Ta (Indic)

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Ta
Devanagari t.svg
Example glyphs
Bengali-Assamese Bengali Letter Ta.svg
Tibetan Tibetan Ta.svg
Tamil Tamil-alphabet-tt.svg
Thai
Malayalam
Sinhala
Ashoka Brahmi Brahmi t.svg
Devanagari Devanagari t.svg
Cognates
Hebrew ת
Greek Τ, Ϛ
Latin T
Cyrillic Т, Ѿ
Properties
Phonemic representation /t/
IAST transliteration ta Ta
ISCII code point BA (186)

Ta is the sixteenth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, ta is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg after having gone through the Gupta letter Gupta allahabad t.svg .

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Āryabhaṭṭa numeration

Aryabhata used Devanagari letters for numbers, very similar to the Greek numerals, even after the invention of Indian numerals. The values of the different forms of त are: [1]

Historic Ta

There are three different general early historic scripts - Brahmi and its variants, Kharoṣṭhī, and Tocharian, the so-called slanting Brahmi. Ta as found in standard Brahmi, Brahmi t.svg was a simple geometric shape, with variations toward more flowing forms by the Gupta Gupta allahabad t.svg . The Tocharian Ta Tocharian letter ta.gif had an alternate Fremdzeichen form, Tocharian letter ta.gif . The third form of ta, in Kharoshthi ( Bukva TA (nezalezhnii znak). Pis'mo kkharoshtkhi. Kharoshthi letter TA.svg ) was probably derived from Aramaic separately from the Brahmi letter.

Brahmi Ta

The Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg , Ta, is probably derived from the Aramaic Taw Taw.svg , and is thus related to the modern Latin T and Greek Tau. [2] Several identifiable styles of writing the Brahmi Ta can be found, most associated with a specific set of inscriptions from an artifact or diverse records from an historic period. [3] As the earliest and most geometric style of Brahmi, the letters found on the Edicts of Ashoka and other records from around that time are normally the reference form for Brahmi letters, with vowel marks not attested until later forms of Brahmi back-formed to match the geometric writing style.

Brahmi Ta historic forms
Ashoka
(3rd-1st c. BCE)
Girnar
(~150 BCE)
Kushana
(~150-250 CE)
Gujarat
(~250 CE)
Gupta
(~350 CE)
Brahmi t.svg Gupta girnar t.svg Gupta ashoka t.svg Gupta gujarat t.svg Gupta allahabad t.svg

Tocharian Ta

The Tocharian letter Tocharian letter ta.gif is derived from the Brahmi Brahmi t.svg , and has an alternate Fremdzeichen form Tocharian letter ta.gif used in conjuncts and as an alternate representation of Tä.

Tocharian Ta with vowel marks
TaTiTuTrTr̄TeTaiToTauFremdzeichen
Tocharian letter ta.gif Tocharian letter taa.gif Tocharian letter ti.gif Tocharian letter tii.gif Tocharian letter tu.gif Tocharian letter tuu.gif Tocharian letter tr.gif Tocharian letter trr.gif Tocharian letter te.gif Tocharian letter tai.gif Tocharian letter to.gif Tocharian letter tau.gif Tocharian letter ta.gif Tocharian letter ta.gif

Kharoṣṭhī Ta

The Kharoṣṭhī letter Bukva TA (nezalezhnii znak). Pis'mo kkharoshtkhi. Kharoshthi letter TA.svg is generally accepted as being derived from the Aramaic Taw Taw.svg , and is thus related to T and Tau, in addition to the Brahmi Ta. [2]

Devanagari Ta

Ta () is a consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg , after having gone through the Gupta letter Gupta allahabad t.svg . Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter , and the Modi letter 𑘝.

Devanagari-using Languages

In all languages, त is pronounced as [] or [ t ] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Devanagari uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

Devanagari त with vowel marks
TaTiTuTrTr̄TlTl̄TeTaiToTauT
तातितीतुतूतृतॄतॢतॣतेतैतोतौत्

Conjuncts with त

Half form of Ta. Devanagari Ta half form.svg
Half form of Ta.

