Devanagari (Nagari) vs Phags-pa

Writing system comparison · ISO Deva vs ISO Phag

Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Phags-pa is a Living Top-to-bottom script from Central Asian (56 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. A key difference is reading direction: Devanagari (Nagari) reads Left-to-right, while Phags-pa reads Top-to-bottom.

नमस्ते दुनिया
देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Devanagari (Nagari) Phags-pa
ISO Code Deva Phag
Direction Left-to-right Top-to-bottom
Status Living Living
Region South Asian Central Asian
Characters 56
Languages 61 0
Script Type Abugida Abugida
Descended From Brahmi Tibetan
Total Speakers ~810M
Introduced 1200 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+A840–U+A877

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