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.

Garhwali writingSystem Devanagari script
Jaunsari script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Bhojpuri cinema scriptWritingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Pengo script Devanagari script
Kolami writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Naiki writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari (commonly used)
Koya script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kaithi script replacedBy Devanagari script
Maya scriptLanguage Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ḍogrī writingSystem Devanagari script
Ḍogrī hasStandardScriptInIndia Devanagari script
Kaul writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Ho language writingSystem Devanagari script
Santalī writingSystem Devanagari script
Mundari hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Shaurya – Dridhata – Karm Nishtha script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Fiji Baat hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Indo-Fijians script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Eastern Hindi languages usesScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Swaraj flag scriptOnFlag Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kokborok hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Garuda Purana script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Manusmriti script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Sri Sri Maa script Devanagari script
Kharia language writingSystem Devanagari script
Nandinagari script sisterScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Maulik hasScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Koshali language hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Tamang writingSystem Devanagari script
Gurung hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Khas scriptUsedHistorically Devanagari script
Magar usesScript Devanagari script
Madhesi hasLanguageScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Maithil people writingSystem Devanagari script
Basopatti hasOfficialScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Naveen hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Bhatt isWrittenInScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Chedasutras script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Jain Devanagari
Nanak script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kharia writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Khortha writingSystem Devanagari script
Chandra script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Parji writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Tirhuta closelyRelatedTo Devanagari script
Kapoor (Kapur) script Devanagari script
subject surface form: Kapoor
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kapoor (Kapur) script Devanagari script
subject surface form: Kapur
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Wall of Love writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Idu Mishmi people usesScript Devanagari script
Bhagavān script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Scindia dynasty scriptUsedForName Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari