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writing system A writing system is a method of visually representing verbal communication, based on a script and a set of rules regulating its use. While both writing and speech are useful in conveying messages, writing differs in also being a reliable form ...
(by alphabetical order).


Adlam alphabet

* Fulfulde/Pular


Afaka syllabary

* Ndyuka (on occasion)


Anatolian alphabets

*
Anatolian languages The Anatolian languages are an extinct branch of Indo-European languages that were spoken in Anatolia, part of present-day Turkey. The best known Anatolian language is Hittite, which is considered the earliest-attested Indo-European language. ...
(extinct)


Arabic script

* Acehnese (on occasion, after the colonization by the Dutch) * Adyghe (before 1927 and
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
927–1938 now uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) *
Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gra ...
(briefly, in the early 19th century) *
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
**
Algerian Algerian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Algeria * Algerian people This article is about the demographic features of the population of Algeria, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, econo ...
**
Egyptian Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt. Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to: Nations and ethnic groups * Egyptians, a national group in North Africa ** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
** Lebanese ** Moroccan ** Iraqi ** Tunisian and many other varieties of Arabic. * Afar (Kabir Hamza script) * Azerbaijani (Iran only) *
Arwi Arwi or ArabuTamil (Arabic: , ; ta, அரபுத்தமிழ் ) is an Arabic influenced dialect of the Tamil language, Tamil language written with an Arabic Extended-A, extension of the Arabic alphabet, with extensive Lexicon, lexical a ...
* Bakhtiari * Balochi * Balti * Banjar * Bashkir * Belarusian (on occasion) *
Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
(Historical) (along with Bengali, Sylheti and Assamese script) * Berber *
Bhadarwahi Bhadarwahi is an Indo-Aryan language of the Western Pahari group spoken in the Bhaderwah region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The name Bhadarwahi can be understood either in a narrow sense as referring to the dialect, locally known as Bhiḍl ...
* Bosnian (formerly) * Brahui *
Burushaski Burushaski (; ) is a language isolate spoken by Burusho people, who reside almost entirely in northern Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, with a few hundred speakers in northern Jammu and Kashmir, India. In Pakistan, Burushaski is spoken by people in ...
(on occasion) *
Central Kurdish Central Kurdish (), also called Sorani (), is a Kurdish dialect or a language that is spoken in Iraq, mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as the provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan in western Iran. Sorani is one of the two of ...
*
Cham Cham or CHAM may refer to: Ethnicities and languages *Chams, people in Vietnam and Cambodia **Cham language, the language of the Cham people ***Cham script *** Cham (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script *Cham Albania ...
* Chechen (alongside the
Georgian script The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are writte ...
) *
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
in the Arabic-derived
Xiao'erjing Xiao'erjing or Xiao'erjin or Xiaor jin or in its shortened form, Xiaojing, literally meaning "children's script" or "minor script" (cf. "original script" referring to the original Perso-Arabic script; zh, s=本经, t=本經, p=Běnjīng, Xiao ...
alphabet * Chittagonian * Comorian * Crimean Tatar (before 1928) *
Dari Dari (, , ), also known as Dari Persian (, ), is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognised and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language,Lazard, G.Darī  ...
*
Dungan Dungan may refer to: * Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dungan * Dungan people, a group of Muslim people of Hui origin ** Dungan language ** Dungan, sometimes used to refer to Hui Chinese people generally * Dungan Mountains in Sibi Dist ...
(now uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) *
Dogri Dogri ( Name Dogra Akkhar: ; Devanagari: डोगरी; Nastaliq: ; ) is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India, with smaller groups of speakers in adjoining regions of western Himachal Prad ...
(also uses
Devanāgarī Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system), based on the a ...
in India and
Takri script The Tākri script (Takri (Chamba): ; Takri (Jammu/Dogra): ; sometimes called Tankri ) is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts. It is derived from the Sharada script formerly employed for Kashmiri. It is the sister script ...
) * Dyula * French in Algeria and other parts of North Africa during the French colonial period. *
Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...
used by Muslims from the 14th century to the 16th century, now the Arabic script for Filipino is extinct and is replaced by Spanish in Latin script, which uses the letter Ñ as an extra letter. *
Fulani The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people ( ff, Fulɓe, ; french: Peul, links=no; ha, Fulani or Hilani; pt, Fula, links=no; wo, Pël; bm, Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region. ...
(on occasion) * Gilaki *
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
(on occasion in certain areas of
Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
and
Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
) * Harari (originally, now uses the Ge'ez script) *
Hausa Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...
