Modi is a script used to write the Marathi language, which is the primary language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India.
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17 Facts About Modi script
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The Modi script was used alongside the Devanagari script to write Marathi until the 20th century when the Balbodh style of the Devanagari script was promoted as the standard writing system for Marathi.
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Name 'Modi script' perhaps derives from the Marathi verb modane, which means "to bend or break".
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Modi script is believed to be derived from broken Devanagari characters, which lends support to that particular etymology.
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The distinct styles of Modi script used during this period are Chitnisi, Bilavalkari, Mahadevapanti, and Ranadi.
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The Modi script continued to be taught in schools until several decades later and continued to be used as an alternate script to the Balbodh style of Devnagari.
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The Modi script was still widely used up until the 1940s by the people of older generation for personal and financial uses.
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Modi script derives from the Nagari family of scripts and is a modification of the Balbodh style of the Devanagari script intended for continuous writing.
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The Modi script has 46 distinctive letters, of which 36 are consonants and 10 vowels.
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Modi script has several characteristics facilitate writing so that moving from one character to the next miminises lifting the pen from the paper for dipping in ink.
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The cursive nature of the Modi script allowed scribes to easily make multiple copies of a document if required.
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Modi script was frequently used as a shorthand script for swift writing in business and administration.
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Modi script was used primarily by administrative people as well as businessmen in keeping their accounts and writing Hundis .
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When printing in Marathi became possible, choosing between Modi script and Balbodh was a problem.
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The Modi script was included in Unicode for the first time in version 7.
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The oldest document in the Modi script is from 1389 and is preserved at the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhan Mandal in Pune.
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Modi script alphabet was added to the Unicode Standard in June 2014 with the release of version 7.
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