Devanagari vs. Halant

Devanagari ( DAY-və-NAH-gər-ee; देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐˈnaːɡɐriː]), also called Nagari (Sanskrit: नागरी, Nāgarī ?), is a left-to-right abugida, based on the ancient Brāhmī script, used in the Indian subcontinent. It was developed in ancient India from the 1st to the 4th century CE and was in regular use by the 7th century CE. The Devanagari script, composed of 47 primary characters including 14 vowels and 33 consonants, is the fourth most widely adopted writing system in the world, being used for over 120 languages.The orthography of this script reflects the pronunciation of the language.

A diacritic used in most writing systems of the Indian subcontinent to signify the lack of an inherent vowel.

The alphabet in which Sanskrit and many modern Indian languages are written. Also called Nagari.

A sign which serves the same purpose in any writing system.

The script or characters in which Sanskrit and Hindi are written.

(computing) A character which binds consonants into a conjunct or some other form of visual combination which is prototypically a visual indication that the first consonant does not have an implicit vowel

a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi