Bharati script

For other uses of "Bharati", see Bharati (disambiguation).

Bharati script
Bhārati Lipi
"Bhārati" written in the Bharati script
Script type
CreatorResearch team led by Srinivasa Chakravathy
DirectionLeft-to-right Edit this on Wikidata
LanguageMultiple Indian languages
Related scripts
Parent systems
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"Wikipedia" in Bharati script

The Bharati (ISO: Bhārati) script is a constructed script created by a research team led by V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy at IIT Madras. It is designed to serve as a common script or link script for Indian languages.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is a left-to-right abugida in which the vowel diacritics may be placed below, upon, or to the right of the primary character.[4]

The script borrows characters and concepts from multiple scripts including the Latin script, Devanagari, Tamil script, Telugu script, Kannada script, Malayalam script, and the Bengali–Assamese script.[2][7] Like the Gujarati script, it does not feature a running horizontal line above the characters, which is a characteristic of the Devanagari and Bengali-Assamese scripts.

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  2. ^ a b Rajwi, Tiki (October 3, 2017). "One nation, one script: Bharati is the common script for all Indian languages". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Desikan, Shubashree (April 27, 2019). "IIT Madras team develops easy OCR system for nine Indian languages". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Naik, Manali; Chakravarthy, V. Srinivasa (2017). "A comparative study of complexity of handwritten Bharati characters with that of major Indian scripts". 2017 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN). pp. 3050–3057. arXiv:1609.09227. doi:10.1109/IJCNN.2017.7966235. ISBN 978-1-5090-6182-2.
  5. ^ "Script which helps read 22 Indian languages on cards". Deccan Chronicle. October 4, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Ramya, M. (July 17, 2013). "IIT prof writes one script to unify 22 languages". The Times of India. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Dr. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy: Bharati is a script not a language". www.india.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.