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

newspaper Agrani script Devanagari script
subject surface form: Agrani
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Bhili languages writingSystem Devanagari script
Takri script relatedScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nishtha Dhriti Satyam script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Lambadi language writingSystem Devanagari script
Bhavarth Ramayan script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Agrawal isWrittenInScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kashmiri language writingSystem Devanagari script
Amrut script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Khas Kura writingSystem Devanagari script
Bhanubhakta Acharya wroteInScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Shiva Purana script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.6 script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Marathi literature writingSystem Devanagari script
Koya Gondi script Devanagari script
Shankara script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Gita Bhashya script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Newar language hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Newar language modernScript Devanagari script
Grantha (U+11300–U+1137F) relatedScript Devanagari script
subject surface form: Grantha (Unicode block)
Kiranti languages hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Tani languages writingSystem Devanagari script
Tulsi Manas Mandir scriptOfInscriptions Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Khandeshi people usesScript Devanagari script
Das Gupta hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Das isWrittenInScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Karbi language hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Venkata script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages writingSystem Devanagari script
Gondi language writingSystem Devanagari script
Linga Purana script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Marwaris scriptUsedForLanguage Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Brahma Upanishad script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Haryanvi writingSystem Devanagari script
Bhimrao script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Sharada relatedScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Gupta script developedInto Devanagari script
Kauravi writingSystem Devanagari script
Mewati writingSystem Devanagari script
Bagri writingSystem Devanagari script
Ahirwati script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Dhatki hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Bodo people scriptUsed Devanagari script
Brahmi isAncestorOf Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Godwari script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Godwari writingSystem Devanagari script
Boro language scriptAdopted Devanagari script
Mech (historical name) scriptOfReferent Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ganapati Upanishad script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ho scriptUsed Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari