Devanagari script

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

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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

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Malvani hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Andaman Hindi script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Banga script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Chhattisgarhi hasScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Hindi Belt dominantScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Sindhi people writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kashmiris modernScript Devanagari script
Lhotshampa scriptUsed Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Pandey script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Pandey writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kurukh writingSystem Devanagari script
Maharaja scriptUsed Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Subhas hasScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nicobarese languages writingSystem Devanagari script
Gandhi writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Thari script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Tristubh hasScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Jagati script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari (in later written tradition)
Akhand Bharat hasScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
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Modi script replacedBy Devanagari script
Tilak script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Madhyandina Shakha script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ramcharitmanas script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Begum script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari script (in Hindi)
Wikipedia puzzle globe hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Jai Hind script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Anuvyakhyana script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
gon hasScript Devanagari script
Adilabad Gondi script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Southern Gondi writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kesava scriptType Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Malvi writingSystem Devanagari script
Rajiv writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Gītārthasaṅgraha usesScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanāgarī (in most modern editions)
Bagheli writingSystem Devanagari script
Sarsanghchalak scriptOfTitle Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nawabon ka Sheher scriptCommonlyWrittenIn Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Awadhi writingSystem Devanagari script
Gondi script relatedTo Devanagari script
Manache Shlok modernScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Desai script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Newa script relatedTo Devanagari script
Arora Punjabis scriptUsed Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ganesha Purana script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Yato Dharmastato Jayah script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari