Unicode Block - Mandaic

Mandaic is a Middle Aramaic script historically used by the Mandaean religious community for liturgical and everyday texts, with its origins in the region of southern Mesopotamia. The writing system features a cursive, right-to-left alphabet of 27 letters, several of which have distinct final forms, and it includes a unique set of vowel markings and diacritics that help represent the phonetic nuances of the language. This script is also closely tied to the Mandaean faith, as it is considered sacred and is used in their holy books, such as the Ginza Rba, while its continued but dwindling use among modern Mandaeans in Iraq and Iran underscores its cultural and religious significance.