Kaithi

Kaithi
*Kayathi*, *Kayasthi*
𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲
Kaithi; Kayathi, Kayasthi; 𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲
	Kaithī script chart divided into 10 vowels (𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂩), 35 Basic Consonants (𑂍𑂍𑂯𑂰𑂩𑂰), 6 foreign sounds, 10 Vowel diacritics (𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂩𑂰), 6 special diacritic marks, Kaithi numerals (𑂃𑂁𑂍), enumeration & number signs and 5 Punctuation marks.
Script type	Abugida
Period	c. 16th–mid 20th century
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili (Primary) Others: Angika; Awadhi; Bajjika; Hindustani; Nagpuri; Surjapuri;
Related scripts
Parent systems	Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Brahmi Gupta Siddhaṃ Nāgarī Kaithi; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Child systems	Sylheti Nagari
Sister systems	Devanagari; Nandinagari; Gujarati; Modi;
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Kthi (317), Kaithi
Unicode
Unicode alias	Kaithi
Unicode range	U+11080–U+110CF

Kaithi (𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲, Bhojpuri pronunciation: [kəɪ̯t̪ʰiː]), also called Kayathi (𑂍𑂨𑂟𑂲), Kayasthi (𑂍𑂰𑂨𑂮𑂹𑂟𑂲, Bhojpuri: [kəjəst̪ʰiː]), Kayastani, or Kaite Lipi (𑂍𑂰𑂅𑂞𑂵 𑂪𑂱𑂣𑂱) in Nepali, is a Brahmic script historically used across parts of Northern and Eastern India. It was prevalent in regions corresponding to modern-day Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. The script was primarily utilized for legal, administrative, and private records and was adapted for a variety of Indo-Aryan languages, including Angika, Awadhi, Bajjika, Bhojpuri, Hindustani, Maithili, Magahi, Nagpuri, and Surjapuri.

This table sets out the handwritten form of the vowels and consonants of the Kaithi script, as of the middle of the 19th century

Bhojpuri story written in Kaithi script by Babu Rama Smaran Lal in 1898