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 o |
| LETTER AA | U+0906 | आ | আ | U+0986 | LETTER a |
| LETTER I | U+0907 | इ | ই | U+0987 | LETTER hroswo i |
| LETTER II | U+0908 | ई | ঈ | U+0988 | LETTER DIrgho I |
| LETTER U | U+0909 | उ | উ | U+0989 | LETTER hroswo u |
| LETTER UU | U+090A | ऊ | ঊ | U+098A | LETTER DIrgho U |
| LETTER VOCALIC R | U+090B | ऋ | ঋ | U+098B | LETTER VOCALIC rri |
| 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 OI |
| 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 OU |
| LETTER VOCALIC RR | U+0960 | ॠ | |||
| LETTER VOCALIC LL | U+0961 | ॡ | |||
| VOWEL SIGN AA | U+093E | ा | া | U+09BE | VOWEL SIGN a |
| VOWEL SIGN I | U+093F | ि | ি | U+09BF | VOWEL SIGN hroswo i |
| VOWEL SIGN II | U+0940 | ी | ী | U+09C0 | VOWEL SIGN DIrgho I |
| VOWEL SIGN U | U+0941 | ु | ু | U+09C1 | VOWEL SIGN hroswo u |
| VOWEL SIGN UU | U+0942 | ू | ূ | U+09C2 | VOWEL SIGN DIrgho U |
| VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R | U+0943 | ृ | ৃ | U+09C3 | VOWEL SIGN Vocalic rii |
| 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 OI |
| 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 OU |
Consonants and Signs
| Hindi/Devanagari | Bangla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Unicode | Glyph | Glyph | Unicode | Name |
| LETTER KA | U+0915 | क | ক | U+0995 | LETTER ko |
| LETTER KHA | U+0916 | ख | খ | U+0996 | LETTER kho |
| LETTER GA | U+0917 | ग | গ | U+0997 | LETTER go |
| LETTER GHA | U+0918 | घ | ঘ | U+0998 | LETTER gho |
| LETTER NGA | U+0919 | ङ | ঙ | U+0999 | LETTER ngo |
| LETTER CA | U+091A | च | চ | U+099A | LETTER cho |
| LETTER CHA | U+091B | छ | ছ | U+099B | LETTER chho |
| LETTER JA | U+091C | ज | জ | U+099C | LETTER Borgiyo jo |
| LETTER JHA | U+091D | झ | ঝ | U+099D | LETTER jho |
| LETTER NYA | U+091E | ञ | ঞ | U+099E | LETTER NYO - Ngo |
| LETTER TTA | U+091F | ट | ট | U+099F | LETTER TO |
| LETTER TTHA | U+0920 | ठ | ঠ | U+09A0 | LETTER THO |
| LETTER DDA | U+0921 | ड | ড | U+09A1 | LETTER DO |
| LETTER DDHA | U+0922 | ढ | ঢ | U+09A2 | LETTER DHO |
| LETTER NNA | U+0923 | ण | ণ | U+09A3 | LETTER Moddhenno NO |
| LETTER TA | U+0924 | त | ত | U+09A4 | LETTER to |
| LETTER THA | U+0925 | थ | থ | U+09A5 | LETTER tho |
| LETTER DA | U+0926 | द | দ | U+09A6 | LETTER do |
| LETTER DHA | U+0927 | ध | ধ | U+09A7 | LETTER dho |
| LETTER NA | U+0928 | न | ন | U+09A8 | LETTER Dontenno no |
| LETTER NNNA | U+0929 | ऩ | |||
| LETTER PA | U+092A | प | প | U+09AA | LETTER po |
| LETTER PHA | U+092B | फ | ফ | U+09AB | LETTER pho |
| LETTER BA | U+092C | ब | ব | U+09AC | LETTER bo |
| LETTER BHA | U+092D | भ | ভ | U+09AD | LETTER bho |
| LETTER MA | U+092E | म | ম | U+09AE | LETTER mo |
| LETTER YA | U+092F | य | য | U+09AF | LETTER ontesto JO |
| LETTER RA | U+0930 | र | র | U+09B0 | LETTER Boye-Sunno ro |
| LETTER RRA | U+0931 | ऱ | |||
| LETTER LA | U+0932 | ल | ল | U+09B2 | LETTER lo |
| LETTER LLA | U+0933 | ळ | |||
| LETTER LLLA | U+0934 | ऴ | |||
| LETTER VA | U+0935 | व | |||
| LETTER SHA | U+0936 | श | শ | U+09B6 | LETTER Talibo sho |
| LETTER SSA | U+0937 | ष | ষ | U+09B7 | LETTER Moddhenno Sho |
| LETTER SA | U+0938 | स | স | U+09B8 | LETTER Donte Sho |
| LETTER HA | U+0939 | ह | হ | U+09B9 | LETTER ho |
| 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 Doye-Sunnyo RO |
| LETTER RHA | U+095D | ढ़ | ঢ় | U+09DD | LETTER Dhoye-Sunno RHO |
| LETTER FA | U+095E | फ़ | |||
| LETTER YYA | U+095F | य़ | য় | U+09DF | LETTER Ontesto o |
| SIGN CANDRABINDU | U+0901 | ँ | ঁ | U+0981 | SIGN Chandrabindu |
| SIGN ANUSVARA | U+0902 | ं | ং | U+0982 | SIGN Anuswar |
| SIGN VISARGA | U+0903 | ः | ঃ | U+0983 | SIGN Bisorgo |
| SIGN NUKTA | U+093C | ़ | |||
| SIGN AVAGRAHA | U+093D | ऽ | |||
| ৎ | U+09CE | SIGN Khanda to | |||
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 |