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Also known as Deva, Deva Nagari Lipi, Hindi script, Nagari, Devanagari script, Devnagari

Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the ancient Brāhmī script. It is one of the official scripts of India and Nepal. It was developed in, and was in regular use by, the 8th century CE. It had achieved its modern form by 1000 CE. The Devanāgarī script, composed of 48 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 34 consonants, is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, being used for over 120 languages, the most popular of which is Hindi ().

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Devanagari is an ancient writing system used across India and Nepal today, derived from an even older script and now used to write over 120 languages, most notably Hindi. It is one of the world's most widely used writing systems, with a structure that combines vowels and consonants in a distinctive way that has remained largely unchanged since around 1000 CE.

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Writing system.languages
Apabhramsha, Angika, Awadhi, Bajjika, Bhili, Bhojpuri, Boro, Braj, Chhattisgarhi, Dogri, Fiji Hindi, Garhwali, Haryanvi, Hindi, Kashmiri, Khandeshi, Konkani, Kumaoni, Magahi, Maithili, Marathi, Marwari, Mundari, Nagpuri, Newari, Nepali, Pāli, Pahari, Prakrit, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Santali, Sarnami, Sherpa, Sindhi, Surjapuri, and many more.
Writing system.time
11th century to present
Writing system.fam1
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Writing system.fam2
Proto-Sinaitic
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Phoenician
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Aramaic
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Brāhmī
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Gupta
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Siddhaṃ
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Nāgarī
Writing system.sisters
NandināgarīKaithiGujarātīMoḍī
Writing system.unicode
U+0900–U+097F Devanagari,U+A8E0–U+A8FF Devanagari Extended,U+11B00–11B5F Devanagari Extended-A,U+1CD0–U+1CFF Vedic Extensions
Writing system.iso15924
Deva
Writing system.name
Devanāgarī
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Devanagari letters.svg
Writing system.caption
Devanāgarī script (vowels top three rows, consonants below)
Writing system.type
Abugida

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Devanagari
Unicode range
U+11B00-11B5F
inception
1100-00-00
native label
देवनागरी
name
Devanagari
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