Tibetan script
The Tibetan script is a segmental writing system (abugida) of Indic origin used to write certain Tibetic languages, including Tibetan, Dzongkha, Sikkimese, Ladakhi, Jirel and Balti. It has also been used for some non-Tibetic languages in close cultural contact with Tibet, such as Thakali.[5] The printed form is called uchen script while the hand-written cursive form used in everyday writing is called umê script. This writing system is used across the Himalayas, and Tibet.
| Tibetan | |
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 The mantra "Om mani padme hum" | |
| Script type | |
Time period | c. 650–present |
| Direction | left-to-right  |
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| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Child systems | |
Sister systems | Sharada, Siddhaṃ, Divehi Akuru |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Tibt (330), Tibetan |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Tibetan |
| U+0F00–U+0FFF Final Accepted Script Proposal of the First Usable Edition (3.0) | |
[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is debated; see Brahmi script § Origins for more information. | |
| Brahmic scripts |
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| The Brahmic script and its descendants |
The script is closely linked to a broad ethnic Tibetan identity, spanning across areas in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet.[6] The Tibetan script is of Brahmic origin from the Gupta script and is ancestral to scripts such as Meitei,[3] Lepcha,[7] Marchen and the multilingual ʼPhags-pa script.[7]