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 ⓘ