Devanagari

//ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi//

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In addition, devanagari is an abugida, used for Sanskrit, Nepali and Hindi, in which the characters contain a final 'a'-sound if another vowel does not change the sound. However, Arabic and Hebrew use separate systems called abjads, in which the vowels are not always indicated.

I'm learning to read Devanagari.

The Dogri language once had its own script, but today it is written in Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts.

Kashmiri Muslims use the Perso-Arabic script to write Kashmiri, whereas Kashmiri Hindus typically use the Devanagari script instead.

Today, Maithili is written in the Devanagari script.

The Balbodh script is a slightly modified style of the Devanagari script to write the Marathi language.

Hindi is written using the Devanagari script, whilst Urdu is written using the Arabic-Persian script.

The etymologies gave words from Hindustani in the Devanagari script accompanied by transliterations in parentheses.

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