Devanagari & Bangla Alphabet-Comparison based on Unicode standard blocks
Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Nepali and many other languages are written using the Devanagari script. Bangla is descended from Sanskit and the Bangla script has many famililial similarities to Devanagari.Unicode allocates blocks of addresses for different alphabets. I have compared the Unicode standard alphabets for Devanagari and Bangla. Hindi, Marathi and Nepali speakers may find this useful.
Vowels and Vowel Signs
| Hindi/Devanagari | Bangla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Unicode | Glyph | Glyph | Unicode | Name |
| LETTER A | U+0905 | अ | অ | U+0985 | LETTER A |
| LETTER AA | U+0906 | आ | আ | U+0986 | LETTER AA |
| LETTER I | U+0907 | इ | ই | U+0987 | LETTER I |
| LETTER II | U+0908 | ई | ঈ | U+0988 | LETTER II |
| LETTER U | U+0909 | उ | উ | U+0989 | LETTER U |
| LETTER UU | U+090A | ऊ | ঊ | U+098A | LETTER UU |
| LETTER VOCALIC R | U+090B | ऋ | ঋ | U+098B | LETTER VOCALIC R |
| LETTER VOCALIC L | U+090C | ऌ | |||
| LETTER CANDRA E | U+090D | ऍ | |||
| LETTER SHORT E | U+090E | ऎ | |||
| LETTER E | U+090F | ए | এ | U+098F | LETTER E |
| LETTER AI | U+0910 | ऐ | ঐ | U+0990 | LETTER AI |
| LETTER CANDRA O | U+0911 | ऑ | |||
| LETTER SHORT O | U+0912 | ऒ | |||
| LETTER O | U+0913 | ओ | ও | U+0993 | LETTER O |
| LETTER AU | U+0914 | औ | ঔ | U+0994 | LETTER AU |
| LETTER VOCALIC RR | U+0960 | ॠ | |||
| LETTER VOCALIC LL | U+0961 | ॡ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN AA | U+093E | ा | া | U+09BE | VOWEL SIGN AA |
| VOWEL SIGN I | U+093F | ि | ি | U+09BF | VOWEL SIGN I |
| VOWEL SIGN II | U+0940 | ी | ী | U+09C0 | VOWEL SIGN II |
| VOWEL SIGN U | U+0941 | ु | ু | U+09C1 | VOWEL SIGN U |
| VOWEL SIGN UU | U+0942 | ू | ূ | U+09C2 | VOWEL SIGN UU |
| VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R | U+0943 | ृ | ৃ | U+09C3 | VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R |
| VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC RR | U+0944 | ॄ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L | U+0962 | ॢ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC LL | U+0963 | ॣ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN CANDRA E | U+0945 | ॅ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN SHORT E | U+0946 | ॆ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN E | U+0947 | े | ে | U+09C7 | VOWEL SIGN E |
| VOWEL SIGN AI | U+0948 | ै | ৈ | U+09C8 | VOWEL SIGN AI |
| VOWEL SIGN CANDRA O | U+0949 | ॉ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN SHORT O | U+094A | ॊ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN O | U+094B | ो | ো | U+09CB | VOWEL SIGN O |
| VOWEL SIGN AU | U+094C | ौ | ৌ | U+09CC | VOWEL SIGN AU |
Consonants and Signs
| Hindi/Devanagari | Bangla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Unicode | Glyph | Glyph | Unicode | Name |
| LETTER KA | U+0915 | क | ক | U+0995 | LETTER KA |
| LETTER KHA | U+0916 | ख | খ | U+0996 | LETTER KHA |
| LETTER GA | U+0917 | ग | গ | U+0997 | LETTER GA |
| LETTER GHA | U+0918 | घ | ঘ | U+0998 | LETTER GHA |
| LETTER NGA | U+0919 | ङ | ঙ | U+0999 | LETTER NGA |
| LETTER CA | U+091A | च | চ | U+099A | LETTER CA |
| LETTER CHA | U+091B | छ | ছ | U+099B | LETTER CHA |
