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Mandaic alphabet

Encoded in Unicode 6.0 (2010).

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Letters
25
ISO 15924
Mand
Direction
Right to left
Languages here
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01Alphabet chart

Letters: the Mandaic block of the Unicode Standard (U+0840 to U+085F).

  1. ࡀ
  2. ࡁ
  3. ࡂ
  4. ࡃ
  5. ࡄ
  6. ࡅ
  7. ࡆ
  8. ࡇ
  9. ࡈ
  10. ࡉ
  11. ࡊ
  12. ࡋ
  13. ࡌ
  14. ࡍ
  15. ࡎ
  16. ࡏ
  17. ࡐ
  18. ࡑ
  19. ࡒ
  20. ࡓ
  21. ࡔ
  22. ࡕ
  23. ࡖ
  24. ࡗ
  25. ࡘ
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LetterCode pointUnicode nameRomanisationSound (IPA)
ࡀU+0840mandaic letter halqa
ࡁU+0841mandaic letter ab
ࡂU+0842mandaic letter ag
ࡃU+0843mandaic letter ad
ࡄU+0844mandaic letter ah
ࡅU+0845mandaic letter ushenna
ࡆU+0846mandaic letter az
ࡇU+0847mandaic letter it
ࡈU+0848mandaic letter att
ࡉU+0849mandaic letter aksa
ࡊU+084Amandaic letter ak
ࡋU+084Bmandaic letter al
ࡌU+084Cmandaic letter am
ࡍU+084Dmandaic letter an
ࡎU+084Emandaic letter as
ࡏU+084Fmandaic letter in
ࡐU+0850mandaic letter ap
ࡑU+0851mandaic letter asz
ࡒU+0852mandaic letter aq
ࡓU+0853mandaic letter ar
ࡔU+0854mandaic letter ash
ࡕU+0855mandaic letter at
ࡖU+0856mandaic letter dushenna
ࡗU+0857mandaic letter kad
ࡘU+0858mandaic letter ain
  • Encoded in Unicode 6.0 (2010).
  • Vowels are written with letters, unlike most Aramaic scripts.

Sources The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified

02Numerals

Western digits latn
2026

Digits from Unicode CLDR numbering systems.

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Digits0123456789
Western digits0123456789

03Standards

ISO 15924
Mand
Unicode blocks
Mandaic (U+0840 to U+085F)
Unicode CLDR locale
none
Digits
Western digits (latn)
Joining
Letters join their neighbours and change shape by position.

Sources ISO 15924 codes for the representation of names of scripts. Unicode Consortium, registration authority. (2025) Verified; The Unicode Standard, version 18.0.0: Unicode Character Database. (2026) Verified; Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), version 49 data. (2026) Verified

04Languages written in it

  • ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡀMandaic

    Khuzestan, the Mandaean community

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APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Mandaic alphabet. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/scripts/mandaic/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Mandaic Alphabet.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/scripts/mandaic/.

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@misc{idcdc2026_language_scripts_mandaic,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Mandaic alphabet},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/scripts/mandaic/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/scripts/mandaic/},
}

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05Research and sources

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  1. Beyond Arabic: Software for Perso-Arabic Script Manipulation

    Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny, Raiomond Doctor et al. · 2022 · Proceedings of the Seventh Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop (WANLP)

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  2. Graphemic Normalization of the Perso-Arabic Script

    Raiomond Doctor, Alexander Gutkin, Cibu Johny et al. · 2022 · Grapholinguistics and Its Applications

    ArticleCrossrefDataCitearXivOpen accessCC-BY-SA-4.0

  3. Does Script Matter? Evaluating Large Language Models for Urdu Sentiment Analysis across Nastaliq, Roman Urdu, and Code-Switched Text

    Yousaf Khawar Raja · 2026 · Zenodo

    PreprintZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  4. {pdf download} Modern Persian Script Hacking: The optimal way to learn the Persian / Farsi alphabet by Judith Meyer

    Brigette Carter · 2026 · ResearchHub Technologies, Inc.

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  5. The Role of Religious Concepts in the Nastaliq Inscriptions of Safavid Monuments

    Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem · 2021 · پیکره

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  6. Identifying and Introducing of Nastaliq Inscriptions Calligraphers in Safavids Monuments of Iran

    Farhad Khosravi Bizhaem · 2019 · نگره

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  7. Design and Validation of the Novel Perso-Arabic Database in Shahmukhi Punjabi Script

    Humera Rafique, Dr. Tariq Javid · 2025 · Data Intelligence

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  8. nastaliq, n. & adj.

    2023 · Oxford English Dictionary

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  9. SMAjram: A Large-Scale Synthetic OCR Dataset for Punjabi Shahmukhi (Perso-Arabic) Script

    HUMERA RAFIQUE, TARIQ JAVID · 2025 · Ground Truth Files (AjramGTXL.Zip) Description (9 XL files inside) Sr. Ground Truth Files File Description 1 1_2_AjramGT_Primary File names and labels of Main a

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  10. A Comparative Study of the Dot’s Shape in Traditional Way of Nastaliq Script and Dot’s Implementation in Computer-based Types

    hoda kaspour, Abdolreza Charei · 2019 · نگره

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  11. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Riyāḍ, Maktabah al-‘āmah al-sa’ūdīyah. Copy of the Qur’ān, in so-called Bihārī script, with interlinear Persian, from India, about 1500 CE.

    M Willis · 2019 · Zenodo

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  12. Toward semiotics of Nastaliq calligraphy

    Mahdiyeh Meidani · 2019 · Persian Calligraphy

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