Devanagari exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts. In modern Devanagari texts, most conjuncts are formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". Some conjunct clusters are always represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters. Vertically stacked conjuncts are ubiquitous in older texts, while only a few are still used routinely in modern Devanagari texts. The use of ligatures and vertical conjuncts may vary across languages using the Devanagari script, with Marathi in particular preferring the use of half forms where texts in other languages would show ligatures and vertical stacks. [4]

Ligature conjuncts of त

True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Devanagari are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra. Nepali and Marathi texts use the "eyelash" Ra half form Devanagari Eyelash Ra.svg for an initial "R" instead of repha.

  • Repha र্ (r) + त (ta) gives the ligature rta: note

Devanagari Conjunct RTa.svg

  • Eyelash र্ (r) + त (ta) gives the ligature rta:

Devanagari Conjunct Eyelash RTa.svg

  • त্ (t) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature tra:

Devanagari Conjunct TRa.svg

  • Repha र্ (r) + त্ (t) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature rtra:

Devanagari Conjunct RTRa.svg

  • त্ (t) + र্ (r) + य (ya) gives the ligature trya:

Devanagari Conjunct TRYa.svg

  • क্ (k) + त (ta) gives the ligature kta:

Devanagari Conjunct KTa.svg

  • क্ (k) + त্ (t) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature ktra:

Devanagari Conjunct KTRa.svg

  • क্ (k) + त্ (t) + व (va) gives the ligature ktva:

Devanagari Conjunct KTVa.svg

  • ङ্ (ŋ) + क্ (k) + त (ta) gives the ligature ŋkta:

Devanagari Conjunct NgKTa.svg

  • त্ (t) + त (ta) gives the ligature tta:

Devanagari Conjunct TTa.svg

  • Repha र্ (r) + त্ (t) + त (ta) gives the ligature rtta:

Devanagari Conjunct RTTa.svg

  • त্ (t) + त্ (t) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature ttra:

Devanagari Conjunct TTRa.svg

  • Repha र্ (r) + त্ (t) + त্ (t) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature rttra:

Devanagari Conjunct RTTRa.svg

  • त্ (t) + त্ (t) + न (na) gives the ligature ttna:

Devanagari Conjunct TTNa.svg

  • त্ (t) + त্ (t) + व (va) gives the ligature ttva:

Devanagari Conjunct TTVa.svg

  • प্ (p) + त (ta) gives the ligature pta:

Devanagari Conjunct PTa.svg

  • प্ (p) + त্ (t) + rakar र (ra) gives the ligature ptra:

Devanagari Conjunct PTRa.svg

  • ष্ (ṣ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ṣta:

Devanagari Conjunct SsTa.svg

Stacked conjuncts of त

Vertically stacked ligatures are the most common conjunct forms found in Devanagari text. Although the constituent characters may need to be stretched and moved slightly in order to stack neatly, stacked conjuncts can be broken down into recognizable base letters, or a letter and an otherwise standard ligature.

  • छ্ (cʰ) + त (ta) gives the ligature cʰta:

Devanagari Conjunct ChTa.svg

  • ढ্ (ḍʱ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ḍʱta:

Devanagari Conjunct DdhTa.svg

  • ड্ (ḍ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ḍta:

Devanagari Conjunct DdTa.svg

  • द্ (d) + त (ta) gives the ligature dta:

Devanagari Conjunct DTa.svg

  • ङ্ (ŋ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ŋta:

Devanagari Conjunct NgTa.svg

  • त্ (t) + ब (ba) gives the ligature tba:

Devanagari Conjunct TBa.svg

  • त্ (t) + च (ca) gives the ligature tca:

Devanagari Conjunct TCa.svg

  • त্ (t) + ज (ja) gives the ligature tja:

Devanagari Conjunct TJa.svg

  • त্ (t) + ज্ (j) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature tjña:

Devanagari Conjunct TJNya.svg

  • त্ (t) + ल (la) gives the ligature tla:

Devanagari Conjunct TLa.svg

  • त্ (t) + ञ (ña) gives the ligature tña:

Devanagari Conjunct TNya.svg

  • ठ্ (ṭʰ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ṭʰta:

Devanagari Conjunct TthTa.svg

  • ट্ (ṭ) + त (ta) gives the ligature ṭta:

Devanagari Conjunct TtTa.svg

  • त্ (t) + न (na) gives the ligature tna:

Devanagari Conjunct TNa.svg

  • त্ (t) + व (va) gives the ligature tva:

Devanagari Conjunct TVa.svg

Bengali Ta

The Bengali script ত is derived from the Siddhaṃ Siddham t.svg , and is marked by a similar horizontal head line, but less geometric shape, than its Devanagari counterpart, त. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter ত will sometimes be transliterated as "to" instead of "ta". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, gives a reading of /t̪o/. Like all Indic consonants, ত can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".

