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Mahajani

Impure Brahmic Abjad used to write the Marwari language and financial records
Class type of: Brahmic scripts Q6732850

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet, script in Unicode[4][5][6]
Inception
1900[11]
Country
India, Pakistan[2][3]
Language of work or name
Marwari[10]
Based on
Laṇḍā scripts[8]
Subclass of
Brahmic scripts[9]
Facet of
Marwari[12]
Name
Mahajani, mahâjanî[16][17]
Named after
banker[7]
Native label
𑅬𑅱𑅛𑅧𑅑, महाजनी[14][15]
Script directionality
left-to-right[13]
Unicode range
U+11150-1117F[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sarafi en Baniaie en Mahajani en Mahajani Lipi en Mahj en Marwari Lipi en Marwari Script el Μαχατζάνι fr mahâjanî hi महाजनी लिपि ja マハージャニー文字 pt Escrita mahajani ru махаджани th อักษรมหาชนี zh Mahājanī zh 玛哈扎尼文 zh 马哈佳尼文 zh 马哈贾尼文 zh-hant 馬哈佳尼文
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Library of Congress authority ID
sh91005651
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mahajani Varnamala.png ↗
Atlas of Endangered Alphabets ID
4860
Freebase ID
/m/06l6sb
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Mahj
ISO 15924 numeric code
314
KBpedia ID
MahajaniCursive
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007539302405171
Topic's main category
Category:Mahajani script

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Instance of 3
writing system, abugida, unicase alphabet
Country 2
India, Pakistan
← Writing system 2
Punjabi, GNU Unifont
Based on 1
Laṇḍā scripts
Named after 1
banker
Subclass of 1
abugida
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Summary

Mahajani is an abugida[1].

Related Entities

India Pakistan

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet +1
    Language of work or name → Marwari
    Facet of → Marwari
    Subclass of → Brahmic scripts
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007539302405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: writing system"
  3. 23w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'mwr', 'text': '𑅬𑅱𑅛𑅧𑅑'}, {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'महाजनी'}
    Wikidata description → Impure Brahmic Abjad used to write the Marwari language and financial records
    Image → Mahajani Varnamala.png, Shukla Mahajani.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Mahajani Varnamala.png"
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