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Devanagari (/ ˌ d eɪ v ə ˈ n ɑː ɡ ər i / DAY-və-NAH-gər-ee; देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐˈnaːɡɐriː]) is an Indic script used in the northern Indian subcontinent.
Mar 29, 2024 · Devanāgarī, script used to write the Sanskrit, Prākrit, Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali languages, developed from the North Indian monumental script known as Gupta and ultimately from the Brāhmī alphabet, from which all modern Indian writing systems are derived.
- George Cardona
The Nāgarī or Devanāgarī alphabet developed from eastern variants of the Gupta script called Nāgarī, which first emerged during the 8th century. This script was starting to resemble the modern Devanāgarī alphabet by the 10th century, and started to replace Siddham from about 1200. The name Devanāgarī is made up of two Sanskrit words ...
Feb 22, 2022 · Devanagari. The Devanāgarī (देवनागरी) script is used to write many Indian and Nepalese languages such as Hindi, Konkani, Sanskrit, Marathi, Maithili, Bhojpuri and Nepali. It is a phonetic system, meaning in principle, one letter always represents the same sound, which is relatively convenient.
Devanāgarī ( देवनागरी, IPA: [ˈdeɪvəˌnɑgəri]) is an abugida script used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Sindhi, Bihari, Bhili, Marwari, Konkani, Bhojpuri, Pahari (Garhwali and Kumaoni), Santhali Language; languages from Nepal like Nepali, Nepal Bhasa, Tharu and sometimes Kashmiri and Romani.
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Hindi is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida. Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi.