Bengali ত with vowel marks
tatitutrtr̄tetaitotaut
তাতিতীতুতূতৃতৄতেতৈতোতৌত্

ত in Bengali-using languages

ত is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.

Conjuncts with ত

Bengali ত exhibits conjunct ligatures, as is common in Indic scripts, with a tendency towards stacked ligatures. [5]

Khanda Ta

Khanda Ta Bengali Letter Khanda Ta.svg
Khanda Ta

Some ostensible conjuncts with an initial ত are realized visually with a character called Khanda Ta "Broken Ta". This "broken" form of ত is used to represent the bare consonant without an inherent "A" vowel, and does not normally take vowel marks. It resembles the normal letter ত, but reversed, without a head line, and a reduced tail.

  • ৎ (khanda ta) + ক (ka) gives the conjunct tka:

Bengali Conjunct Tka.svg

Other ত Conjuncts

Other conjuncts take the form of a ligature when ত is the initial head consonant, or usually as a stacked conjunct when ত is non-head. As is normal, as a later element in a stacked conjunct, ত loses its head line when conjoining, and has a reduced tail when followed by Ra-phala.

  • ক্ (k) + ত (ta) gives the ligature kta:

Bengali Conjunct Kta.svg

  • ক্ (k) + ত্ (t) + র (ra) gives the ligature ktra, with the ra phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Ktra.svg

  • ন্ (n) + ত (ta) gives the ligature nta:

Bengali Conjunct Nta.svg

  • ন্ (n) + ত্ (t) + র (ra) gives the ligature ntra, with the ra phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Ntra.svg

  • ন্ (n) + ত্ (t) + র্ (r) + য (ya) gives the ligature ntrya, with the ra phala and ya phala suffixes

Bengali Conjunct Ntrya.svg

  • ন্ (n) + ত্ (t) + ব (va) gives the ligature ntva, with the va phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Ntva.svg

  • ন্ (n) + ত্ (t) + য (ya) gives the ligature ntya, with the ya phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Ntya.svg

  • প্ (p) + ত (ta) gives the ligature pta:

Bengali Conjunct Pta.svg

  • র্ (r) + ত (ta) gives the ligature rta, with the repha prefix:

Bengali Conjunct Rta.svg

  • র্ (r) + ত্ (t) + র (ra) gives the ligature rtra, with the repha prefix and ra phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Rtra.svg

  • র্ (r) + ত্ (t) + য (ya) gives the ligature rtya, with the repha prefix and ya phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Rtya.svg

  • স্ (s) + ত (ta) gives the ligature sta:

Bengali Conjunct Sta.svg

  • স্ (s) + ত্ (t) + র (ra) gives the ligature stra, with the ra phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Stra.svg

  • স্ (s) + ত্ (t) + ব (va) gives the ligature stva, with the va phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Stva.svg

  • স্ (s) + ত্ (t) + য (ya) gives the ligature stya, with the ya phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Stya.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ম (ma) gives the ligature tma:

Bengali Conjunct Tma.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ম্ (m) + য (ya) gives the ligature tmya, with the ya phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Tmya.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ন (na) gives the ligature tna:

Bengali Conjunct Tna.svg

  • ত্ (t) + র (ra) gives the ligature tra, with the ra phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Tra.svg

  • ত্ (t) + র্ (r) + য (ya) gives the ligature trya, with the ra phala and ya phala suffixes

Bengali Conjunct Trya.svg

  • ত্ (t) + স (sa) gives the ligature tsa:

Bengali Conjunct Tsa.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ত (ta) gives the ligature tta:

Bengali Conjunct Tta.svg

  • ত্ (t) + থ (tʰa) gives the ligature ttʰa:

Bengali Conjunct Ttha.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ত্ (t) + ব (va) gives the ligature ttva, with the va phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Ttva.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ত্ (t) + য (ya) gives the ligature ttya, with the ya phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Ttya.svg

  • ত্ (t) + ব (va) gives the ligature tva, with the va phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Tva.svg

  • ত্ (t) + য (ya) gives the ligature tya, with the ya phala suffix:

Bengali Conjunct Tya.svg

Gujarati Ta

Gujarati Ta. Gujarati letter Ta.svg
Gujarati Ta.

Ta () is the sixteenth consonant of the Gujarati abugida. It is derived from the Devanagari Ta Devanagari t.svg with the top bar (shiro rekha) removed, and ultimately the Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg .

Gujarati-using Languages

The Gujarati script is used to write the Gujarati and Kutchi languages. In both languages, ત is pronounced as [] or [ t ] when appropriate. Like all Indic scripts, Gujarati uses vowel marks attached to the base consonant to override the inherent /ə/ vowel:

TaTiTuTrTlTr̄Tl̄TeTaiToTauT
Gujarati Ta Matras.svg
Gujarati Ta syllables, with vowel marks in red.

Conjuncts with ત

Half form of Ta. Gujarati letter Ta half form.svg
Half form of Ta.

Gujarati ત exhibits conjunct ligatures, much like its parent Devanagari Script. Most Gujarati conjuncts can only be formed by reducing the letter shape to fit tightly to the following letter, usually by dropping a character's vertical stem, sometimes referred to as a "half form". A few conjunct clusters can be represented by a true ligature, instead of a shape that can be broken into constituent independent letters, and vertically stacked conjuncts can also be found in Gujarati, although much less commonly than in Devanagari. True ligatures are quite rare in Indic scripts. The most common ligated conjuncts in Gujarati are in the form of a slight mutation to fit in context or as a consistent variant form appended to the adjacent characters. Those variants include Na and the Repha and Rakar forms of Ra.

Gujarati conjunct RTa.svg

Gujarati conjunct TRa.svg

Gujarati conjunct TTa.svg

Gujarati conjunct TNa.svg

Gujarati conjunct PTa.svg

Gujarati conjunct SsTa.svg

Javanese Ta

Telugu Ta

Telugu letter Ta.svg
Telugu subjoined Ta.svg
Telugu independent and subjoined Ta.

Ta () is a consonant of the Telugu abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg . It is closely related to the Kannada letter . Most Telugu consonants contain a v-shaped headstroke that is related to the horizontal headline found in other Indic scripts, although headstrokes do not connect adjacent letters in Telugu. The headstroke is normally lost when adding vowel matras. Telugu conjuncts are created by reducing trailing letters to a subjoined form that appears below the initial consonant of the conjunct. Many subjoined forms are created by dropping their headline, with many extending the end of the stroke of the main letter body to form an extended tail reaching up to the right of the preceding consonant. This subjoining of trailing letters to create conjuncts is in contrast to the leading half forms of Devanagari and Bengali letters. Ligature conjuncts are not a feature in Telugu, with the only non-standard construction being an alternate subjoined form of Ṣa (borrowed from Kannada) in the KṢa conjunct.

Malayalam Ta

Malayalam letter Ta Malayalam letter Ta.svg
Malayalam letter Ta

Ta () is a consonant of the Malayalam abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg , via the Grantha letter Grantha letter Ta.svg Ta. Like in other Indic scripts, Malayalam consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Malayalam Ta matras: Ta, Ta, Ti, Ti, Tu, Tu, Tr, Tr, Tl, Tl, Te, Te, Tai, To, To, Tau, and T. Malayalam Ta matras.svg
Malayalam Ta matras: Ta, Tā, Ti, Tī, Tu, Tū, Tr̥, Tr̥̄, Tl̥, Tl̥̄, Te, Tē, Tai, To, Tō, Tau, and T.

Conjuncts of ത

As is common in Indic scripts, Malayalam joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. There are several ways in which conjuncts are formed in Malayalam texts: using a post-base form of a trailing consonant placed under the initial consonant of a conjunct, a combined ligature of two or more consonants joined together, a conjoining form that appears as a combining mark on the rest of the conjunct, the use of an explicit candrakkala mark to suppress the inherent "a" vowel, or a special consonant form called a "chillu" letter, representing a bare consonant without the inherent "a" vowel. Texts written with the modern reformed Malayalam orthography, put̪iya lipi, may favor more regular conjunct forms than older texts in paḻaya lipi, due to changes undertaken in the 1970s by the Government of Kerala.

Malayalam conjunct KTa.svg

Malayalam conjunct TTa.svg

Malayalam conjunct NTa.svg

Malayalam conjunct PTa.svg

Malayalam conjunct YTa.svg

Malayalam conjunct STa.svg

Malayalam conjunct TTha.svg

Malayalam conjunct TNa.svg

Malayalam conjunct TBha.svg

Malayalam conjunct TMa.svg

Malayalam conjunct TSa.svg

Odia Ta

Odia letter Ta.svg
Odia subjoined Ta.svg
Odia independent and subjoined letter Ta.

Ta () is a consonant of the Odia abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg , via the Siddhaṃ letter Siddham t.svg Ta. Like in other Indic scripts, Odia consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Odia Ta with vowel matras
TaTiTuTr̥Tr̥̄Tl̥Tl̥̄TeTaiToTauT
ତାତିତୀତୁତୂତୃତୄତୢତୣତେତୈତୋତୌତ୍

Conjuncts of ତ

As is common in Indic scripts, Odia joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a small subjoined form of trailing consonants. Most consonants' subjoined forms are identical to the full form, just reduced in size, although a few drop the curved headline or have a subjoined form not directly related to the full form of the consonant. The second type of conjunct formation is through pure ligatures, where the constituent consonants are written together in a single graphic form. This ligature may be recognizable as being a combination of two characters or it can have a conjunct ligature unrelated to its constituent characters.

Odia conjunct TKa.svg

Odia conjunct TTa.svg

Odia conjunct TSa.svg

Kaithi Ta

Kaithi Ta.svg
Kaithi Ta half form.svg
Kaithi consonant and half-form Ta.

Ta (𑂞) is a consonant of the Kaithi abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter Brahmi t.svg , via the Siddhaṃ letter Siddham t.svg Ta. Like in other Indic scripts, Kaithi consonants have the inherent vowel "a", and take one of several modifying vowel signs to represent syllables with another vowel or no vowel at all.

Kaithi Ta with vowel matras
TaTiTuTeTaiToTauT
𑂞𑂞𑂰𑂞𑂱𑂞𑂲𑂞𑂳𑂞𑂴𑂞𑂵𑂞𑂶𑂞𑂷𑂞𑂸𑂞𑂹

Conjuncts of 𑂞

As is common in Indic scripts, Kaithi joins letters together to form conjunct consonant clusters. The most common conjunct formation is achieved by using a half form of preceding consonants, although several consonants use an explicit virama. Most half forms are derived from the full form by removing the vertical stem. As is common in most Indic scripts, conjucts of ra are indicated with a repha or rakar mark attached to the rest of the consonant cluster. In addition, there are a few vertical conjuncts that can be found in Kaithi writing, but true ligatures are not used in the modern Kaithi script.

Kaithi conjunct TRa.svg

Kaithi conjunct RTa.svg

Comparison of Ta

The various Indic scripts are generally related to each other through adaptation and borrowing, and as such the glyphs for cognate letters, including Ta, are related as well.

Comparison of Ta in different scripts
Aramaic
Taw.svg
Kharoṣṭhī
𐨟
Ashoka Brahmi
Brahmi t.svg
Kushana Brahmi [lower-alpha 1]
Gupta ashoka t.svg
Tocharian [lower-alpha 2]
Tocharian letter ta.gif  /  Tocharian letter ta.gif
Gupta Brahmi
Gupta allahabad t.svg
Pallava
Pallava Ta.svg
Kadamba
-
Bhaiksuki
𑰝
Siddhaṃ
Siddham t.svg
Grantha
𑌤
Cham
Sinhala
Pyu /
Old Mon [lower-alpha 3]
-
Tibetan
Tibetan Ta.svg
Newa
𑐟
Ahom
𑜄
Malayalam
Telugu
Burmese
Lepcha
Ranjana
Ranjana t.svg
Saurashtra
Dives Akuru
𑤛
Kannada
Kayah Li
-
Limbu
Limbu bukva TO. Limbu Letter TO.png
Soyombo [lower-alpha 4]
𑩫
Khmer
Tamil
Tamil-alphabet-tt.svg
Chakma
𑄖
Tai Tham
Meitei Mayek
Gaudi
-
Thai
 / 
Lao
 / 
Tai Le
Marchen
𑱺
Tirhuta
𑒞
New Tai Lue
Tai Viet
Aksara Kawi
Aksara Kawi ta.svg
'Phags-pa
Odia
Sharada
𑆘
Rejang
Batak
-
Buginese
Zanabazar Square
𑨙
Bengali-Assamese
Bengali Letter Ta.svg
Takri
𑚙
Javanese
Balinese
Makasar
𑻦
Hangul [lower-alpha 5]
-
Northern Nagari
-
Dogri
𑠙
Laṇḍā
-
Sundanese
Baybayin
Modi
𑘝
Gujarati
Khojki
𑈙
Khudabadi
𑋍
Mahajani
𑅣
Tagbanwa
Devanagari
Devanagari t.svg
Nandinagari
𑦽
Kaithi
Kaithi Ta.svg
Gurmukhi
Multani
𑊖
Buhid
Canadian Syllabics [lower-alpha 6]
-
Soyombo [lower-alpha 7]
𑩫
Sylheti Nagari
Gunjala Gondi
𑵳
Masaram Gondi [lower-alpha 8]
𑴛
Hanuno'o
Notes
  1. The middle "Kushana" form of Brahmi is a later style that emerged as Brahmi scripts were beginning to proliferate. Gupta Brahmi was definitely a stylistic descendant from Kushana, but other Brahmi-derived scripts may have descended from earlier forms.
  2. Tocharian is probably derived from the middle period "Kushana" form of Brahmi, although artifacts from that time are not plentiful enough to establish a definite succession.
  3. Pyu and Old Mon are probably the precursors of the Burmese script, and may be derived from either the Pallava or Kadamba script
  4. May also be derived from Devangari (see bottom left of table)
  5. The Origin of Hangul from 'Phags-pa is one of limited influence, inspiring at most a few basic letter shapes. Hangul does not function as an Indic abugida.
  6. Although the basic letter forms of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics were derived from handwritten Devanagari letters, this abugida indicates vowel sounds by rotations of the letter form, rather than the use of vowel diacritics as is standard in Indic abugidas.
  7. May also be derived from Ranjana (see above)
  8. Masaram Gondi acts as an Indic abugida, but its letterforms were not derived from any single precursor script.

Character encodings of Ta

Most Indic scripts are encoded in the Unicode Standard, and as such the letter Ta in those scripts can be represented in plain text with unique codepoint. Ta from several modern-use scripts can also be found in legacy encodings, such as ISCII.

Character information
Preview Devanagari t.svg Bengali Letter Ta.svg Tamil-alphabet-tt.svg
Unicode nameDEVANAGARI LETTER TABENGALI LETTER TATAMIL LETTER TATELUGU LETTER TAORIYA LETTER TAKANNADA LETTER TAMALAYALAM LETTER TAGUJARATI LETTER TAGURMUKHI LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 2340U+09242468U+09A42980U+0BA43108U+0C242852U+0B243236U+0CA43364U+0D242724U+0AA42596U+0A24
UTF-8 224 164 164E0 A4 A4224 166 164E0 A6 A4224 174 164E0 AE A4224 176 164E0 B0 A4224 172 164E0 AC A4224 178 164E0 B2 A4224 180 164E0 B4 A4224 170 164E0 AA A4224 168 164E0 A8 A4
Numeric character reference ततততததతతତତತತതതતતਤਤ
ISCII186BA186BA186BA186BA186BA186BA186BA186BA186BA


Character information
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Ashoka Brahmi t.svg
Kushana Gupta ashoka t.svg
Gupta Gupta allahabad t.svg
𐨟 Siddham t.svg 𑌤
Unicode nameBRAHMI LETTER JAKHAROSHTHI LETTER TASIDDHAM LETTER TAGRANTHA LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 69658U+1101A68127U+10A1F71069U+1159D70436U+11324
UTF-8 240 145 128 154F0 91 80 9A240 144 168 159F0 90 A8 9F240 145 150 157F0 91 96 9D240 145 140 164F0 91 8C A4
UTF-16 55300 56346D804 DC1A55298 56863D802 DE1F55301 56733D805 DD9D55300 57124D804 DF24
Numeric character reference 𑀚𑀚𐨟𐨟𑖝𑖝𑌤𑌤


