The Cree syllabary was invented with full knowledge of the Devanagari system. The Meroitic script was developed from Egyptian hieroglyphs, within which various schemes of 'group writing' had been used for showing vowels. List of abugidas Brahmic family, descended from Brāhmī (c. 6th century BC) Ahom Assamese Balinese BatakToba and other Batak languages BaybayinIlocano, Pangasinan, Tagalog, Bikol languages, Visayan languages, and possibly other Philippine languages BengaliBengali Bhaiksuki BrahmiSanskrit, Prakrit Buhid BurmeseBurmese, Karen languages, Mon, and Shan Chakma Cham DevanagariHindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, Nepali, Konkani and other languages of northern India Dhives Akuru GranthaSanskrit GujaratiGujarāti, Kachchi Gurmukhi scriptPunjabi Hanunó’o Javanese KagangaLampung, Rencong, Rejang KaithiBhojpuri and other languages of northern and eastern India KannadaKannada, Tulu, Konkani, Kodava Kawi Khmer Khojki Khotanese Khudawadi KolezhuthuTamil, Malayalam Kulitan Lao Leke Lepcha Limbu Lontara'Buginese, Makassar, and Mandar Mahajani MalayalamMalayalam MalayanmaMalayalam MarchenZhang-Zhung Meetei Mayek ModiMarathi MultaniSaraiki NandinagariSanskrit NewarNepal Bhasa, Sanskrit New Tai Lue Odia Pallava scriptTamil, Sanskrit, various Prakrits Phags-paMongolian, Chinese, and other languages of the Yuan dynasty Mongol Empire RanjanaNepal Bhasa, Sanskrit SharadaSanskrit SiddhamSanskrit Sinhala Sourashtra Soyombo Sundanese Sylheti NagriSylheti language TagbanwaPalawan languages Tai Dam Tai Le Tai ThamKhün, and Northern Thai Takri Tamil Telugu Thai Tibetan TigalariSanskrit, Tulu TirhutaMaithili Tocharian VatteluttuTamil, Malayalam Zanabazar Square Zhang zhung scripts Kharoṣṭhī, from the 3rd century BC Meroitic Ge'ez, from the 4th century AD Canadian Aboriginal syllabics CreeOjibwe syllabics Blackfoot syllabics Carrier syllabics Inuktitut syllabics Pollard script Pitman shorthand Fictional Tengwar Ihathvé Sabethired Abugida-like scripts Meroitic (an alphabet with an inherent vowel) – Meroitic, Old Nubian (possibly) Thaana (abugida with no inherent vowel) References External links Syllabic alphabets – Omniglot's list of abugidas, including examples of various writing systems Alphabets – list of abugidas and other scripts (in Spanish)