(on occasion) * Ingush (at the beginning of the 20th century) * Javanese (see
Pegon alphabet Pegon ( Javanese and Sundanese: , ; also known as , ) was a modified Arabic script used to write the Javanese, Sundanese, and Madurese languages, as an alternative to the Latin script or the Javanese script and the old Sundanese script. ...
) * Jola-Fonyi *
Judeo-Arabic languages Judeo-Arabic dialects (, ; ; ) are ethnolects formerly spoken by Jews throughout the Arabic-speaking world. Under the ISO 639 international standard for language codes, Judeo-Arabic is classified as a macrolanguage under the code jrb, encomp ...
**
Judeo-Tunisian Arabic Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, also known as Judeo-Tunisian, is a variety of Tunisian Arabic mainly spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Tunisia. Speakers are older adults, and the younger generation has only a passive knowledge of the language. ...
*
Judaeo-Spanish Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script: , Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: ), also known as Ladino, is a Romance languages, Romance language derived from Old Spanish language, Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain ...
(until the 20th century) * Kanuri (on occasion) * Karakalpak (before 1928) *
Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to: * People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir * Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley * Kashmiri language, their language People with the name * Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...
* Kazakh in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
*
Khowar Khowar () or Chitrali, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in Chitral and surrounding areas in Pakistan. Khowar is the lingua franca of Chitral, and it is also spoken in the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, as we ...
*
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...
(Iran and Iraq) * Kyrgyz * Lak (now uses the Cyrillic script) * Lezgin *
Luri Luri may refer to: * Luri people or Lurs, an Iranian people * Luri language, Western Iranian language continuum spoken by the Lurs * Luri language (Nigeria), dialect of the Afro-Asiatic language Polci * Luri, Haute-Corse, commune in France * Luri ...
* Madurese (with the Pegon alphabet) * Malagasy (until the 19th century) *
Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...
(14th – 20th century) * Mandinka * Marwari (Pakistan) * Mazanderani *
Minangkabau Minangkabau may refer to: * Minangkabau culture, culture of the Minangkabau people * Minangkabau Culture Documentation and Information Center * Minangkabau Express, an airport rail link service serving Minangkabau International Airport (''see belo ...
*
Mozarabic Mozarabic, also called Andalusi Romance, refers to the medieval Romance varieties spoken in the Iberian Peninsula in territories controlled by the Islamic Emirate of Córdoba and its successors. They were the common tongue for the majority of ...
(now extinct) *
Nobiin Nobiin, or Mahas, is a Northern Nubian language of the Nilo-Saharan language family. "Nobiin" is the genitive form of ''Nòòbíí'' ("Nubian") and literally means "(language) of the Nubians". Another term used is ''Noban tamen'', meaning "the ...
(alongside Latin script) * Nogai (before 1928 and Latin 928–1938 now uses the
Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = G ...
) * Ottoman Turkish (extinct) *
Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
*
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
(Iran and Afghanistan) * Punjabi (Pakistan) * Qashqai *
Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...
(also uses the Latin script) * Salar * Saraiki * Sindhi * Somali (see
Wadaad's writing ''Wadaad'' writing, also known as ''Wadaad'' Arabic ( so, Far Wadaad), is the traditional Somali adaptation of written Arabic, as well as the Arabic script as historically used to transcribe the Somali language.Lewis, p.139-140 Originally, it r ...
) * Songhay *
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
(before 16th century, a.k.a.
Aljamiado ''Aljamiado'' (; ; ar, عَجَمِيَة trans. ''ʿajamiyah'' ) or ''Aljamía'' texts are manuscripts that use the Arabic script for transcribing European languages, especially Romance languages such as Mozarabic, Aragonese, Portuguese, Sp ...
) * Swahili (on occasion) * Tajik (formerly) *
Talysh Talysh may refer to: *Talysh people * History of Talysh *Talysh language *Talysh Khanate, in existence from 1747 to 1828 *Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic, a self-declared autonomy, which existed briefly in the south of Azerbaijan in 1993 *Talysh ...
*
Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different
* Tausug *
Tuareg The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern A ...
* Turkish (formerly) * Turkmen (on occasion in
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
) *
Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''
Uyghur * Uzbek (Formerly, now Cyrillic and Latin are more commonly used) * Wakhi *
Wolio Wolio is an Austronesian language spoken in and around Baubau on Buton Island, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Wotu–Wolio branch of the Celebic subgroup. Also known as Buton, it is a trade language and the former court lang ...
*
Wolof Wolof or Wollof may refer to: * Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...
known as '' Wolofal'' *
Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...
in the 17th century with the
Ajami script Ajami ( ar, عجمي, ) or Ajamiyya ( ar, عجمية, ), which comes from the Arabic root for ''foreign'' or ''stranger'', is an Arabic-derived script used for writing African languages, particularly those of Mandé, Hausa and Swahili, although ...
* Zarma (formerly)


