Devanagari (Nagari) vs Hatran

Writing system comparison · ISO Deva vs ISO Hatr

Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Hatran is a Historical Right-to-left script from Middle Eastern (26 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right, while Hatran reads Right-to-left.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Devanagari (Nagari) Hatran
ISO Code Deva Hatr
Direction Left-to-right Right-to-left
Status Living Historical
Region South Asian Middle Eastern
Characters 26
Languages 61 0
Script Type Abugida Abjad
Descended From Brahmi Imperial Aramaic
Total Speakers ~810M
Introduced 1200 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+108E0–U+108FF

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