What direction does Bamum read?

Bamum reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Devanagari (Nagari) read?

Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Bamum have?

Bamum has 657 characters in Unicode.

How many characters does Devanagari (Nagari) have?

Devanagari (Nagari) has character count data not available.

Bamum vs Devanagari (Nagari)

Writing system comparison · ISO Bamu vs ISO Deva

Bamum is a Living Left-to-right script from African (657 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Bamum

ꚠꚡꚢ

Devanagari (Nagari)

नमस्ते दुनिया

देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Bamum	Devanagari (Nagari)
ISO Code	Bamu	Deva
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	African	South Asian
Characters	657	—
Languages	1	61
Script Type	—	Abugida
Descended From	—	Brahmi
Total Speakers	—	~810M
Introduced	—	1200 CE
Unicode Ranges	U+A6A0–U+A6F7 U+16800–U+16A38