▁f idel ▁or ▁ab ug ida ▁( the ▁actual ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 1 st ▁century ▁lingu istic ▁term ▁" ab ug ida " ▁applied ▁to ▁Bra hm ic ▁scripts ▁of ▁India ). ▁ ▁Ge ' ez ▁or ▁Eth iop ic ▁has ▁been ▁computer ized ▁and ▁assigned ▁Unicode ▁ 3 . 0 ▁code points ▁between ▁U + 1 2 0 0 ▁and ▁U + 1 3 7 F ▁( dec imal ▁ 4 6 0 8 – 4 9 9 1 ), ▁containing ▁the ▁basic ▁sy ll able ▁signs ▁for ▁Ge ' ez , ▁Am har ic , ▁and ▁T igr in ya , ▁pun ctu ation ▁and ▁numer als . ▁ ▁N s ib idi ▁ ▁N s ib idi ▁( also ▁known ▁as ▁" ns ib iri ", ▁" n ch ib idd i ", ▁and ▁" n ch ib idd y ") ▁is ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁symbols ▁ind igen ous ▁to ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁sout he astern ▁Niger ia ▁that ▁is ▁apparently ▁an ▁ide ographic ▁script , ▁though ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁suggestions ▁that ▁it ▁includes ▁log ographic ▁elements . ▁The ▁symbols ▁are ▁at ▁least ▁several ▁centuries ▁old : ▁early ▁forms ▁appeared ▁on ▁exc av ated ▁pot tery ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁what ▁are ▁most ▁likely ▁cer am ic ▁st ools ▁and ▁head rest s ▁from ▁the ▁Cal ab ar ▁region , ▁with ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁dates ▁from ▁ 4 0 0 ▁to ▁ 1 4 0 0 ▁CE . ▁ ▁Ad ink ra ▁ ▁Ad ink ra ▁is ▁a ▁set