Devanagari
Devanagari is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent.[1] 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.[1] It had achieved its modern form by 1000 CE.
Devanagari is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world,[2][3] being used for over 120 languages, the most popular of which is Hindi (हिन्दी).[4]
Among the languages using it as a primary or secondary script are Hindi, Pāḷi, Sanskrit, Nepali, Sherpa, Prakrit, and Apabhramsha.
Devanāgarī is part of the Brahmic family of scripts of India, Nepal, Tibet, and Southeast Asia.[5] It is a descendant of the 3rd century BCE Brāhmī script, which evolved into the Nagari script which in turn gave birth to Devanāgarī and Nandināgarī.
The Devanāgarī script is an abugida (a type of segmental writing system), composed of 48 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 34 consonants.[6]
Further reading
Devanagari, Wikipedia
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kuiper, Kathleen (2010). The Culture of India. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 83. ISBN 978-1615301492.
- ↑ Vaughan, Don. "The World's 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems". Britannica. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ↑ Templin, David. "The Devanagari Script". Omniglot. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Cardona, George; Jain, Danesh (2003). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. pp. 68–69. ISBN 978-0415772945.
- ↑ Holender, Daniel (1987). "Synchronic Description of Present-Day Writing Systems: Some Implications for Reading Research" (PDF). Eye Movements from Physiology to Cognition. pp. 397–420. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-70113-8.50062-X. ISBN 978-0-444-70113-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on Jan 20, 2025 – via ULB.
Devanagari has 48 letters: 34 consonants (plus a few additional borrowed consonants according to Oommen, 1973), 10 vowels, and 4 diphthongs.
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