Landa

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Landa is a writing system historically used in parts of the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the Punjab region, for commercial and administrative purposes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Landa canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Landa script ⓘ
linked to: Landa scripts

Mahajani-type script ⓘ
linked to: Mahajani script
category South Asian scripts ⓘ
accountancy scripts ⓘ
merchant scripts ⓘ
characteristic consonant-based script ⓘ
non-standardized orthography ⓘ
used mainly for bookkeeping ⓘ
vowels often omitted in writing ⓘ
derivedFrom Gupta script ⓘ
geographicContext Northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
historicalUseContext early colonial period ⓘ
pre-colonial period ⓘ
influenced Gurmukhi script ⓘ
linked to: Gurmukhi

Khojki script ⓘ
Mahajani script ⓘ
languageWritten Hindustani ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
linked to: Punjabi language

Saraiki ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
region Northwestern India ⓘ
linked to: northwestern India

Punjab ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
replacedBy Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Gurmukhi ⓘ
Perso-Arabic scripts ⓘ
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
scriptType consonant–vowel abugida ⓘ
status historically used ⓘ
largely obsolete ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
usedBy Punjabi merchants ⓘ
traders in North India ⓘ
usedFor accounting records ⓘ
administrative purposes ⓘ
business correspondence ⓘ
commercial ledgers ⓘ
commercial purposes ⓘ
usedIn Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Punjab region ⓘ
linked to: Punjab
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium account books ⓘ
paper ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Landa scripts → alsoKnownAs → Landa ⓘ
Hans Landa → familyName → Landa ⓘ
Alfredo Landa → familyName → Landa ⓘ