Abugida writing systems

thumb|300px|Comparison of various abugidas descended from Brahmi script. [[Sanskrit for, May Śiva protect those who take delight in the language of the gods. (Kalidasa)]]

family of abugida writing systems

script used for languages in Ethiopia and Eritrea

Kharosthi script (), also known as the Gandhari script (), was an ancient Indic script originally developed in the Gandhara Region of the north-western Indian subcontinent, between the 5th and 3rd century BCE. Primarily used by the people of Gandhara in various parts of South Asia and Central Asia, Kharosthi remained in use until it died out in its homeland around the 5th century CE. It was also in use in Bactria, the Kushan Empire, Sogdia, and along the Silk Road. There is some evidence it may have survived until the 7th century in Khotan and Niya, both cities in Tarim Basin.

The Tengwar () script is an artificial script, one of several scripts created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings. Within the context of Tolkien's fictional world, the Tengwar were invented by the Elf Fëanor, and used first to write the Elvish languages Quenya and Telerin. Later a great number of Tolkien's constructed languages were written using the Tengwar, including Sindarin. Tolkien used Tengwar to write English: most of Tolkien's Tengwar samples are actually in English.

writing system from the Brahmic family of scripts

Thaana, Tãna, Taana or Tāna (  ) is the present writing system of the Maldivian language spoken in the Maldives. Thaana has characteristics of both an abugida (diacritics, vowel-killer strokes) and a true alphabet (all vowels are written), with consonants derived from indigenous and Arabic numerals, and vowels derived from the vowel diacritics of the Arabic abjad. Maldivian orthography in Thaana is largely phonemic.

Tibeto-Mongol alphasyllabary/abugida used in China during Yuan Dynasty

writing system for languages of the Congo

braille script of the Japanese language

abugida for the Tulu language

syllabary writing system (right-to-left)

language script that uses Abugida writing system

Sarati is an artificial script, one of several scripts created by J. R. R. Tolkien. According to Tolkien's mythology, the Sarati alphabet was invented by the Elf Rúmil of Tirion.

vowel sound which is used with each unmarked or basic consonant symbol in abugida

writing system for some Southern Bantu languages

system of shorthand for English, developed by Isaac Pitman

abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet used for several Miao languages

script used to write the Tocharian languages

proposed common script for Indian languages, invented by V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy

partially deciphered writing system

abugida

script for the Qiang language

language script that uses Abugida writing system