| LETTER JA | U+091C | ज | জ | U+099C | LETTER JA |
| LETTER JHA | U+091D | झ | ঝ | U+099D | LETTER JHA |
| LETTER NYA | U+091E | ञ | ঞ | U+099E | LETTER NYA |
| LETTER TTA | U+091F | ट | ট | U+099F | LETTER TTA |
| LETTER TTHA | U+0920 | ठ | ঠ | U+09A0 | LETTER TTHA |
| LETTER DDA | U+0921 | ड | ড | U+09A1 | LETTER DDA |
| LETTER DDHA | U+0922 | ढ | ঢ | U+09A2 | LETTER DDHA |
| LETTER NNA | U+0923 | ण | ণ | U+09A3 | LETTER NNA |
| LETTER TA | U+0924 | त | ত | U+09A4 | LETTER TA |
| LETTER THA | U+0925 | थ | থ | U+09A5 | LETTER THA |
| LETTER DA | U+0926 | द | দ | U+09A6 | LETTER DA |
| LETTER DHA | U+0927 | ध | ধ | U+09A7 | LETTER DHA |
| LETTER NA | U+0928 | न | ন | U+09A8 | LETTER NA |
| LETTER NNNA | U+0929 | ऩ | |||
| LETTER PA | U+092A | प | প | U+09AA | LETTER PA |
| LETTER PHA | U+092B | फ | ফ | U+09AB | LETTER PHA |
| LETTER BA | U+092C | ब | ব | U+09AC | LETTER BA |
| LETTER BHA | U+092D | भ | ভ | U+09AD | LETTER BHA |
| LETTER MA | U+092E | म | ম | U+09AE | LETTER MA |
| LETTER YA | U+092F | य | য | U+09AF | LETTER YA |
| LETTER RA | U+0930 | र | র | U+09B0 | LETTER RA |
| LETTER RRA | U+0931 | ऱ | |||
| LETTER LA | U+0932 | ल | ল | U+09B2 | LETTER LA |
| LETTER LLA | U+0933 | ळ | |||
| LETTER LLLA | U+0934 | ऴ | |||
| LETTER VA | U+0935 | व | |||
| LETTER SHA | U+0936 | श | শ | U+09B6 | LETTER SHA |
| LETTER SSA | U+0937 | ष | ষ | U+09B7 | LETTER SSA |
| LETTER SA | U+0938 | स | স | U+09B8 | LETTER SA |
| LETTER HA | U+0939 | ह | হ | U+09B9 | LETTER HA |
| LETTER QA | U+0958 | क़ | |||
| LETTER KHHA | U+0959 | ख़ | |||
| LETTER GHHA | U+095A | ग़ | |||
| LETTER ZA | U+095B | ज़ | |||
| LETTER DDDHA | U+095C | ड़ | ড় | U+09DC | LETTER RRA |
| LETTER RHA | U+095D | ढ़ | ঢ় | U+09DD | LETTER RHA |
| LETTER FA | U+095E | फ़ | |||
| LETTER YYA | U+095F | य़ | য় | U+09DF | LETTER YYA |
| SIGN CANDRABINDU | U+0901 | ँ | ঁ | U+0981 | SIGN CANDRABINDU |
| SIGN ANUSVARA | U+0902 | ं | ং | U+0982 | SIGN ANUSVARA |
| SIGN VISARGA | U+0903 | ः | ঃ | U+0983 | SIGN VISARGA |
| SIGN NUKTA | U+093C | ़ | |||
| SIGN AVAGRAHA | U+093D | ऽ | |||
| ৎ | U+09CE | SIGN KHANDA TA | |||
Numerals and Special Symbols
| Hindi/Devanagari | Bangla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Unicode | Glyph | Glyph | Unicode | Name |
| DIGIT ZERO | U+0966 | ० | ০ | U+09E6 | DIGIT ZERO |
| DIGIT ONE | U+0967 | १ | ১ | U+09E7 | DIGIT ONE |
| DIGIT TWO | U+0968 | २ | ২ | U+09E8 | DIGIT TWO |
| DIGIT THREE | U+0969 | ३ | ৩ | U+09E9 | DIGIT THREE |
| DIGIT FOUR | U+096A | ४ | ৪ | U+09EA | DIGIT FOUR |
| DIGIT FIVE | U+096B | ५ | ৫ | U+09EB | DIGIT FIVE |
| DIGIT SIX | U+096C | ६ | ৬ | U+09EC | DIGIT SIX |
| DIGIT SEVEN | U+096D | ७ | ৭ | U+09ED | DIGIT SEVEN |
| DIGIT EIGHT | U+096E | ८ | ৮ | U+09EE | DIGIT EIGHT |
| DIGIT NINE | U+096F | ९ | ৯ | U+09EF | DIGIT NINE |
| OM | U+0950 | ॐ | |||
| ABBREVIATION SIGN | U+0970 | ॰ | |||
| SIGN VIRAMA | U+094D | ् | ্ | U+09CD | SIGN VIRAMA or HOSONTO |
| STRESS SIGN UDATTA | U+0951 | ॑ | |||
| STRESS SIGN ANUDATTA | U+0952 | ॒ | |||
| GRAVE ACCENT | U+0953 | ॓ | |||
| ACUTE ACCENT | U+0954 | ॔ | |||
| DANDA | U+0964 | । | । | U+0964 | DAANRI-same as DANDA |
| DOUBLE DANDA | U+0965 | ॥ | ॥ | U+0965 | DOUBLE DAANRI-same as DOUBLE DANDA |