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Preview Tibetan Ta.svg 𑨙𑐟𑰝𑆘
Unicode nameTIBETAN LETTER TATIBETAN SUBJOINED LETTER TAPHAGS-PA LETTER TAZANABAZAR SQUARE LETTER TANEWA LETTER TABHAIKSUKI LETTER TASHARADA LETTER JA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 3919U+0F4F3999U+0F9F43080U+A84872217U+11A1970687U+1141F72733U+11C1D70040U+11198
UTF-8 224 189 143E0 BD 8F224 190 159E0 BE 9F234 161 136EA A1 88240 145 168 153F0 91 A8 99240 145 144 159F0 91 90 9F240 145 176 157F0 91 B0 9D240 145 134 152F0 91 86 98
UTF-16 39190F4F39990F9F43080A84855302 56857D806 DE1955301 56351D805 DC1F55303 56349D807 DC1D55300 56728D804 DD98
Numeric character reference ཏཏྟྟꡈꡈ𑨙𑨙𑐟𑐟𑰝𑰝𑆘𑆘


Character information
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Unicode nameMYANMAR LETTER TATAI THAM LETTER HIGH TANEW TAI LUE LETTER LOW TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode 4112U+10106706U+1A326545U+1991
UTF-8 225 128 144E1 80 90225 168 178E1 A8 B2225 166 145E1 A6 91
Numeric character reference တတᨲᨲᦑᦑ


Character information
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Unicode nameKHMER LETTER TALAO LETTER TOLAO LETTER DOTHAI CHARACTER TO TAOTHAI CHARACTER DO DEKTAI VIET LETTER LOW TO
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 6031U+178F3733U+0E953732U+0E943605U+0E153604U+0E1443668U+AA94
UTF-8 225 158 143E1 9E 8F224 186 149E0 BA 95224 186 148E0 BA 94224 184 149E0 B8 95224 184 148E0 B8 94234 170 148EA AA 94
Numeric character reference តតຕຕດດตตดดꪔꪔ


Character information
Preview𑄖𑜄𑤛
Unicode nameSINHALA LETTER ALPAPRAANA TAYANNACHAKMA LETTER TAATAI LE LETTER TAAHOM LETTER TADIVES AKURU LETTER TASAURASHTRA LETTER TACHAM LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 3501U+0DAD69910U+111166486U+195671428U+1170471963U+1191B43169U+A8A143539U+AA13
UTF-8 224 182 173E0 B6 AD240 145 132 150F0 91 84 96225 165 150E1 A5 96240 145 156 132F0 91 9C 84240 145 164 155F0 91 A4 9B234 162 161EA A2 A1234 168 147EA A8 93
UTF-16 35010DAD55300 56598D804 DD166486195655301 57092D805 DF0455302 56603D806 DD1B43169A8A143539AA13
Numeric character reference තත𑄖𑄖ᥖᥖ𑜄𑜄𑤛𑤛ꢡꢡꨓꨓ


Character information
Preview𑘝𑦽𑩫𑵳 Kaithi Ta.svg
Unicode nameMODI LETTER TANANDINAGARI LETTER TASOYOMBO LETTER TASYLOTI NAGRI LETTER TOGUNJALA GONDI LETTER TAKAITHI LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 71197U+1161D72125U+119BD72299U+11A6B43028U+A81473075U+11D7369790U+1109E
UTF-8 240 145 152 157F0 91 98 9D240 145 166 189F0 91 A6 BD240 145 169 171F0 91 A9 AB234 160 148EA A0 94240 145 181 179F0 91 B5 B3240 145 130 158F0 91 82 9E
UTF-16 55301 56861D805 DE1D55302 56765D806 DDBD55302 56939D806 DE6B43028A81455303 56691D807 DD7355300 56478D804 DC9E
Numeric character reference 𑘝𑘝𑦽𑦽𑩫𑩫ꠔꠔ𑵳𑵳𑂞𑂞


Character information
Preview𑒞 Limbu bukva TO. Limbu Letter TO.png 𑱺
Unicode nameTIRHUTA LETTER TALEPCHA LETTER TALIMBU LETTER TAMEETEI MAYEK LETTER TILMARCHEN LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 70814U+1149E7178U+1C0A6411U+190B43975U+ABC772826U+11C7A
UTF-8 240 145 146 158F0 91 92 9E225 176 138E1 B0 8A225 164 139E1 A4 8B234 175 135EA AF 87240 145 177 186F0 91 B1 BA
UTF-16 55301 56478D805 DC9E71781C0A6411190B43975ABC755303 56442D807 DC7A
Numeric character reference 𑒞𑒞ᰊᰊᤋᤋꯇꯇ𑱺𑱺


