Devanagari script

E6056
abugida writing system

Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Devanagari 138
Devanagari script canonical 116
Devanagari (commonly used) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form: Gupta script

Nagari script ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
hasApproximateLetterCount 47 basic characters ⓘ
hasConsonantCount 33 consonants (traditional count) ⓘ
hasFeature conjunct consonant ligatures ⓘ
distinct signs for anusvara and visarga ⓘ
horizontal headline (shirorekha) ⓘ
inherent vowel /a/ in consonant letters ⓘ
use of virama (halant) to suppress inherent vowel ⓘ
use of vowel diacritics (matras) ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Devanagari script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari

Devanagari Extended ⓘ
Devanagari Extended-A ⓘ
hasVowelCount 14 vowels (traditional count) ⓘ
hasVowelLetters independent vowels ⓘ
hasVowelSigns dependent vowel signs ⓘ
historicalUsage Classical Sanskrit texts ⓘ
ISO15924Code Deva ⓘ
primaryUsageRegion Bhutan ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
standardFormOf Modern Hindi orthography ⓘ
Modern Marathi orthography ⓘ
Standard Nepali orthography ⓘ
usedForLanguage Bodo ⓘ
Dogri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Konkani ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Sanskritized Prakrits ⓘ
Santhali ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
usedForLanguageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemScope used in South Asia ⓘ
writingSystemStatus official script of Hindi in India ⓘ
official script of Marathi in Maharashtra, India ⓘ
official script of Nepali in Nepal ⓘ
writingSystemType alphasyllabary ⓘ

Referenced by (263)

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

Indo-European language family → writingSystemsInclude → Devanagari script ⓘ
Marathi language → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Sanskrit → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Sanskrit → scriptStandard → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
State Emblem of India → mottoScript → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Hindi → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari numeral system
Indian rupee → scriptOnBanknotes → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Devanagari script → hasUnicodeBlock → Devanagari script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Indo-Aryan languages → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Rajya Sabha → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Gujarati → derivedFrom → Devanagari script ⓘ
Sindhi → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Sindhi → scriptVariant → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sindhi-Devanagari script
Dravidian languages → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Nicobarese → hasWritingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Vedas → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Om → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Marathi people → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Gondi → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Punjabi people → usesScript → Devanagari script ⓘ
Dnyaneshwari → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Dasbodh → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nepali → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Nepali → hasWritingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari alphabet
Varhadi → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Satyameva Jayate → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Sino-Tibetan languages → writingSystemUsed → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Indo-Iranian languages → writingSystemsInclude → Devanagari script ⓘ
Partha → script → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ahirani → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Gujarati script → derivedFrom → Devanagari script ⓘ
Khari Boli → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Bodo → hasWritingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
subject surface form: Bodo language
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu → hasOfficialScript → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Bhojpuri → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Bhojpuri → usesScriptCurrently → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
South-Central Dravidian → hasWritingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Dogri → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Santhali → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Nagari script → developedInto → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nagari script → hasDescendant → Devanagari script ⓘ
Nagari script → hasAlternateName → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nāgarī script
Indians → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Devanagari Extended-A → relatedTo → Devanagari script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Fiji Hindi → hasWritingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Odia script → relatedTo → Devanagari script ⓘ
Sarnami Hindustani → hasWritingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Devanagari script ⓘ
Mithila region → writingSystem → Devanagari script ⓘ