Bengali script

E25965

Brahmic script abugida writing system

Bengali script is an abugida used across eastern South Asia to write languages such as Bengali and Assamese, derived from the ancient Brahmi script.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Bengali script canonical	14
Bengali–Assamese script	12
Bengali-Assamese script	9
Assamese script	8
Assamese alphabet	1
Bangla script	1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Brahmic script ⓘ abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom	Brahmi script ⓘ Gupta script ⓘ Siddham script ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Bengali script ⓘ surface form: Bangla script Eastern Nagari script ⓘ
hasCharacter	ঁ ⓘ ং ⓘ ঃ ⓘ অ ⓘ আ ⓘ ই ⓘ উ ⓘ এ ⓘ ও ⓘ ক ⓘ খ ⓘ গ ⓘ চ ⓘ জ ⓘ ট ⓘ ড ⓘ ত ⓘ দ ⓘ প ⓘ ব ⓘ ম ⓘ য ⓘ র ⓘ ল ⓘ শ ⓘ ষ ⓘ স ⓘ হ ⓘ ্ ⓘ
hasDiacritics	vowel signs ⓘ
hasFeature	conjunct consonant ligatures ⓘ inherent vowel /ɔ/ ⓘ no letter case distinction ⓘ virama sign called hôsônto (্) ⓘ vowel diacritics placed above, below, before, after consonants ⓘ
hasISO15924Code	Beng ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Bengali (U+0980–U+09FF) ⓘ
relatedTo	Devanagari script ⓘ Odia script ⓘ Tirhuta script ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic scripts ⓘ
timePeriod	developed around 11th century CE ⓘ
usedBy	Assamese people ⓘ Bengali people ⓘ
usedFor	Assamese language ⓘ Bengali language ⓘ Bishnupriya Manipuri language ⓘ Chakma language ⓘ Karbi language ⓘ Meitei language ⓘ Rohingya language ⓘ Sylheti language ⓘ
usedIn	Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Assam ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ Jharkhand ⓘ Manipur ⓘ Meghalaya ⓘ Mizoram ⓘ Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ
writingSystemType	abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sanskrit → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Indo-Iranian languages → writingSystemsInclude → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Bengali script → hasAlternateName → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bangla script

Gujarati script → relatedTo → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Dasgupta → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Assamese people → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Karbi people → script → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Eastern Nagari script → alsoKnownAs → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Dimasa people → usesScript → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Indians → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Odia script → relatedTo → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Brahmic scripts → influenced → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Tirhuta script → relatedTo → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Wikipedia puzzle globe → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Bengali people → usesWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Nabaneeta → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Languages of India → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Meitei language → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Meitei language → writingSystemUsedHistorically → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Tani languages → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Kuki-Chin languages → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Das Gupta → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Bengali diaspora → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Sylheti language → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Chakma language → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Gupta script → developedInto → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Gupta script → influenced → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Government of Assam → usesScriptOnEmblem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Bengali calendar → scriptUsed → Bengali script ⓘ

Boro language → formerWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Mishing language → script → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Mishing language → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese alphabet

Tollywood → usesScript → Bengali script ⓘ

Tiwa people → usesScript → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assamese script

Eastern Neo-Brahmi script → relatedTo → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Mundari → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Kokborok → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

Khasi language → earlierScriptsUsed → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Reang language → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Lakshmipur District → script → Bengali script ⓘ

Garo people → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali–Assamese script

Saha → hasScript → Bengali script ⓘ

Barindra → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