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Tamil-Brahmi script

Ancient Brahmic abugida script once used for the Tamil language in Tamilakam
Class type of: Brahmic scripts Q3534666
Tamil-Brahmi script
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Facts

12 properties
Instance of
abugida, natural writing system, unicase alphabet, script in Unicode[3][4][5]
Inception
300 BC[9]
Language of work or name
Old Tamil[8]
Based on
Brahmi[6]
Subclass of
Brahmic scripts
Part of
Tamil[7]
End time
700[11]
Name
Tamil Brahmi[14]
Native label
𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰 𑀧𑁰𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁰𑀫𑀻[13]
Script directionality
left-to-right[12]
Start time
3 BC[10]
Unicode range
U+11000-1107F[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Damili en Damizhi en Tamil Brahmi lipi en Tamil-Brahmi script en Tamili en Tamizh Brahmi en Tamizh-Brahmi en Tamizhi es Tamil-Brahmi fr tamoul-brahmi hi तमिल-ब्राह्मी id Aksara Brahmi Tamil ja タミル・ブラーフミー文字 ja タミル語-ブラーフミー文字 pl Tamilskie pismo brahmi th อักษรทมิฬ-พราหมี zh 泰米尔婆罗米文 zh 泰米爾-婆羅米字母 zh 泰米爾婆羅米文
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/026f1h0
KBpedia ID
TamilBrahmiScript

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🔗 Connections
← Based on 3
Tamil script, Pallava, Vatteluttu
Instance of 2
abugida, unicase alphabet
Based on 1
Brahmi
Language of work or name 1
Old Tamil
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Summary

Tamil-Brahmi script is an abugida[1]. It is a type of Brahmic scripts[2].

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. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: label ([de]: Tamil-Brahmi), descriptions ([de]: historische Form der Brahmi-Schrift, [es]: variante de la escritura Brahmi usada para escribir las m"
  2. 21w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name → Tamil Brahmi
    Unicode range → U+11000-1107F
    Native label → 𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰 𑀧𑁰𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁰𑀫𑀻
    Part of → Tamil
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Native label: 𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰 𑀧𑁰𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁰𑀫𑀻"
  3. 21w ago · Symphonicallyu · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → Brahmi
    End time → 7th century
    Image → Tamil Brahmi.png, Jambai Tamil Brahmi.jpg, 2nd century BCE Tamil Brahmi inscription Arittapatti Madurai +1
    Language of work or name → Old Tamil
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Image: Tamil Brahmi.png"
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