Aramaic alphabet

*
Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
(''see''
Garshuni Garshuni or Karshuni ( Syriac alphabet: , Arabic alphabet: ) are Arabic writings using the Syriac alphabet. The word "Garshuni", derived from the word "grasha" which literally translates as "pulling", was used by George Kiraz to coin the term "gars ...
) *
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Suret ( syr, ܣܘܪܝܬ) ( su:rɪtʰor su:rɪθ, also known as Assyrian or Chaldean, refers to the varieties of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (NENA) spoken by ethnic Assyrians, including those identifying as religious groups rather than eth ...
*
Bohtan Neo-Aramaic Bohtan Neo-Aramaic is a dialect of Northeastern Neo-Aramaic originally spoken by ethnic Assyrians on the plain of Bohtan in the Ottoman Empire. Its speakers were displaced during the Assyrian genocide in 1915 and settled in Gardabani, near Rust ...
* Chaldean Neo-Aramaic * Hertevin * Koy Sanjaq Surat * Senaya *
Syriac Syriac may refer to: *Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic *Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region * Syriac alphabet ** Syriac (Unicode block) ** Syriac Supplement * Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
*Turoyo language, Turoyo (also has new Latin-based script) *Mongolian Script, Mongolian


Armenian script

*Armenian language, Armenian *Western Armenian *Classical Armenian *Middle Armenian


ASL-phabet

*Various sign languages **American Sign Language (also si5s, SignWriting, and Stokoe notation)


Borama script

* Somali


Brahmic family and derivatives


Bengali–Assamese script

*Assamese alphabet: **Assamese language, Assamese **Bishnupriya Manipuri language, Bishnupriya Manipuri (with Bengali ra) **Bodo language, Bodo (less common now) **Deori language, Deori **Garo language, Garo **Rangpuri language, Kamtapuri **Karbi language, Karbi (formerly) **Khasi language, Khasi **Koch language, Koch **Rabha language, Rabha **Meitei language, Meitei (officially known as Manipuri) (with Bengali ra) **Mishing language, Mising **Sanskrit **Sylheti language, Sylheti **Tiwa language, Tiwa *Bengali alphabet **Bengali language, Bengali (Bangla) **Sylheti language, Sylheti **Bishnupriya Manipuri language, Bishnupriya Manipuri (with Assamese va) ** Chittagonian **Meitei language, Meitei (officially known as Manipuri) (with Assamese va) **Hajong language, Hajong **Kokborok *Tirhuta, Mithilakshara/Tirhuta (Maithili alphabet) **Maithili Language, Maithili **Anga Lipi ***Angika


