Bengali (Bangla) vs Cyrillic
Writing system comparison · ISO Beng vs ISO Cyrl
Bengali (Bangla) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 11 languages. Cyrillic is a Living Left-to-right script from European (508 Unicode characters) used by 61 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Bengali (Bangla) | Cyrillic |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Beng | Cyrl |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | South Asian | European |
| Characters | — | 508 |
| Languages | 11 | 61 |
| Script Type | Abugida | Alphabet |
| Descended From | Brahmi | Greek |
| Total Speakers | ~249M | ~285.5M |
| Introduced | 1000 CE | 940 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0400–U+0489
U+048A–U+052F
U+1C80–U+1C8A
U+1D2B–U+1D78
U+2DE0–U+2DFF
U+A640–U+A69F
U+FE2E–U+FE2F
U+1E030–U+1E08F
|
Only in Bengali (Bangla)
11 languages
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
Only in Cyrillic
61 languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.