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|caption=The word 'Changmha Ajhapat' in Chakma script
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|fam1=[[Proto-Sinaitic alphabet]]
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|fam2=[[Phoenician alphabet]]
|fam3=[[Aramaic alphabet]]
|fam4=[[Brahmi script]]
|fam5=[[Tamil-Brahmi]]<ref>{{cite book |editor-first1=R. Malatesha |editor-last1=Joshi |editor-first2=Catherine |editor-last2=McBride |title=Handbook of Literacy in Akshara Orthography |series=Literacy Studies |volume=17 |year=2019 |page=28 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-05977-4 |isbn=978-3-030-05976-7}}</ref>
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==History==
The Chakma script is an [[abugida]] that belongs to the [[Brahmic scripts|Brahmic family of scripts]]. Chakma evolved from the [[Burmese script]], which was ultimately derived from [[Pallava script|Pallava]].<ref name="Talukdar"/><ref name="BraunsLöffler"/><ref name="EversonHosken"/>Proto Chakma developed around the 6th century CE. Old Chakma developed in the 8th century CE. Classical Literary Chakma was used in the 11th to 15th centuries and the current Standard Chakma was developed and revived in the 20th century.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
The script, along with the [[Chakma language]], has been introduced to non-government schools in [[Bangladesh]], and as well as schools in [[Mizoram]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brandt |first1=Carmen |chapter=Script as a potential demarcator and stabilizer of languages in South Asia |date=2014 |editor-last=Cardoso |editor-first=Hugo C. |title=Language Endangerment and Preservation in South Asia |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |page=86 |hdl=10125/4602|isbn=9780985621148 }}</ref>
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