Balinese script

*Balinese language


Baybayin script

*Ilokano language, Ilokano (formerly) *Pangasinan language, Pangasinan (formerly) *Tagalog language, Tagalog (formerly) *Bikol language (formerly) *Visayan languages (formerly)


Buhid script

*Buhid language, Buhid


Chakma

*Chakma language, Chakma


Devanagari

*Hindi *Sanskrit *Marathi language, Marathi *Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri *Magadhi *Maithili language, Maithili *Nepali language, Nepali * Sindhi (also written in Arabic script, Arabic) *Konkani language, Konkani (also written in Latin script, Latin and Kannada script, Kannada) *
Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to: * People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir * Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley * Kashmiri language, their language People with the name * Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...
(also written in Arabic script, Arabic) *Bodo language, Bodo *
Dogri Dogri ( Name Dogra Akkhar: ; Devanagari: डोगरी; Nastaliq: ; ) is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India, with smaller groups of speakers in adjoining regions of western Himachal Prad ...
*Santali language, Santali *Chhattisgarhi language, Chhattisgarhi *Nepal Bhasa (mainly written in Ranjana script, Ranjana Script)


Gujarati script

*Gujarati language, Gujarati


Hanunó'o script

*Hanunoo language, Hanunó'o


Javanese script (Hanacaraka)

* Javanese


Kaithi script

*Awadhi language, Awadhi *Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri *Magahi language, Magahi *Maithili language, Maithili


Kannada script

*Kannada *Konkani language, Konkani (In Karnataka) *Tulu language, Tulu *Kodava language, Kodava *Badaga language, Badaga (formerly) *Beary bashe (also written in Latin) *Sankethi language, Sankethi


Khmer script

*Khmer language, Khmer


Kulitan alphabet

*Kapampangan language, Kapampangan


Laṇḍā scripts


Gurmukhi script

* Punjabi (also written in Shahmukhi, a variant of the Arabic script)


Khojki

* Sindhi (formerly)


Khudawadi

* Sindhi (formerly)


Mahajani script

* Punjabi (formerly)


Multani script

* Punjabi (formerly)


Lao script

*Lao language, Lao


Leke script

*Eastern Pwo language, Eastern Pwo


Lepcha script

*Lepcha language, Lepcha


Limbu script

*Limbu language, Limbu


Lontara script

*Makassarese language, Makassarese *Buginese language, Buginese *Mandar language, Mandar


Malayalam script

*Malayalam


Meitei Mayek

*Meitei language, Meitei (officially known as Manipuri)


Tirhuta/Mithilakshar

*Maithili language, Maithili


Modi

*Marathi language, Marathi (formerly)


Mongolian

*Mongolian language, Mongolian


Myanmar script

*Burmese language, Burmese *Karen languages, Karen **Geba Karen language, Geba Karen **Pa-O language, Pa-O **Pwo Karen languages, Pwo Karen **S'gaw Karen language, S'gaw Karen *Mon language, Mon *Palaung language, Rumai Palaung *Shan language, Shan


Odia script

*Odia language, Odia * Sanskrit * Kui language (India), Kui * Sora language, Sora * Kuvi * Santali language, Santali * Chhattisgarhi language, Chhattisgarhi * Halbi language, Halbi * Sambalpuri language, Sambalpuri


'Phags-pa script

*
Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
(formerly) *Mongolian language, Mongolian (formerly) *Sanskrit (formerly) *Tibetic languages, Tibetan (for decorative purposes) * Uyghur (formerly)


