Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian vs Devanagari (Nagari)

Writing system comparison · ISO Xsux vs ISO Deva

Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian is a Historical Left-to-right script from Middle Eastern used by 2 languages. Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

नमस्ते दुनिया
देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian Devanagari (Nagari)
ISO Code Xsux Deva
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Historical Living
Region Middle Eastern South Asian
Characters
Languages 2 61
Script Type Logographic Abugida
Descended From Brahmi
Total Speakers ~810M
Introduced 3200 BCE 1200 CE

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