page_title: List of writing systems
section_title: Abugidas of the Brāhmī family
hierarchical_section_title: List of writing systems / Segmental scripts / Abugidas / Abugidas of the Brāhmī family
caption_attribution_description: De'ang scripture, written in the Dai script. Manuscripts / writing systems in the Yunnan Nationalities Museum, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
context_page_description: This is a list of writing systems, classified according to some common distinguishing features.
  The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the language in which the script is written follows, particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name. Other informative or qualifying annotations for the script may also be provided.
context_section_description: Ahom
  Brahmi –  Sanskrit, Prakrit,
  Balinese
  Batak –  Toba and other Batak languages
  Baybayin –  Formerly used for Ilokano, Pangasinan, Tagalog, Bikol languages, Visayan languages, and possibly other Philippine languages
  Bengali and Assamese- Bengali, Assamese, Meithei, Bishnupriya Manipuri
  Bhaiksuki
  Buhid
  Burmese –  Burmese, Karen languages, Mon, and Shan
  Cham
  Chakma
  Dehong –  Dehong Dai
  Devanagari –  Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Nepali, and many other languages of northern India
  Dhives Akuru
  Grantha- Sanskrit
  Gujarati –  Gujarati, Kutchi, Vasavi, Sanskrit, Avestan
  Gurmukhi script –  Punjabi
  Hanuno’o
  Javanese
  Kaithi
  Kannada –  Kannada, Tulu, Konkani, Kodava
  Kawi
  Khojki
  Khotanese
  Khudawadi
  Khmer
  Kulitan alphabet
  Lao
  Lepcha
  Leke –  Eastern Pwo, Western Pwo, and Karen
  Limbu
  Lontara’ –  Buginese, Makassar, and Mandar
  Mahajani
  Malayalam
  Marchen - Zhang-Zhung
  Meetei Mayek
  Modi –  Marathi
  Multani – Saraiki
  Nandinagari – Sanskrit
  New Tai Lue
  Odia
  Phags-pa –  Mongolian, Chinese, and other languages of the Yuan Dynasty Mongol Empire
  Pracalit script AKA Newa –  Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit, Pali
  Pyu –  Pyu
  Ranjana –  Nepal Bhasa, Sanskrit
  Rejang
  Rencong
  Sharada –  Sanskrit
  Siddham –  Sanskrit
  Sinhala
  Saurashtra
  Soyombo
  Sundanese
  Sylheti Nagri – Bengali, Dobhashi, Sylheti
  Tagbanwa –  Languages of Palawan
  Tai Le
  Tai Dam
  Tai Tham –  Khün, and Northern Thai
  Takri
  Tamil
  Telugu
  Thai
  Tibetan
  Tigalari  – Sanskrit
  Tirhuta  –  used to write Maithili
  Tocharian
  Vatteluttu
  Zanabazar Square
  Zhang zhung scripts
caption: A Palaung manuscript written in a Brahmic abugida
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