Chorasmian
Script details
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| Code | Chrs |
| Script type | abjad |
| Region | Middle Eastern |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | RTL |
| Baseline | bottom |
| Case | no |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | chrs |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 109 (right-to-left alphabetic) |
Script description
The Chorasmian script is an indigenous script that was derived from Imperial Aramaic.
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It was used for writing the now-extinct Chorasmian language between the 2nd century BCE and the 8th-9th century CE, after which time the Chorasmian language was written using the Arabic script.
Chorasmian is a cursive joining abjad written from right to left, made up of 21 letters and 7 numbers. Letters are classified as dual-joining, right-joining, and non-joining. Dual-joining and right-joining letters have contextual shapes that are determined by adjacent letters.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chorasmian | xco-Chrs | in use | xco-Chrs-XX xco-Chrs-UZ (Uzbekistan) |
Unicode status
In The Unicode Standard,Chorasmian script implementation is discussed in Chapter 10 Middle East-II — Ancient Scripts
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Resources
- ScriptSource page for Chorasmian - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Chorasmian