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 t
Kaithi script (left side bottom-most line) on the coins of Sher Shah Suri
Signboard at Purbi Gumti, Arrah, with English (top), Bhojpuri Kaithi (bottom-left), and Urdu (bottom-right)
Kaithi diacritics with kha (đ‘‚Ž)
An abugida —sometimes also called an alphasyllabary, neosyllabary, or pseudo-alphabet—is a segmental writing system in which consonant–vowel sequences are written as units; each unit is based on a con
A 19th-century manuscript in the Devanagari script
The Geʽez script, an abugida of Eritrea and Ethiopia