Devanagari Extended-A
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Devanagari Extended-A is a Unicode block that adds additional characters and signs used in writing languages with the Devanagari script, supplementing the main Devanagari block.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Devanagari (Unicode block) | 1 |
| Devanagari Ext-A | 1 |
| Devanagari Extended-A canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T294151 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Devanagari Extended-A Context triple: [Devanagari script, hasUnicodeBlock, Devanagari Extended-A]
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A.
Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
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B.
Sharada script
The Sharada script is an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, especially in Kashmir, primarily for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri.
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C.
Telugu script
Telugu script is a South Indian abugida used primarily to write the Telugu language, characterized by its rounded, curvilinear letters and Brahmic origins.
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D.
Kannada script
The Kannada script is a South Indian abugida primarily used to write the Kannada language, characterized by its rounded letters and shared historical roots with other Brahmic scripts.
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E.
Gujarati script
The Gujarati script is an abugida used primarily to write the Gujarati language and related Indo-Aryan languages, derived from the Devanagari script and characterized by the absence of the horizontal headline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Devanagari Extended-A Target entity description: Devanagari Extended-A is a Unicode block that adds additional characters and signs used in writing languages with the Devanagari script, supplementing the main Devanagari block.
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A.
Devanagari script
Devanagari script is an abugida writing system used for several major South Asian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, and Sanskrit.
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B.
Sharada script
The Sharada script is an ancient Brahmic writing system historically used in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, especially in Kashmir, primarily for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri.
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C.
Telugu script
Telugu script is a South Indian abugida used primarily to write the Telugu language, characterized by its rounded, curvilinear letters and Brahmic origins.
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D.
Kannada script
The Kannada script is a South Indian abugida primarily used to write the Kannada language, characterized by its rounded letters and shared historical roots with other Brahmic scripts.
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E.
Gujarati script
The Gujarati script is an abugida used primarily to write the Gujarati language and related Indo-Aryan languages, derived from the Devanagari script and characterized by the absence of the horizontal headline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Unicode block ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Indic script blocks in Unicode ⓘ |
| blockName | Devanagari Extended-A ⓘ |
| category | Brahmic script blocks ⓘ |
| codePointRange | U+11B00–U+11B5F ⓘ |
| contains |
additional Devanagari characters
ⓘ
additional Devanagari signs ⓘ characters for Vedic and other specialized usage ⓘ |
| definedBy | Unicode Consortium ⓘ |
| documentation | Unicode Standard code charts ⓘ |
| encodingModel | character-based encoding ⓘ |
| encodingSystem | Unicode code points ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Devanagari Ext-A
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari Extended-A
|
| hasProperty |
assigned code points only within the BMP range
ⓘ
backward compatible with existing Devanagari encoding ⓘ supports extended orthographic and scholarly needs for Devanagari ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Unicode 15.0 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Unicode Standard
ⓘ
linked to:
Unicode
|
| plane | Basic Multilingual Plane ⓘ |
| purpose | to encode additional characters not present in the main Devanagari block ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Devanagari
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
Vedic extensions in Devanagari ⓘ |
| relation | supplement to the main Devanagari block ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari ⓘ |
| scriptType | abugida ⓘ |
| standard | Unicode ⓘ |
| status | current ⓘ |
| supplements |
Devanagari (Unicode block)
ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari Extended-A
|
| usageType | digital text encoding ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Hindi
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ languages written in Devanagari ⓘ other Devanagari-script languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
India
ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ South Asia ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Devanagari script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Devanagari Extended-A Description of subject: Devanagari Extended-A is a Unicode block that adds additional characters and signs used in writing languages with the Devanagari script, supplementing the main Devanagari block.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Devanagari Extended-A
linked to: Devanagari Extended-A