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Devanagari (Nagari) vs Telugu

Writing system comparison · ISO Deva vs ISO Telu

Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Telugu is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian (101 Unicode characters) used by 4 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right. 1 language is written in both scripts.

Devanagari (Nagari)
नमस्ते दुनिया
देवनागरी
Telugu
నమస్కారం
తెలుగు లిపి

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Devanagari (Nagari) Telugu
ISO Code Deva Telu
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Living
Region South Asian South Asian
Characters — 101
Languages 61 4
Script Type Abugida Abugida
Descended From Brahmi Brahmi
Total Speakers ~810M ~95M
Introduced 1200 CE 1100 CE
Unicode Ranges
U+0C00–U+0C7F

Only in Devanagari (Nagari)

60 languages
Angika Awadhi Bhojpuri Bodo Braj Dogri Fiji Hindi Haryanvi Hindi Kangri Kashmiri Konkani Kurukh Magahi Maithili Marathi Marwari Nepali Newari Rajasthani Sindhi bap bfy bhb bhi bjj btv dty gbm gvr

Used by Both

1 language
Gondi

Only in Telugu

3 languages
Telugu lmn wbq

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