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Eastern Nagari script

NameEastern Nagari
TypeAbugida
LanguagesAssamese
Bengali
Bishnupriya Manipuri
Meitei
Timec. 1200 - present
RegionIndia and Nepal
Fam1Proto-Sinaitic alphabet [a]
Fam2Phoenician alphabet [a]
Fam3Aramaic alphabet [a]
Fam4Brāhmī
Fam5Gupta
Fam6Nāgarī
SistersDevanāgarī
ChildrenOriya
Mithilakshar
UnicodeU+09FF
Iso15924Beng

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The Eastern Nagari script is an Abugida system of writing belonging to the Brahmic family of scripts whose use is associated with the Assamese, Bengali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Maithili, Mising, Meitei Manipuri, Sylheti, and Chittagonian languages. Many other languages like Khasi, Bodo, Karbi etc were also written in this script in the past.

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Vowel Table
Vowels :
ô/o a a
a a ā â
i i i i
i i ī î
u u u u
u u ū û
ri ri ri/ŗ ?
  -   -   - -
  - li (no usage)   - -
  -   -   - -
e/ê e/ê e e
ôi oi ai ei/ai
o/å o o o/ô
ôu ou au ou/au

Vowel Signs
Vowels :
kô/ko ka ka
ক' ko   -   - -
কা ka ka
কি ki ki ki ki
কী ki ki
কু ku ku ku ku
কূ ku ku
কৃ kri kri kri/kŗ -
কৄ   -   -   - -
কৢ   -   -   - -
কৣ   -   -   - -
কে ke/kê ke/kê ke ke
কৈ kôi koi kai kei/kai
কো ko ko ko/kô
কৌ kôu kou kau kou/kau

Consonant Table
Consonants :
k k k
kh kh kh
g g g
gh gh gh
ng ng η/ng
s ch c∫/ch
s chh chh
z j j
jh jh jh
y n ñ
t ţ ţ
th ţh ţh
d đ đ
ড় ŗ ŗ ŗ/r
dh đh đh
ঢ় ŗh ŗh ŗh
n n n/ņ
t t t
th th th
d d d
dh dh dh
n n n
p p p
ph ph ph/f
b b b
bh bh b'/bh
m m m
z j j
য় y e/Ø y
  - r r
r   - r
l l l
w   - w/v
x/s sh/s ŝ
x/s sh ş
x/s sh/s s
h h h

Digits : Exceptional consonant-vowel combinations
+ Digits
Western Arabic numerals 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Eastern Nagari numerals
Assamese names xuinnô ek dui tini sari pas sôy xat ath
শূন্য এক দুই তিনি চাৰি পাচ ছয় সাত আঠ
Bengali names shunno êk dui tin char pãch chhôe shat nôe
শূন্য এক দুই তিন চার পাঁচ ছয় সাত আট নয়

Bengali

LinguisticsGrammar * Phonology * Vocabulary * Dialects * Consonant clusters * Script * Romanization * Input methods
InstitutionsBangla Academy * Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi * Vangiya Sahitya Parishad * Bishwa Sahitya Kendra
LiteratureLiterature * Authors * Poets * Bangla Academy Award * Ekushey Padak * Sahitya Akademi Award * Ananda Purashkar * Rabindra Puraskar
PersonalitiesNathaniel Brassey Halhed * John Beames * Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar * Rabindranath Tagore
OtherBengali Language Movement * International Mother Language Day * Ekushey Book Fair * Kolkata Book Fair * States of India by Bengali speakers



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