Northern Brahmi gave rise to the Gupta script during the Gupta period, which in turn diversified into a number of cursives during the medieval period. Brahmi is clearly attested from the 3rd century BCE during the reign of Ashoka, who used the script for imperial edicts. History īrahmic scripts descended from the Brahmi script. They were also the source of the dictionary order ( gojūon) of Japanese kana. They are descended from the Brahmi script of ancient India and are used by various languages in several language families in South, East and Southeast Asia: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman, Mongolic, Austroasiatic, Austronesian, and Tai. They are used throughout the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and parts of East Asia. The Brahmic scripts, also known as Indic scripts, are a family of abugida writing systems. Middle row: Meitei, Devanagari, Eastern Nagari īottom row: Odia, Malayalam, Gurmukhi) A Sanskrit phrase in different Brahmic scripts. (top row: Kannada/Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati The letters of the official scripts of the Indian Republic of the 'Indic/Brahmic family' used by the official languages of India – 18 CE (derived from Eastern Arabic numerals and Brahmi numerals) BCEĪdlam (slight influence from Arabic) 1989 CE Caucasian Albanian (origin uncertain) c.Cherokee (syllabary letter forms only) c.
