Devanagari

Devanāgarī
Rigveda manuscript in Devanāgarī (early 19th century) Type abugida Spoken languages Several Indo-Aryan languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Maithili, Kurukh, Nepal Bhasa and sometimes Sindhi and Kashmiri. Formerly used to write Gujarati. Time period c. 1200–present Parent systems Proto-Canaanite alphabet * Phoenician alphabet o Aramaic alphabet + Brāhmī # Gupta * Nāgarī o Devanāgarī Child systems Gujarati Moḍī Ranjana Canadian Aboriginal syllabics Sister systems Sharada, Eastern Nāgarī Unicode range U+0900–U+097F ISO 15924 Deva Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Devanagari (pronounced [ˌdeːvəˈnɑːɡəriː]; देवनागरी, Devanāgarī), also called Nagari (Nāgarī, the name of its parent writing system), is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal. It is written from left to right, lacks distinct letter cases, and is recognizable by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that links them together. Devanāgarī is the main script used to write Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali. Since the 19th century, it has been the most commonly used script for Sanskrit. Devanāgarī is also employed for Gujari, Bhili, Bhojpuri, Konkani, Magahi, Maithili, Marwari, Newari, Pahari (Garhwali and Kumaoni), Santhali, Tharu, and sometimes Sindhi, Punjabi, and Kashmiri. It was formerly used to write Gujarati.