Used for Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and dozens of South Asian languages. An abugida recognizable by its distinctive horizontal headline (shirorekha).
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What does it look like?
Representative glyphs and samples
◈Sample Glyphs(click to copy)
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Origins & History
Origins, history and genealogy
✦Key Features
Used by ~600 million people. An abugida where vowel marks attach to consonants; inherent vowel 'a' is silent unless marked otherwise.
↔Writing direction: Left to Right (LTR)
⌨Keyboard input via IME. Standard Devanagari keyboard layout supported.
U+Unicode Information
Code Block Range
Total Characters
47
Sample Code Points(click to copy)
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How is it used?
Glyph evolution, keyboard & Unicode
◎Glyph Evolution
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⌨Keyboard Layout
Devanagari InScript Layout
Indian standard InScript. Consonant-based with combining vowel marks.
ौ
ै
ा
ी
ू
ब
ह
ग
द
ज
ो
े
्
ि
ु
प
र
क
त
च
ॉ
ॆ
ँ
ं
म
न
व
ल
स
य
space
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💡 Vowel marks (matras) combine with consonants. Romanized input (Google IME) also widely used.
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Where is it used?
Languages, countries and users
🌐Usage
Languages
HindiMarathiNepaliSanskrit+ more
Countries
IndiaNepal
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