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 Gupta script
linked to: Brahmi 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
linked to: Devanagari script

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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Marathi language writingSystem Devanagari script
Sanskrit writingSystem Devanagari script
Sanskrit scriptStandard Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
State Emblem of India mottoScript Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Hindi writingSystem Devanagari numeral system
linked to: Devanagari script
Indian rupee scriptOnBanknotes Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Devanagari script hasUnicodeBlock Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Indo-Aryan languages writingSystem Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Rajya Sabha script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Gujarati derivedFrom Devanagari script
Sindhi writingSystem Devanagari script
Sindhi scriptVariant Sindhi-Devanagari script
linked to: Devanagari script
Dravidian languages writingSystem Devanagari script
Nicobarese hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Vedas script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Om script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Marathi people script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Gondi writingSystem Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Brahmi script hasDescendant Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Punjabi people usesScript Devanagari script
Dnyaneshwari script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Dasbodh script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Nepali writingSystem Devanagari script
Nepali hasWritingSystem Devanagari alphabet
linked to: Devanagari script
Varhadi writingSystem Devanagari script
Satyameva Jayate script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Sino-Tibetan languages writingSystemUsed Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Partha script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Ahirani writingSystem Devanagari script
Gujarati script derivedFrom Devanagari script
Khari Boli writingSystem Devanagari script
Bodo language hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
subject linked to: Bodo
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu hasOfficialScript Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Bhojpuri writingSystem Devanagari script
Bhojpuri usesScriptCurrently Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
South-Central Dravidian hasWritingSystem Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Dogri writingSystem Devanagari script
Santhali writingSystem Devanagari script
Nagari script developedInto Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Nagari script hasDescendant Devanagari script
Nagari script hasAlternateName Nāgarī script
linked to: Devanagari script
Indians writingSystem Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Devanagari Extended-A relatedTo Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
Fiji Hindi hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Odia script relatedTo Devanagari script
Sarnami Hindustani hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
Brahmic scripts influenced Devanagari script
Mithila region writingSystem Devanagari script