Bengali (Bangla) vs Linear B

Writing system comparison · ISO Beng vs ISO Linb

Bengali (Bangla) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 11 languages. Linear B is a Historical Left-to-right script from European (211 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

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বাংলা লিপি
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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Bengali (Bangla) Linear B
ISO Code Beng Linb
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Historical
Region South Asian European
Characters 211
Languages 11 1
Script Type Abugida Syllabary
Descended From Brahmi
Total Speakers ~249M
Introduced 1000 CE 1400 BCE
Unicode Ranges
U+10000–U+1005D
U+10080–U+100FA

Used by Both

0 languages
No shared languages

Only in Linear B

1 language

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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.