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.

Indore division usesScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nimadi writingSystem Devanagari script
Lohia script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
MH-11 languageOnPlate Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
MH-11 scriptOnPlate Devanagari script
Oraon scriptUsed Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Bihari languages writingSystem Devanagari script
Nagpuri script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Aruna writingSystem Devanagari script
Nagari developedInto Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nagari successorScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Bhojpuri people usesScript Devanagari script
Ajay hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Marwari language writingSystem Devanagari script
Kumaoni people script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Malvani people associatedLanguageScript Devanagari script
Surgujia writingSystem Devanagari script
Chhattisgarhi people writingSystem Devanagari script
Raigarh writingSystem Devanagari script
subject surface form: Raigarh (dialect)
Kawardha writingSystem Devanagari script
Western Pahari language writingSystem Devanagari script
Khojki script distinctFrom Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Hindustani language writingSystem Devanagari script
Hindustani language primaryScriptForHindi Devanagari script
Landa replacedBy Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Nepali people writingSystem Devanagari script
Western Hindi hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Tulsidas wroteInScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Dhawan writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Tambe writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Batukeshwar script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Chimanlal writingSystem Devanagari script
Magahi people scriptUsedCurrently Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Sarju scriptOfName Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Vayam Rakshamah script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Jivatram script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Purgi hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Chand script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Mohar (historical currency of Nepal) scriptOnCoin Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Rashmi Patel script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kalpana writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Chawla writingSystem Devanagari script
Barindra writingSystem Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Kutchi writingSystem Devanagari script
Thasra usesScript Devanagari script
Yagnik writingSystem Devanagari script
Palampuri Kangri script Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari
Pande isWrittenInScript Devanagari script
this entity surface form: Devanagari