Bengali–Assamese script

Type of South Asian writing system Bengali–Assameseবাংলা-অসমীয়াImage 1: The text, from the 18th-century Hastividyārnava, commissioned by Ahom king Siva Singha, reads: sri sri mot xivo xingho moharaja. The modern Bengali glyph "র" currently used for ra is used in this pre-modern Assamese/Sanskrit manuscript for va, the modern form of which is "ৱ". Though the modern Assamese alphabet does not use this glyph for any letter, modern Tirhuta continues to use this for va. Image 2: The native names, in Bengali–Assamese, of the three scheduled languages of India that commonly use this script, followed by their standard English names and a Latin transliteration of the native name in parentheses.Script type Abugida Periodc. 1100–presentDirectionLeft-to-right Official scriptfor Bengali language, Assamese language and Meitei language (constitutionally termed as Manipuri)LanguagesBengali, Assamese, Bishnupriya, Meitei, Sylheti, Santali, Kokborok, Garo, Hajong, Chakma, Mizo, Khasi, Chittagonian, Kudmali, Ho, Kamtapuri, Noakhali, and others.Related scriptsParent systemsEgyptian HieroglyphicsProto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetBrāhmīGuptaSid