Bengali (Bangla) vs Hiragana
Writing system comparison · ISO Beng vs ISO Hira
Bengali (Bangla) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 11 languages. Hiragana is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian (381 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Bengali (Bangla) | Hiragana |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Beng | Hira |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | South Asian | East Asian |
| Characters | — | 381 |
| Languages | 11 | 0 |
| Script Type | Abugida | Syllabary |
| Descended From | Brahmi | Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) |
| Total Speakers | ~249M | — |
| Introduced | 1000 CE | 900 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+3041–U+309F
U+1B001–U+1B11F
U+1B132–U+1B152
U+1F200–U+1F200
|
Only in Bengali (Bangla)
11 languages
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
Only in Hiragana
0 languages
None unique
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.