Khudabadi script
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The word "Sindhi" written in the Khudabadi script
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| Languages | Sindhi language |
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Time period
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c. 16th century–present |
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Parent systems
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Sister systems
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Gurumukhi |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| ISO 15924 | Sind, 318 |
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Unicode alias
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Khudawadi |
| U+112B0–U+112FF | |
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[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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Khudabadi is a script generally used by some Sindhis in India to write the Sindhi language. It is also known as Vaniki, Hatvaniki and Hatkai script. Khudabadi is one of the three scripts used for writing the Sindhi language, the other being Perso-Arabic and Devanagari script. It was used by traders and merchants to record their information and rose to importance as the script began to be used to record information kept secret from other groups and kingdoms.
Modern Khudabadi has 37 consonants, 10 vowels, 9 vowel signs written as diacritic marks added to the consonants, 3 miscellaneous signs, one symbol for nasal sounds (anusvara), one symbol for conjucts (virama) and 10 digits like many other Indic scripts. The nukta has been borrowed from Devanagari for representing additional signs found in Arabic but not found in Sindhi. It is written from left to right, like Sanskrit. It follows a natural pattern and style of other Landa scripts.
The Khudabadi script has roots in the Brahmi script, like most north Indian and West Chinese languages. It appears different from other Indic scripts such as Bengali, Odia, Gurmukhi or Devanagari, but a closer examination reveals they are similar except for angles and structure.
Khudabadi is an abugida in which all consonants have an inherent vowel. Matras are used to change the inherent vowel. Vowels that appear at the beginning of a word are written as independent letters. When certain consonants occur together, special conjunct symbols are used which combine the essential parts of each letter.
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