Devanagari Extended-A
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Devanagari Extended-A is a Unicode block that adds additional characters and signs used in writing languages with the Devanagari script, supplementing the main Devanagari block.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Devanagari (Unicode block) | 0 | 1 |
| Devanagari Ext-A | 0 | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Unicode block → |
| belongsTo | Indic script blocks in Unicode → |
| blockName | Devanagari Extended-A → |
| category | Brahmic script blocks → |
| codePointRange | U+11B00–U+11B5F → |
| contains |
additional Devanagari characters
→
additional Devanagari signs → characters for Vedic and other specialized usage → |
| definedBy | Unicode Consortium → |
| documentation | Unicode Standard code charts → |
| encodingModel | character-based encoding → |
| encodingSystem | Unicode code points → |
| hasAbbreviation |
Devanagari Extended-A
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Devanagari Ext-A
|
| hasProperty |
assigned code points only within the BMP range
→
backward compatible with existing Devanagari encoding → supports extended orthographic and scholarly needs for Devanagari → |
| introducedIn | Unicode 15.0 → |
| partOf |
Unicode
→
surface form:
Unicode Standard
|
| plane | Basic Multilingual Plane → |
| purpose | to encode additional characters not present in the main Devanagari block → |
| relatedTo |
Devanagari script
→
surface form:
Devanagari
Vedic extensions in Devanagari → |
| relation | supplement to the main Devanagari block → |
| script | Devanagari → |
| scriptType | abugida → |
| standard | Unicode → |
| status | current → |
| supplements |
Devanagari Extended-A
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Devanagari (Unicode block)
|
| usageType | digital text encoding → |
| usedFor |
Hindi
→
Sanskrit → languages written in Devanagari → other Devanagari-script languages → |
| usedIn |
India
→
Nepal → South Asia → |
| writingDirection | left-to-right → |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Devanagari Ext-A
this entity surface form:
Devanagari (Unicode block)