Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Eastern Nagari script is a historical Abugida system of writing belonging to the Brahmic family of scripts which use is associated with the two main languages Bengali and Assamese. Beside these three, this system has been used for other languages, such as Maithili, Sanskrit, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Mising and Meitei Manipuri languages. Many other languages like Khasi, Bodo, Karbi etc. were also written in this system in the past.According to Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, this system became prevalent in the regions of Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Nepal and Bihar and sprang up from the Nagari script in the eastern part of India, and thus its name. The scripts of Odisha and others developed independently and branched off. Though this system has been called "Bengali" in the past, this system was not used for the Bengali language alone, and nor did it develop in the Bengal region uninfluenced by developments elsewhere. Among the modern scripts, the Assamese, Bengali and Maithili scripts belong to the historical Eastern Nagari script. The Assamese script was closer to the Maithili script, but it began to evolve with the Bengali script from the 19th century with the advent of printing.. }
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- Eastern_Nagari_script abstract "The Eastern Nagari script is a historical Abugida system of writing belonging to the Brahmic family of scripts which use is associated with the two main languages Bengali and Assamese. Beside these three, this system has been used for other languages, such as Maithili, Sanskrit, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Mising and Meitei Manipuri languages. Many other languages like Khasi, Bodo, Karbi etc. were also written in this system in the past.According to Gaurishankar Hirachand Ojha, this system became prevalent in the regions of Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Nepal and Bihar and sprang up from the Nagari script in the eastern part of India, and thus its name. The scripts of Odisha and others developed independently and branched off. Though this system has been called "Bengali" in the past, this system was not used for the Bengali language alone, and nor did it develop in the Bengal region uninfluenced by developments elsewhere. Among the modern scripts, the Assamese, Bengali and Maithili scripts belong to the historical Eastern Nagari script. The Assamese script was closer to the Maithili script, but it began to evolve with the Bengali script from the 19th century with the advent of printing.".