Saurashtra ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 19th century - Present day |
Direction | Left-to-right |
Languages | Saurashtra |
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Sister systems | |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Saur (344), Saurashtra |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Saurashtra |
U+A880–U+A8DF | |
Brahmic scripts |
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The Brahmi script and its descendants |
The Saurashtra script is an abugida script that is used by Saurashtrians of Tamil Nadu to write the Saurashtra language. The script is of Brahmic origin, although its exact derivation is not known; it was later reformed and standardized by T. M. Rama Rai. Its usage has declined, and the Tamil and Latin scripts are now used more commonly.[1][2]