Lārī scripts
E334230
Lārī scripts are historical writing systems from the northwestern Indian subcontinent used primarily for commercial and administrative purposes in various regional languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lārī scripts canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3163498 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lārī scripts Context triple: [Landa scripts, alsoKnownAs, Lārī scripts]
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A.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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B.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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C.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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D.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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E.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lārī scripts Target entity description: Lārī scripts are historical writing systems from the northwestern Indian subcontinent used primarily for commercial and administrative purposes in various regional languages.
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A.
Lontara script
The Lontara script is an indigenous writing system traditionally used by the Bugis and Makassarese peoples of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to write their Austronesian languages.
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B.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
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C.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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D.
Ruqʿah script
Ruqʿah script is a simple, highly legible Arabic handwriting style commonly used for everyday writing and official documents in the Arab world.
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E.
Borama script
The Borama script is an indigenous writing system historically used by some Somali communities to represent the Somali language before the adoption of more widespread scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| characterType | consonant-based ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Gujarat region
ⓘ
linked to:
Gujarat
Rajasthan region ⓘ
linked to:
Rajasthan
Sindh region ⓘ
linked to:
Sindh
|
| primaryUsers |
administrative officials
ⓘ
merchants ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Landa scripts
ⓘ
Mahajani script ⓘ commercial scripts of North India ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Indic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptType | abugida ⓘ |
| status |
historical use only
ⓘ
no longer in common use ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ |
| usageDomain |
business correspondence
ⓘ
contracts ⓘ ledgers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accounting
ⓘ
administrative purposes ⓘ commercial purposes ⓘ record-keeping ⓘ |
| usedIn | northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| usedWithLanguage | regional languages of northwestern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lārī scripts Description of subject: Lārī scripts are historical writing systems from the northwestern Indian subcontinent used primarily for commercial and administrative purposes in various regional languages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.