Nāgarī script
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| Nāgarī | ||
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| Type | Abugida | |
| Spoken languages | Sanskrit | |
| Time period | c. 750–? | |
| Parent systems | Proto-Canaanite alphabet [a] → Phoenician alphabet [a] → Aramaic alphabet [a] → Brāhmī → Gupta → Nāgarī |
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| Child systems | Eastern Nagari Devanāgarī |
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| Sister systems | Śāradā Siddhaṃ |
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| [a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. | ||
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Nāgarī script - an early form of the Devanāgarī script, which is still used in modern India. It appeared around the 8th century CE as an eastern variant of the Gupta script (whereas Śāradā was the western variety). In turn it branched off into several scripts (in addition to Devanagari), such as Nandinagari, Eastern Nagari, and Tibetan, as well as influenced the Śāradā-derived Gurmukhī script.
