Bengali (Bangla) vs Tamil
Writing system comparison · ISO Beng vs ISO Taml
Bengali (Bangla) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 11 languages. Tamil is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (123 Unicode characters) used by 2 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Bengali (Bangla) | Tamil |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Beng | Taml |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | South Asian | South Asian |
| Characters | — | 123 |
| Languages | 11 | 2 |
| Script Type | Abugida | Abugida |
| Descended From | Brahmi | Brahmi |
| Total Speakers | ~249M | ~78M |
| Introduced | 1000 CE | 700 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0B82–U+0BFA
U+11FC0–U+11FFF
|
Only in Bengali (Bangla)
11 languages
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.