Home›Brahmic Script Family›Originates In LanguageBrowse ByOriginates In LanguageThis page groups alphabets by the language family that first used them. Wikipedia notes that "runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets, known as rune-rows, runic alphabets or futharks, native to the Germanic peoples." Browsing by originates-in-language lets a visitor find every alphabet first used by the same language family.FactsOriginates In LanguageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedScripts & Magical Alphabets 1Originates In LanguageFilter Results4 entriesEra of AttestationAllClassical Sanskrit was codified by the grammarian Panini around the fifth century BCE, standardizing a language whose earlier Vedic register is already attested in oral composition centuries before that. (1)Classical Tibetan is attested from the seventh century CE, following the creation of the Tibetan script under King Songtsen Gampo to translate Buddhist scripture from Sanskrit. (1)Language FamilyAllIndo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family; the classical literary standard codified by Panini (circa 5th century BCE), a later stage than the archaic Vedic Sanskrit covered separately. (1)Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit associated with the ancient region of Magadha; no native speaker community remains, used purely as a scriptural and liturgical register. (1)Tibeto-Burman, within Sino-Tibetan; the literary standard fixed in the imperial period expressly so that Buddhist scripture could be translated into it consistently. (1)Liturgical and Scriptural RoleAllCanonical language of the Svetambara Jain Agamas, including the Kalpa Sutra traditionally read aloud during the annual Paryushana festival. (1)Language of the classical Hindu epics (the Ramayana and much of the Mahabharata, including the Bhagavad Gita) and of Vedanta philosophical literature, alongside Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist scripture. (1)Scriptural and liturgical language of Tibetan Buddhism, the language of the Kangyur and Tengyur canons (1)Modern AreaAllNo longer anyone's first language, but maintained today as a scholarly, ceremonial and liturgical register across the Hindu world, taught in traditional pathashalas in India and recited in temple worship wherever Hindu communities have settled. (1)Scriptural and liturgical standard across the Tibetan Buddhist world today: the Tibetan Autonomous Region and other Tibetan areas of China, Bhutan, Ladakh and Sikkim in India, Nepal, Mongolia, and exile communities such as Dharamsala, India. (1)Native ScriptAllBrahmi in the earliest record, and later the regional scripts descended from it, chiefly Devanagari in the Jain manuscript tradition. (1)Devanagari in the modern manuscript and printed tradition, though Sanskrit has been written in almost every Indian script, and in Brahmi and its regional descendants before Devanagari existed. (1)Tibetan script, a Brahmic-derived abugida traditionally attributed to Thonmi Sambhota in the seventh century (1)Place of OriginAllArdhamagadhi Prakrit originated in ancient Magadha and neighboring regions of northeastern India, the Middle Indic homeland associated with Mahavira and the early Jain community. (1)Classical Tibetan originated on the Tibetan Plateau, given a written form in the seventh century CE under King Songtsen Gampo specifically to render Buddhist scripture translated from Sanskrit. (1)Sanskrit is traditionally associated with the northwestern Indian subcontinent of the Vedic period, the Sapta Sindhu region drained by the Indus and its tributaries, before its later spread as a pan-Indian literary and liturgical language. (1)BrowseCompareArdhamagadhi PrakritOriginates In Language1 entryClassical TibetanOriginates In Language1 entryKannadaOriginates In Language1 entrySanskritOriginates In Language3 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.