Khudabadi script
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The Khudabadi script is a historical writing system used primarily by Sindhi-speaking merchant communities of the Indian subcontinent for commercial and everyday purposes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Khudabadi script canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3163487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khudabadi script Context triple: [Landa scripts, precursorOf, Khudabadi script]
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A.
Shahmukhi script
Shahmukhi script is a Perso-Arabic–based writing system primarily used for writing the Punjabi language in Pakistan.
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B.
Takri script
The Takri script is an abugida historically used in the western Himalayas, particularly in regions of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, to write several Indo-Aryan languages such as Dogri and Jaunsari.
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C.
Pahlavi script
Pahlavi script is an ancient writing system used primarily for Middle Persian, serving as the official script of the Sasanian Empire and Zoroastrian religious texts.
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D.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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E.
Rumi script
Rumi script is the Latin-based writing system used for many Malayic languages, including modern Malay and Indonesian.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Khudabadi script Target entity description: The Khudabadi script is a historical writing system used primarily by Sindhi-speaking merchant communities of the Indian subcontinent for commercial and everyday purposes.
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A.
Shahmukhi script
Shahmukhi script is a Perso-Arabic–based writing system primarily used for writing the Punjabi language in Pakistan.
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B.
Takri script
The Takri script is an abugida historically used in the western Himalayas, particularly in regions of present-day Himachal Pradesh and Jammu, to write several Indo-Aryan languages such as Dogri and Jaunsari.
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C.
Pahlavi script
Pahlavi script is an ancient writing system used primarily for Middle Persian, serving as the official script of the Sasanian Empire and Zoroastrian religious texts.
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D.
Diwani script
Diwani script is an ornate Ottoman-era style of Arabic calligraphy characterized by its intricate, flowing lines and dense, decorative composition often used in royal decrees and official documents.
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E.
Rumi script
Rumi script is the Latin-based writing system used for many Malayic languages, including modern Malay and Indonesian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| addedToUnicodeVersion | Unicode 7.0 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Khudawadi
ⓘ
Sindhi Khudabadi ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sindhi Hindus
ⓘ
linked to:
Sindhi people
trading communities ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Landa scripts ⓘ |
| directionOfWriting | left-to-right ⓘ |
| geographicUsage |
present-day India
ⓘ
present-day Pakistan ⓘ
linked to:
Pakistan
|
| hasCategory | South Asian script ⓘ |
| hasConjunctConsonants | limited ⓘ |
| hasConsonantLetters | yes ⓘ |
| hasDistinctDigits | yes ⓘ |
| hasIndependentVowels | yes ⓘ |
| hasInherentVowel | yes ⓘ |
| hasNuktaLikeMarks | yes ⓘ |
| hasPunctuationMarks | yes ⓘ |
| hasScriptCodeStandard | ISO 15924 ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlock | Khudawadi ⓘ |
| hasVowelSigns | yes ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Sind ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Sindhi ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
commercial purposes
ⓘ
everyday writing ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Arabic script for Sindhi
ⓘ
Devanagari script for Sindhi ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Brahmic scripts ⓘ |
| scriptUsageContext |
mercantile
ⓘ
non-official documents ⓘ |
| status | historical ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlockRange | U+112B0–U+112FF ⓘ |
| usedBy | Sindhi-speaking merchant communities ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accounting records
ⓘ
business correspondence ⓘ private letters ⓘ writing the Sindhi language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
linked to:
South Asia
Sindh region ⓘ
linked to:
Sindh
|
| writingDirectionType | horizontal ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
account books
ⓘ
paper ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abugida ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Khudabadi script Description of subject: The Khudabadi script is a historical writing system used primarily by Sindhi-speaking merchant communities of the Indian subcontinent for commercial and everyday purposes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.