What direction does Devanagari (Nagari) read?

Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right (LTR).

What direction does Katakana read?

Katakana reads Left-to-right (LTR).

How many characters does Devanagari (Nagari) have?

Devanagari (Nagari) has character count data not available.

How many characters does Katakana have?

Katakana has 321 characters in Unicode.

Devanagari (Nagari) vs Katakana

Writing system comparison · ISO Deva vs ISO Kana

Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Katakana is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian (321 Unicode characters) used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

Devanagari (Nagari)

नमस्ते दुनिया

देवनागरी

Katakana

コンニチハ

カタカナ

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	Devanagari (Nagari)	Katakana
ISO Code	Deva	Kana
Direction	Left-to-right	Left-to-right
Status	Living	Living
Region	South Asian	East Asian
Characters	—	321
Languages	61	1
Script Type	Abugida	Syllabary
Descended From	Brahmi	Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)
Total Speakers	~810M	—
Introduced	1200 CE	900 CE
Unicode Ranges		U+30A1–U+30FF U+31F0–U+31FF U+32D0–U+32FE U+3300–U+3357 U+FF66–U+FF9D U+1AFF0–U+1AFFE U+1B000–U+1B000 U+1B120–U+1B122 U+1B155–U+1B167