Devanagari (Nagari)
ISO 15924: DevaAbugida249 total languages
Also known as: NagariIANA registered: 16 October 2005
Example text
सभी मनुष्यों को गौरव और अधिकारों के मामले में जन्मजात स्वतन्त्रता और समानता प्राप्त है
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Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt + app-maintained overrides
Devanagari is normally written left-to-right horizontally.
Script Properties
The most widely used Indic script. Descended from Brahmi via Gupta script. Used for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit, and 20+ other languages.
Unicode Blocks
2 Unicode blocks contain Devanagari (Nagari) characters. Browse all Unicode blocks →
The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.
Language-specific characters and typing resources
A script does not have one alphabet shared by every language. Compare these directly sourced CLDR locale repertoires.
- Haryanvi: characters and keyboards
- Bhojpuri: characters and keyboards
- Bodo (India): characters and keyboards
- Dogri (macrolanguage): characters and keyboards
- Hindi: characters and keyboards
- Kashmiri: characters and keyboards
- Konkani (macrolanguage): characters and keyboards
- Maithili: characters and keyboards
- Marathi: characters and keyboards
- Nepali (macrolanguage): characters and keyboards
- Rajasthani: characters and keyboards
- Sanskrit: characters and keyboards
- Santali: characters and keyboards
- Sindhi: characters and keyboards
- Sunwar: characters and keyboards
- Kangri: characters and keyboards
Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)238
Agariya
agi
Ahirani
ahr
Angika
anp
Jarawa (India)
anq
Andh
anr
Athpariya
aph
Asuri
asr
Awadhi
awa
Bantawa
bap
Byangsi
bee
Pauri Bareli
bfb
Bagheli
bfy
Mahasu Pahari
bfz
Haryanvi
bgc
Rathwi Bareli
bgd
Bagri
bgq
Bhatri
bgw
Bharia
bha
Bhili
bhb
Bhadrawahi
bhd
Bhilali
bhi
Bahing
bhj
Bhojpuri
bho
Bhattiyali
bht
Bhunjia
bhu
—
bih
Birhor
biy
Kanauji
bjj
Bote-Majhi
bmj
Bundeli
bns
Palya Bareli
bpx
Braj
bra
Baraamu
brd
Bodo (India)
brx
Bateri
btv
Bhujel
byh
Belhariya
byw
Chambeali
cdh
Churahi
cdj
Chepang
cdm
Chantyal
chx
Chinali
cih
Chhintange
ctn
Dandami Maria
daq
Dhundari
dhd
Dhimal
dhi
Dhodia
dho
Dhanwar (Nepal)
dhw
Dogri (macrolanguage)
doi
Dura
drq
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Single-source attestation (AUX)11
Assamese
asmSingle source
Avestan
aveSingle source
Deccan
dccSingle source
Adiwasi Garasia
gasSingle source
Caribbean Hindustani
hnsSingle source
Marwari (Pakistan)
mveSingle source
Saraiki
skrSingle source
Urdu
urdSingle source
Huarijio
varSingle source
Waddar
wbqSingle source
Kisan
xisSingle source