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	The '''Laṇḍā scripts''', from the term ''laṇḍā'' meaning "without a tail", is a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] word used to refer to writing systems used in Punjab and nearby parts of [[North India]]n subcontinent .<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/writingsystemsof00naka/page/50\|title=Writing systems of the world: alphabets, syllabaries, pictograms\|author=中西亮(Nakanishi, Akira)\|date=1980-01-01\|publisher=C.E. Tuttle Co.\|isbn=0804812934\|location=Rutland, Vt.; Tokyo, Japan\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/writingsystemsof00naka/page/50 50-51]\|language=en\|url-access=registration}}</ref> In [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]], it was known as 'Waniko' or 'Baniyañ'.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Pollock\|first=Sheldon\|title=Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia\|last2=Raghunathan\|first2=Arvind\|publisher=University of California Press\|year=2003\|isbn=9780520228214\|pages=623}}</ref> It is distinct from the [[Lahnda\|Lahnda language varieties]], which used to be called ~~'''~~Western Punjabi~~'''~~.		The '''Laṇḍā scripts''', from the term ''laṇḍā'' meaning "without a tail", is a [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]] word used to refer to writing systems used in Punjab and nearby parts of [[North India]]n subcontinent .<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://archive.org/details/writingsystemsof00naka/page/50\|title=Writing systems of the world: alphabets, syllabaries, pictograms\|author=中西亮(Nakanishi, Akira)\|date=1980-01-01\|publisher=C.E. Tuttle Co.\|isbn=0804812934\|location=Rutland, Vt.; Tokyo, Japan\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/writingsystemsof00naka/page/50 50-51]\|language=en\|url-access=registration}}</ref> In [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]], it was known as 'Waniko' or 'Baniyañ'.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Pollock\|first=Sheldon\|title=Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia\|last2=Raghunathan\|first2=Arvind\|publisher=University of California Press\|year=2003\|isbn=9780520228214\|pages=623}}</ref> It is distinct from the [[Lahnda\|Lahnda language varieties]], which used to be called Western Punjabi.

	Laṇḍā is a script that evolved from the [[Sharada script\|Śāradā]] during the 10th century. It was widely used in the northern and north-western part of India in the area comprising [[Punjab]], [[Sindh]], [[Kashmir]] and some parts of [[Balochistan]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. It was used to write [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]], [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]], [[Saraiki language\|Saraiki]], [[Balochi language\|Balochi]], [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]], [[Pashto]], and various [[Punjabi dialects]] like [[Pahari-Pothwari]].		Laṇḍā is a script that evolved from the [[Sharada script\|Śāradā]] during the 10th century. It was widely used in the northern and north-western part of India in the area comprising [[Punjab]], [[Sindh]], [[Kashmir]] and some parts of [[Balochistan]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. It was used to write [[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]], [[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]], [[Sindhi language\|Sindhi]], [[Saraiki language\|Saraiki]], [[Balochi language\|Balochi]], [[Kashmiri language\|Kashmiri]], [[Pashto]], and various [[Punjabi dialects]] like [[Pahari-Pothwari]].

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{{Infobox Writing system
|name = Laṇḍā scripts
|type = [[Abugida]]
|languages=
|fam1 = [[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]]?[a]
|fam2 = [[Phoenician alphabet]]?[a]
|fam3 = [[Aramaic alphabet]]?[a]
|fam4 = [[Brahmi script|Brahmi]]
|fam5 = [[Gupta script|Gupta]]
|fam6 = [[Sharada script|Sharada]]
|sisters = [[Takri script|Takri]]
|children = [[Gurmukhi]], [[Khudabadi script|Khudabadi]], [[Khojki script|Khojki]], [[Mahajani]], [[Multani script|Multani]]
|iso15924 =
|sample =
|imagesize=
|caption =
|time = 10th century CE
|footnotes=[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
}}
[[Image:Landha Script.jpg|thumb|400px|Landa script chart.]]
{{Brahmic}}

The '''Laṇḍā scripts''', from the term ''laṇḍā'' meaning "without a tail", is a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] word used to refer to writing systems used in Punjab and nearby parts of [[North India]]n subcontinent .<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/writingsystemsof00naka/page/50|title=Writing systems of the world: alphabets, syllabaries, pictograms|author=中西亮(Nakanishi, Akira)|date=1980-01-01|publisher=C.E. Tuttle Co.|isbn=0804812934|location=Rutland, Vt.; Tokyo, Japan|pages=[https://archive.org/details/writingsystemsof00naka/page/50 50-51]|language=en|url-access=registration}}</ref> In [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], it was known as 'Waniko' or 'Baniyañ'.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pollock|first=Sheldon|title=Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia|last2=Raghunathan|first2=Arvind|publisher=University of California Press|year=2003|isbn=9780520228214|pages=623}}</ref> It is distinct from the [[Lahnda|Lahnda language varieties]], which used to be called '''Western Punjabi'''.

Laṇḍā is a script that evolved from the [[Sharada script|Śāradā]] during the 10th century. It was widely used in the northern and north-western part of India in the area comprising [[Punjab]], [[Sindh]], [[Kashmir]] and some parts of [[Balochistan]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. It was used to write [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]], [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Pashto]], and various [[Punjabi dialects]] like [[Pahari-Pothwari]].

==Variants==
There are at least ten ancient scripts that were classified as Laṇḍā scripts. They were often used as the [[wikt:mercantile#English|mercantile]] scripts of the [[Punjab|Punjab region]] 5 of them have enough information to be supported in Unicode.

#[[Gurmukhi|Gurmukhī]] is used for [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and sometimes for [[Sindhi_language|Sindhi]] and it evolved from Laṇḍā and is the only major Landa script in modern day usage.<ref name="Pandey2010">Pandey, Anshuman. (2010). L2/10-011R [http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n3766.pdf ''A Roadmap for Scripts of the Landa Family'']</ref>
#[[Khojki|Khojkī]], an [[wikt:ecclesiastical#English|ecclesiastical]] script of the [[Khoja|Isma'ili Khoja]] community, is within the Sindhi branch of the Landa family of scripts.<ref name="Khojki2011">Pandey, Anshuman. (2011). L2/11-021 [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3978.pdf ''Final Proposal to Encode the Khojki Script'']</ref>
#[[Khudabadi script|Khudabadi]], formerly used for [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], is a Laṇḍā-based script.<ref name="Khudawadi2011">Pandey, Anshuman. (2011). L2/11-022 [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11022-khudawadi.pdf ''Final Proposal to Encode the Khudawadi Script'']</ref>
#[[Mahajani|Mahājanī]], a script previously used for the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Marwari language|Mārwāṛī]], is related to Laṇḍā.<ref name="Mahajani2011">Pandey, Anshuman. (2011). L2/11-274 [https://unicode.org/L2/L2011/11274-n4126-mahajani.pdf ''Proposal to Encode the Mahajani Script'']</ref>
#[[Multani script|Multani]], former writing system of [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]], is a Laṇḍā-based script.<ref name="Multani2012">Pandey, Anshuman. (2012). L2/12-316 [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12316-multani.pdf ''Proposal to Encode the Multani Script'']</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Pandey, Anshuman. (2010). L2/10-271R [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3871.pdf ''Proposal to Encode the Sindhi Script'']
*Pandey, Anshuman. (2010). L2/10-013R [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10013r-landa.pdf ''Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Landa Script'']
*Pandey, Anshuman. (2009). L2/09-424 [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09424-takri.pdf ''Proposal to Encode the Takri Script'']

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