Maldivian writing systems
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Several Dhivehi scripts have been used by Maldivians during their history. The early Dhivehi scripts fell into the abugida category, while the more recent Thaana has characteristics of both an abugida
Cover of the "Dhivehi Akuru" book written by Bodufenvalhuge Sidi
Abugida
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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
Maldivian writing systems
…Several Dhivehi scripts have been used by Maldivians during their history. The early Dhivehi scripts fell into the abugida category, while the more recent Thaana has characteristics of both an abugida and a true alphabet. An ancient form of Nagari script, as well as the…
A 19th-century manuscript in the Devanagari script
The Geʽez script, an abugida of Eritrea and Ethiopia