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Brahmic scripts

family of abugida writing systems
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Brahmic scripts

Summary

Brahmic scripts is a script family[1]. It draws 378 Wikipedia views per month (script_family category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brahmic scripts's instance of is recorded as script family[3].
  • Brahmic scripts's based on is recorded as Brahmi[4].
  • Brahmic scripts is a type of abugida[5].
  • Brahmic scripts's Commons category is recorded as Brahmic scripts[6].
  • Brahmic scripts's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brahmic scripts[7].
  • Brahmic scripts's different from is recorded as Brahmi[8].

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Definition and Type

Brahmic scripts's instance of is recorded as script family[3]. It is a type of abugida[5].

Why It Matters

Brahmic scripts draws 378 Wikipedia views per month (script_family category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Brahmi
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300404789
    Different from → Brahmi
    Instance of → script family
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1417]]: topic/Brahmi"
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