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'''ब्राह्मी लिपि''' [[भारत]] देशस्य पुरातन लिपि अस्ति। इदं प्राचीन [[सरस्वती लिपि|सरस्वती लिपे]] परिवर्त्तित रूपं अस्ति।
* [[Bengali script| Bengaliबंगाली]] ▼
* [[Burmese alphabet|बुर्मेसे]]
Brahmic scripts are ultimately descended from the [[Brahmi|Brahmi script]] for ancient [[Sanskrit]].
* [[देवनागरी]]
The most prominent member of the family is [[Devanagari]], which is used to write several languages in [[India]], as well as [[Nepal]], including both [[Indo-Aryan languages]] and [[Dravidian language]]s.
* [[Gurmukhi script|गुरमुखी]]
[[Burmese language|Burmese]], [[Khmer language|Cambodian]], [[Thai language|Thai]], and [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]] are also written in Brahmic scripts, though with considerable modification to suit their [[phonology]]. The [[Siddham]] script was especially important in [[Buddhism]] because many [[sutra]]s were written in it, and the art of Siddham [[calligraphy]] survives today in [[Japan]].
* [[Gujarati script| Gujaratiगुजराती]] ▼
* [[Hanunoo alphabet| Hanunooहनुनू]] ▼Characteristics include:
* [[Javanese script| Javaneseजवानेसे]] ▼* The inherent vowel is short 'a' (in [[Bengali]], it is short 'o', which comes from [[Sanskrit]] short 'a'). Other vowels are written by adding to the character.
* [[Kannada alphabet| Kannadaकन्नडा]] ▼* 'u' is written below, short 'i' is written to the left if distinct from long 'i'.
* [[Khmer alphabet| Khmerख्मेर]] ▼* Consonants can be combined. Special marks are added to denote the combination of 'r' with another consonant.
* [[Lao alphabet| Laoलाओ]] ▼* [[Nasalization]] is written with a dot above the letter.
* [[Limbu alphabet| Limbuलिम्बू]] ▼
* [[Malayalam alphabet| Malayalamमलयालम ]] ▼
* [[Oriya alphabet| Oriyaओरिया]] ▼
* [[Tai Le alphabet| Taiतै Leले]] ▼== List of Brahmic Scripts encoded in Unicode ==
* [[Tamil alphabet| Tamilतमिल]] ▼
* [[Telugu alphabet| Teluguतेलुगु]] ▼▲* [[Bengali script|Bengali]]
* [[BurmeseThai alphabet|Burmese]थाई]
* [[Sinhala alphabet| Sinhalaसिंहाला]] ▼* [[Devanagari]]
* [[GurmukhiTibetan script|Gurmukhiतिबेतन]]
* [[Tagalog alphabet| Tagalogतगालोग]] ▼▲* [[Gujarati script|Gujarati]]
▲* [[Hanunoo alphabet|Hanunoo]]
▲* [[Javanese script|Javanese]]
▲* [[Kannada alphabet|Kannada]]
▲* [[Khmer alphabet|Khmer]]
▲* [[Limbu alphabet|Limbu]]
▲* [[Malayalam alphabet|Malayalam]]
▲* [[Oriya alphabet|Oriya]]
▲* [[Tai Le alphabet|Tai Le]]
▲* [[Tamil alphabet|Tamil]]
▲* [[Telugu alphabet|Telugu]]
* [[Thai alphabet|Thai]]
▲* [[Sinhala alphabet|Sinhala]]
* [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]
▲* [[Tagalog alphabet|Tagalog]]
== See also ==
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