Turkestani
Illustrative leaf from Weber manuscripts, discovered in Kucha Xinjiang China.
Image copyright © 2019 Ms Sarah Welch with license CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia.
Script details
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| Code | x-turkestani |
| Script type | abugida |
| Region | Central Asian |
| Status | Historical |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | yes |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | diacritics, contextual forms, complex positioning, required ligatures |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Number | none |
Script description
Section titled “Script description”Turkestani is an early variety of the Brahmi script, adapted with additional diacritics for use with various Central Asian languages including Tocharian, Uygur, and Tumshuqese.
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There are thought to have been two varieties of the script; North Turkestan Brahmi and South Turkestan Brahmi. It fell out of use following the Muslim invasions of Central Asia during the 7th century CE.
This script is not currently recognized by ISO 15924
, but is included in Writing Systems Technical Resources for research purposes. If you have any information on this script, please add the information to the site. Your contributions can be a great help in refining and expanding the ISO 15924 standard.
Languages that use this script
Section titled “Languages that use this script”There are no known languages that use this script.
Unicode status
Section titled “Unicode status”The Turkestani script is not yet in Unicode. It may be disunified into Tocharian and Khotanese.
Resources
Section titled “Resources”External links
- Sample of Turkestani Brahmi script (Wikimedia)