Kaithi
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Kaithi (, ), also called Kayathi (), Kayasthi (, ), Kayastani, or Kaite Lipi () in Nepali, is a Brahmic script historically used across parts of Northern and Eastern India. It was prevalent in regions corresponding to modern-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. The script was primarily utilized for legal, administrative, and private records and was adapted for a variety of Indo-Aryan languages, including Angika, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Hindustani, Surjapuri, Maithili, Magahi, and Nagpuri.
Key facts
- Writing system.name
- Kaithi
- Writing system.altname
- Kayathi, Kayasthi
- Writing system.type
- Abugida
- Writing system.caption
- Kaithī script (vowels top three rows, consonants below)
- Writing system.languages
- Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili (Primary) Others: Awadhi Angika Nagpuri Hindustani
- Writing system.fam1
- Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
- Writing system.fam2
- Phoenician alphabet
- Writing system.fam3
- Aramaic alphabet
- Writing system.fam4
- Brahmi
- Writing system.fam5
- Gupta
- Writing system.fam6
- Siddhaṃ
- Writing system.fam7
- Nāgarī
- Writing system.children
- Sylheti Nagari
- Writing system.time
- c. 16th–mid 20th century
- Writing system.sample
- Kaithi.png
- Writing system.imagesize
- 260px
- Writing system.unicode
- U+11080–U+110CF
- Writing system.iso15924
- Kthi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- unicase alphabet
- Named after
- Kayastha
- Based on
- Nāgarī
- Image
- Kaithi noto.svg
Show 8 more facts
- native label
- 𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲
- topic's main category
- Category:Kaithi script
- Unicode range
- U+11080-110CF
- name
- kaithî
- end time
- 2000-00-00
- language of work or name
- Nagpuri
- Commons category
- Kaithi script
- inception
- 1600-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Classes
- Bhojpuri
- Magahi
- Tirhuti
- Vowels
- Diacritics
- Consonants
- Consonant Ligatures
- Common Double Consonants
- Rhotic Ligation
- Vowel diacritics
- Signs and punctuation
- Numerals
- Sample text
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] in Kaithi Script
- [[Magahi language|Magadhi]] in Kaithi Script
- [[Maithili language|Maithili]] in Kaithi Script
- [[Angika]] in Kaithi Script
- [[Hindi]] in Kaithi Script
- Unicode
- Publications
- See also
- References
- Sources
Kaithi (, ), also called Kayathi (), Kayasthi (, ), Kayastani, or Kaite Lipi () in Nepali, is a Brahmic script historically used across parts of Northern and Eastern India. It was prevalent in regions corresponding to modern-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. The script was primarily utilized for legal, administrative, and private records and was adapted for a variety of Indo-Aryan languages, including Angika, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Hindustani, Surjapuri, Maithili, Magahi, and Nagpuri.
thumb|right|This table sets out the handwritten form of the vowels and consonants of the Kaithi script, as of the middle of the 19th century thumb|right|Bhojpuri story written in Kaithi script by Babu Rama Smaran Lal in 1898
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaithi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.