Devanagari (Nagari) vs Psalter Pahlavi

Writing system comparison · ISO Deva vs ISO Phlp

Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Psalter Pahlavi is a Living Left-to-right script (29 Unicode characters) used by 0 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

नमस्ते दुनिया
देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Devanagari (Nagari) Psalter Pahlavi
ISO Code Deva Phlp
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Living
Region South Asian
Characters 29
Languages 61 0
Script Type Abugida Abjad
Descended From Brahmi Inscriptional Pahlavi
Total Speakers ~810M
Introduced 1200 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+10B80–U+10BAF

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