Key facts
- Script type
- Abugida with inherent vowel /a/ except on the vocalic signs: ⟨ a ⟩ , ⟨ e ⟩ , ⟨ i ⟩ , ⟨ o ⟩ and the syllabic ⟨ ne ⟩ , ⟨ se ⟩ , ⟨ te ⟩ , and ⟨ to ⟩ signs
- Period
- 300 BC – 600 AD
- Languages
- Meroitic language and possibly Old Nubian
- Parent systems
- Egyptian hieroglyphs Hieratic Demotic Meroitic
- Child systems
- Nubian (influenced)
- Iso 15924
- Mero, 100 : Meroitic Hieroglyphs, Merc, 101 : Meroitic Cursive
- Unicode range
- U+10980–U+1099F Meroitic Hieroglyphs U+109A0–U+109FF Meroitic Cursive
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- abugida
- Subclass of
- writing system
- Image
- Meroitic.png
- Has use
- Meroitic
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- Commons category
- Meroitic writing
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