Devanagari

Abugida of northern India descended from Brahmi, used to write Hindi, Sanskrit, Marathi, and Nepali.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Each consonant letter carries an inherent 'a' vowel modified by diacritics.
• Words hang from a distinctive horizontal headstroke called the shirorekha.
• Descends from the ancient Brahmi script via Gupta-era letterforms.

Specifications & Metrics

• TYPE: Abugida