Character information
Preview𑚙𑠙𑈙𑋍𑅣𑊖
Unicode nameTAKRI LETTER TADOGRA LETTER TAKHOJKI LETTER TAKHUDAWADI LETTER TAMAHAJANI LETTER TAMULTANI LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 71321U+1169971705U+1181970169U+1121970349U+112CD69987U+1116370294U+11296
UTF-8 240 145 154 153F0 91 9A 99240 145 160 153F0 91 A0 99240 145 136 153F0 91 88 99240 145 139 141F0 91 8B 8D240 145 133 163F0 91 85 A3240 145 138 150F0 91 8A 96
UTF-16 55301 56985D805 DE9955302 56345D806 DC1955300 56857D804 DE1955300 57037D804 DECD55300 56675D804 DD6355300 56982D804 DE96
Numeric character reference 𑚙𑚙𑠙𑠙𑈙𑈙𑋍𑋍𑅣𑅣𑊖𑊖


Character information
Preview𑻦
Unicode nameBALINESE LETTER TABUGINESE LETTER TAJAVANESE LETTER TAMAKASAR LETTER TAREJANG LETTER TASUNDANESE LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 6946U+1B226664U+1A0843424U+A9A073446U+11EE643315U+A9337058U+1B92
UTF-8 225 172 162E1 AC A2225 168 136E1 A8 88234 166 160EA A6 A0240 145 187 166F0 91 BB A6234 164 179EA A4 B3225 174 146E1 AE 92
UTF-16 69461B2266641A0843424A9A055303 57062D807 DEE643315A93370581B92
Numeric character reference ᬢᬢᨈᨈꦠꦠ𑻦𑻦ꤳꤳᮒᮒ


Character information
Preview𑴛
Unicode nameTAGALOG LETTER TATAGBANWA LETTER TABUHID LETTER TAHANUNOO LETTER TAMASARAM GONDI LETTER TA
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode 5894U+17065990U+17665958U+17465926U+172672987U+11D1B
UTF-8 225 156 134E1 9C 86225 157 166E1 9D A6225 157 134E1 9D 86225 156 166E1 9C A6240 145 180 155F0 91 B4 9B
UTF-16 5894170659901766595817465926172655303 56603D807 DD1B
Numeric character reference ᜆᜆᝦᝦᝆᝆᜦᜦ𑴛𑴛


Related Research Articles

Ka is the first consonant of the Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, ka is derived from the Brāhmī letter , which is derived from the Aramaic ("K").

Ga is the third consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, ga is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter , which is probably derived from the Aramaic letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ca is the sixth consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, ca is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter , which is probably derived from the North Semitic letter tsade, with an inversion seen in several other derivatives, after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Cha is the seventh consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, cha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter , which is probably derived from the Aramaic letter ("Q") after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ṭa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. It is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other retroflex consonants, ṭa is absent from most scripts not used for a language of India.

Ḍa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Dda is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other cerebral consonants, ḍa is not found in most scripts for Tai, Sino-Tibetan, and other non-Indic languages, except for a few scripts, which retain these letters for transcribing Sanskrit religious terms.

Tha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, tha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Da is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Da is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Dha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Dha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Na is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Na is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Pa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Pa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Pha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Pha is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ba is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ba is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ma is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ma is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ya is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ya is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ra is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ra is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . Most Indic scripts have differing forms of Ra when used in combination with other consonants, including subjoined and repha forms. Some of these are encoded in computer text as separate characters, while others are generated dynamically using conjunct shaping with a virama.

La is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, La is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Śa or Sha is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Śa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Ṣa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Ssa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

Sa is a consonant of Indic abugidas. In modern Indic scripts, Sa is derived from the early "Ashoka" Brahmi letter after having gone through the Gupta letter .

References

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  2. 1 2 Bühler, Georg (1898). "On the Origin of the Indian Brahmi Alphabet". archive.org. Karl J. Trübner. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. Evolutionary chart, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 7, 1838
  4. Pall, Peeter. "Microsoft Word - kblhi2" (PDF). Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Eesti Keele Instituudi kohanimeandmed. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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^note Conjuncts are identified by IAST transliteration, except aspirated consonants are indicated with a superscript "h" to distinguish from an unaspirated cononant + Ha, and the use of the IPA "ŋ" and "ʃ" instead of the less dinstinctive "ṅ" and "ś".