Bengali script

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Bengali script is an abugida used across eastern South Asia to write languages such as Bengali and Assamese, derived from the ancient Brahmi script.

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Generate an image of Bengali script (Bengali script is an abugida used across eastern South Asia to write languages such as Bengali and Assamese, derived from the ancient Brahmi script.)

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Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmic script ⓘ
abugida ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom Brahmi script ⓘ
Gupta script ⓘ
Siddham script ⓘ
direction left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternateName Bangla script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Eastern Nagari script ⓘ
hasCharacter ঁ ⓘ
ং ⓘ
ঃ ⓘ
অ ⓘ
আ ⓘ
ই ⓘ
উ ⓘ
এ ⓘ
ও ⓘ
ক ⓘ
খ ⓘ
গ ⓘ
চ ⓘ
জ ⓘ
ট ⓘ
ড ⓘ
ত ⓘ
দ ⓘ
প ⓘ
ব ⓘ
ম ⓘ
য ⓘ
র ⓘ
ল ⓘ
শ ⓘ
ষ ⓘ
স ⓘ
হ ⓘ
্ ⓘ
hasDiacritics vowel signs ⓘ
hasFeature conjunct consonant ligatures ⓘ
inherent vowel /ɔ/ ⓘ
no letter case distinction ⓘ
virama sign called hôsônto (্) ⓘ
vowel diacritics placed above, below, before, after consonants ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Beng ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Bengali (U+0980–U+09FF) ⓘ
relatedTo Devanagari script ⓘ
Odia script ⓘ
Tirhuta script ⓘ
scriptFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ
timePeriod developed around 11th century CE ⓘ
usedBy Assamese people ⓘ
Bengali people ⓘ
usedFor Assamese language ⓘ
Bengali language ⓘ
Bishnupriya Manipuri language ⓘ
Chakma language ⓘ
Karbi language ⓘ
Meitei language ⓘ
Rohingya language ⓘ
Sylheti language ⓘ
usedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Manipur ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

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Referenced by (103)

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Sanskrit → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Brahmi script → hasDescendant → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Indo-Iranian languages → writingSystemsInclude → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Bengali script → hasAlternateName → Bangla script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Gujarati script → relatedTo → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Dasgupta → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Assamese people → writingSystem → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Karbi people → script → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Eastern Nagari script → alsoKnownAs → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Dimasa people → usesScript → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Indians → writingSystem → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Odia script → relatedTo → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Brahmic scripts → influenced → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Tirhuta script → relatedTo → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Bengali people → usesWritingSystem → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Nabaneeta → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Languages of India → writingSystem → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Meitei language → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Meitei language → writingSystemUsedHistorically → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Tani languages → writingSystem → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Kuki-Chin languages → hasWritingSystem → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Das Gupta → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Bengali diaspora → hasWritingSystem → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Sylheti language → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Chakma language → writingSystem → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Gupta script → developedInto → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Gupta script → influenced → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Government of Assam → usesScriptOnEmblem → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Brahmi → isAncestorOf → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Bengali calendar → scriptUsed → Bengali script ⓘ
Boro language → formerWritingSystem → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Mishing language → script → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Mishing language → writingSystem → Assamese alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Tollywood → usesScript → Bengali script ⓘ
Tiwa people → usesScript → Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Eastern Neo-Brahmi script → relatedTo → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Mundari → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Kokborok → hasWritingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Khasi language → earlierScriptsUsed → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Reang language → writingSystem → Bengali-Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Lakshmipur District → script → Bengali script ⓘ
Garo people → writingSystem → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Saha → hasScript → Bengali script ⓘ
Barindra → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Sohan → writingSystem → Bengali script ⓘ
Eastern Bengal → scriptUsed → Bengali script ⓘ
New Indo-Aryan languages → writingSystem → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Barnaparichay → subject → Bengali alphabet ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
Meitei Mayek script → replacedBy → Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script