Kaithi

E710287

Kaithi is a historical Brahmic script from northern India that was used to write several Indo-Aryan languages, including Bhojpuri, Magahi, and Maithili.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kaithi canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
addedToUnicodeVersion Unicode 5.2 ⓘ
currentStatus no longer widely used ⓘ
subject of scholarly study ⓘ
derivedFrom Gupta script ⓘ
hasConsonantConjuncts yes ⓘ
hasIndependentVowels yes ⓘ
hasNuktaLikeMarks yes ⓘ
hasNumerals yes ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Kaithi ⓘ
hasVowelDiacritics yes ⓘ
historicalFunction correspondence ⓘ
record-keeping ⓘ
ISO15924Code Kthi ⓘ
primaryUsage administrative writing ⓘ
commercial records ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
relatedTo Nagari scripts ⓘ
linked to: Nagari script
replacedBy Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
scriptCategory Indo-Aryan language script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic ⓘ
sisterScript Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Devanagari ⓘ
linked to: Devanagari script

Odia script ⓘ
Sharada script ⓘ
timePeriodOfDecline early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse 19th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange U+11080–U+110CF ⓘ
usedByCommunity Kayastha community ⓘ
usedForScriptReformOrStandardization no major modern standardization ⓘ
usedInRegion Northern India ⓘ
linked to: northern India
usedInTerritory Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
usedToWriteLanguage Awadhi ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemScope regional ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Nagpuri → script → Kaithi ⓘ
Kaithi → hasUnicodeBlock → Kaithi ⓘ
Kthi → representsScript → Kaithi ⓘ
Kthi → scriptName → Kaithi ⓘ
Kthi → scriptUnicodeBlock → Kaithi ⓘ
Kaidhi → alternativeTitle → Kaithi ⓘ
subject linked to: Kaidhi (Kaithi)
Leo → hasConnectionTo → Kaithi ⓘ