Modi alphabet

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. However, there is a movement to revive the use of the Modi script.

Notable features

Type of writing system: abugida / 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.

Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines

Used to write: Marathi, a Southern Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 95 million people, mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Modi script

Download an alphabet chart for Modi (Excel)

Sample texts in Modi

A sacred poem "Pasayadan (पसायदान)" written by popular sage, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj (ज्ञानेश्वर महाराज).

A poem written in honour of king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज)

Sample texts provided by Siddharth

Links

Information about the Modi script

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modi_script

https://learnmodi.blogspot.com/

Modi font by Somesh Bartakke (hemadree.zip)

http://guruvision.in/downloads/

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