Thaana

former semitic abugida writing system, derived from the Arabic abjad and the former Dives Akuru abugida

Class type of: abugida, Dhivehi scripts Q877906

Facts

11 properties

Instance of: natural writing system, unicase alphabet^[2]
Inception: 1701^[10]
Language of work or name: Maldivian^[9]
Based on: Hindu-Arabic numeral system, Dhives Akuru, Arabic diacritic^[3]^[4]^[5]
Subclass of: abugida, Dhivehi scripts^[6]^[7]
Has use: Maldivian^[8]
Name: Thaana, thâna^[14]^[15]
Native label: ތާނަ^[13]
Replaces: Dhives Akuru^[11]
Script directionality: right-to-left^[12]
Unicode range: U+0780-07BF^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

en Thaa en Thaana script en Thaana en Maldivian script en Divehi script en Dhivehi script ar تانة cs Tána de Thaana-Alphabet de Thaana el Θαάνα fa تهانا fr thaana fr écriture dhivehi fr écriture divehi fr écriture maldivienne fr Thaa fr thâna ja ターナ文字 ko 타나 문자

🔖 Identifiers · 6

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Dhivehiscript.svg ↗
Freebase ID: /m/0g5kq
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code: Thaa
ISO 15924 numeric code: 170
NicoNicoPedia ID: ターナ文字
Topic's main category: Category:Thaana script

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Maldivian, Thaana, GNU Unifont, Code2000, Bitstream Cyberbit

Based on 3

Hindu-Arabic numeral system, Arabic diacritic, Dhives Akuru

Has use 1

Maldivian

Instance of 1

unicase alphabet

Language of work or name 1

Maldivian

Replaces 1

Dhives Akuru

Script directionality 1

right-to-left

Subclass of 1

abugida

Topic's main category 1

Category:Thaana script

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Thaana script

← Replaced by 1

Dhives Akuru

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Summary

Thaana is a natural writing system^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Thaana — instance of (P31): unicase alphabet. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Thaana — based on (P144): Hindu-Arabic numeral system. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Thaana — based on (P144): Dhives Akuru. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Thaana — based on (P144): Arabic diacritic. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Thaana — subclass of (P279): abugida. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Thaana — subclass of (P279): Dhivehi scripts. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Thaana — has use (P366): Maldivian. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Thaana — language of work or name (P407): Maldivian. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Thaana — inception (P571): 1701. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Thaana — replaces (P1365): Dhives Akuru. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Thaana — script directionality (P1406): right-to-left. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Thaana — native label (P1705): {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'ތާނަ'}. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Thaana — name (P2561): {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thaana'}. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Thaana — name (P2561): {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'thâna'}. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Thaana — Unicode range (P5949): U+0780-07BF. unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Thaana is an instance of natural writing system (Q29517555) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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