Modi alphabet

Origin

The Modi alphabet was invented during the 17th century to write the Marathi language of Maharashtra. It is a variant of the Devanāgarī alphabet. The Modi alphabet was used until 1950 when it was replaced by the Devanāgarī alphabet.

Notable features

Modi is a syllabic alphabet - each letter has an inherent vowel (a). Other vowels are indicated using a variety of diacritics which appear above, below, in front of or after the main letter. Some vowels are indicated by modifying the consonant letter itself.

Used to write

Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 71 million people mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Modi consonants

Modi vowels and vowel diacritics

Modi numerals

Links

Information about the Modi script
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modi_script

Modi font by Somesh Bartakke (hemadree.zip)
http://guruvision.in/downloads/

Other syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Modi, Batak, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Cham, Dehong (Tai Nua), Devanagari, Dhives Akuru, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Grantha, Gujarati, Gurmukhi (Punjabi), Hanuno'o, Hmong, Javanese, Kannada, Kharosthi, Khmer, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Malayalam, Modi, New Tai Lue, Oriya, Pallava, Phags-pa, Ranjana, Redjang, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Soyombo, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagalog, Tagbanwa, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tocharian, Varang Kshiti

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