Lārī scripts

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Lārī scripts are historical writing systems from the northwestern Indian subcontinent used primarily for commercial and administrative purposes in various regional languages.

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Lārī scripts canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical script
writing system
characterType consonant-based
developedFrom Brahmic scripts
geographicRegion Gujarat
surface form: Gujarat region

Rajasthan
surface form: Rajasthan region

Sindh
surface form: Sindh region
primaryUsers administrative officials
merchants
traders
relatedTo Landa scripts
Mahajani script
commercial scripts of North India
scriptFamily Indic scripts
scriptType abugida
status historical use only
no longer in common use
timePeriod early modern period
medieval period
usageDomain business correspondence
contracts
ledgers
usedFor accounting
administrative purposes
commercial purposes
record-keeping
usedIn northwestern Indian subcontinent
usedWithLanguage regional languages of northwestern Indian subcontinent
writingDirection left-to-right

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Landa scripts alsoKnownAs Lārī scripts