Devanagari

Summary

Devanagari is an abugida^[1]. Devanagari ranks in the top 2% of abugida entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,327 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Devanagari is located in India^[3].
• Devanagari is located in Nepal^[4].
• Devanagari is located in Fiji^[5].
• Devanagari is in the country of India^[6].
• Devanagari is in the country of Fiji^[7].
• Devanagari's image is recorded as Aum Om black.svg^[8].
• Devanagari's image is recorded as Devanagari letters.svg^[9].
• Devanagari's image is recorded as 13th-century Shatapatha Brahmana 14th Khanda Prapathaka 3-4, page 1 front, Sanskrit, Devanagari script.jpg^[10].
• Devanagari's image is recorded as 1765 Saka, 1843 CE, Jnanesvari Jnandeva Dnyaneshwar manuscript page 1 and 2, Devanagari Marathi.jpg^[11].
• Devanagari's instance of is recorded as abugida^[12].
• Devanagari's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet^[13].
• Devanagari's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[14].
• God in Hinduism is named after Devanagari^[15].
• Nāgarī is named after Devanagari^[16].
• Devanagari's based on is recorded as Nāgarī^[17].
• Devanagari's GND ID is recorded as 4149407-6^[18].
• Devanagari's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85037334^[19].
• Devanagari's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12652802w^[20].
• Devanagari's subclass of is recorded as Brahmic scripts^[21].
• Devanagari's Commons category is recorded as Devanagari^[22].
• Devanagari's language of work or name is recorded as Prakrit^[23].
• Devanagari's language of work or name is recorded as Awadhi^[24].
• Devanagari's language of work or name is recorded as Bhili^[25].
• Devanagari's language of work or name is recorded as Bhojpuri^[26].
• Devanagari's language of work or name is recorded as Bodo^[27].

Why It Matters

Devanagari ranks in the top 2% of abugida entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,327 views/month).^[2] Devanagari has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Devanagari is known by 159 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Devanagari has been cited as an influence by Canadian Aboriginal syllabics^[30], a constructed writing system^[31], founded in 1840^[32].

FAQs

Who did Devanagari influence?

Devanagari has been cited as an influence by Canadian Aboriginal syllabics^[30].