Brahmi is semialphabetic, each consonant having either an inherent a sound pronounced after it or a diacritic mark to show another vowel; initial vowels have separate characters.

• 婆罗米语是半字母语言，每个谐和音（字音）的后面要不是跟着一个固有的元音，要不是用一个可区别的标记去代表另一个元音；起初的元音也有分别的字符组成。