PanIndic

panIndic is a term used in linguistics, typography, and cultural studies to describe ideas, tools, or identities that span the Indic languages and scripts of the Indian subcontinent. The word combines the prefix pan- (all, across) with Indic, referring to the family of languages and scripts used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and diaspora communities.

In linguistics, panIndic is used informally to characterize cross-language comparisons or typological features that recur across Indic languages, but it is not a formal language subgroup. It may indicate shared phonological inventories, verb-formation patterns, or vocabulary that travels across the region, while recognizing substantial diversity.

In typography and computing, pan-Indic refers to fonts and rendering systems designed to cover multiple Indic scripts with consistent metrics, ligature behavior, and rendering rules. Pan-Indic fonts aim to support Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, and other scripts in a single family, enabling multilingual typesetting and software localization. Unicode-based pan-Indic input methods and font technologies are common aspects.

In cultural and political discourse, panIndic describes efforts to articulate a shared South Asian heritage or identity that transcends regional languages, often within discussions of pan-Indian cultural movements.

See also: pan-Indianism, Indic scripts, Unicode, multi-script fonts, Noto Sans Indic.

Notes: The term is relatively informal and context-dependent; its meaning varies by field.