Manichaean script Table of letters from Manichaean script, with their Latin transliterations Script type Abjad Time period 3rd century – c. 10th century CE Direction right-to-left script Languages Middle Iranian and Tocharian languages Related scripts Parent systems Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic alphabet Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Syriac alphabet Sogdian alphabet Manichaean script ISO 15924 ISO 15924 Mani, 139 , ​Manichaean Unicode Unicode alias Manichaean Unicode range U+10AC0–U+10AFF Final Accepted Script Proposal