Ranjana

*Nepal Bhasa


Saurashtra

*Saurashtra language, Saurashtra


Sinhala script

*Sinhala language, Sinhala *Elu *Vedda language, Vedda


Sundanese script

*Sundanese language, Sundanese


Sylhet Nagri script

*Sylheti language, Sylheti *Barman language, Barman Kachari *Bengali dialects (historical)


Tagbanwa script

*Palawan languages


Tamil script

*Tamil language, Tamil *Badagas, Badaga *Irula language, Irula *Kanikkaran *Paniya *Saurashtra language, Saurashtra


Telugu script

*Telugu language, Telugu *Sanskrit *Gondi language, Gondi


Thaana script

*Dhivehi language, Dhivehi (Maldivian) *Malé Latin


Thai script

*Thai language, Thai *Kelantan-Pattani Malay


Tibetan script

*Tibetic languages, Tibetan *Dzongkha *Ladakhi language, Ladakhi *Sikkimese language, Sikkimese *Sherpa language, Sherpa *Zhang-Zhung language, Zhang-Zhung (extinct)


Canadian Aboriginal script

*Blackfoot language, Blackfoot *Chipewyan language, Chipewyan *Cree language, Cree *Dakelh language, Dakelh *Dane-zaa language, Dane-zaa *Inuktitut language, Inuktitut *Ojibwe language, Ojibwe *Sekani language, Sekani *Slavey language, Slavey *Dogrib language, Tłįchǫ


Caucasian Albanian alphabet

*Udi language, Udi (formerly)


Cherokee script

*Cherokee language, Cherokee


Coptic alphabet

*Coptic language (extinct, still in use liturgically)


Cyrillic script

* Belarusian (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
in the past) * Bosnian (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian *
Dungan Dungan may refer to: * Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dungan * Dungan people, a group of Muslim people of Hui origin ** Dungan language ** Dungan, sometimes used to refer to Hui Chinese people generally * Dungan Mountains in Sibi Dist ...
*
Judaeo-Spanish Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script: , Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: ), also known as Ladino, is a Romance languages, Romance language derived from Old Spanish language, Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain ...
(also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
, others) * Kazakh (to be replaced with Latin script by 2025) * Kyrgyz * Macedonian language, Macedonian * Mongolian language, Mongolian (also Mongolian script and
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) * Montenegrin language, Montenegrin (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
in the past) * Russian language, Russian * Serbian language, Serbian (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
, not official) * Ukrainian language, Ukrainian * Tajik language, Persian (Tajikistan and Uzbekistan)


Bosnian Cyrillic alphabet (bosančica)

*Croatian language, Croatian (formerly) * Bosnian (formerly)


Ge'ez script (Ethiopia and Eritrea)

*Amharic language, Amharic *Ge'ez language, Ge'ez *Tigrinya language, Tigrinya *Tigre language, Tigre * Harari *Blin language, Blin *Me'en language, Me'en (formerly) *Oromo language, Oromo (formerly)


Georgian script

*Georgian language, Georgian *Laz language, Laz (sometimes Latin) *Mingrelian language, Mingrelian *Svan language, Svan


Glagolitic alphabet

*Old Church Slavonic (extinct, still in use liturgically) *Languages of Croatia, Croatian (formerly)


Gothic alphabet

*Gothic language, Gothic (extinct)


Greek script

*
Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
*Coptic language, Coptic Egyptian *Bactrian language, Bactrian (extinct) *Gaulish language, Gaulish (extinct) – Written in both Greek and Latin scripts *
Judaeo-Spanish Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew alphabet, Hebrew script: , Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: ), also known as Ladino, is a Romance languages, Romance language derived from Old Spanish language, Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain ...
(also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) *Karamanli Turkish (extinct)


Chinese characters and derivatives

*Sinitic languages, Sinitic **Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin (
Dungan Dungan may refer to: * Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dungan * Dungan people, a group of Muslim people of Hui origin ** Dungan language ** Dungan, sometimes used to refer to Hui Chinese people generally * Dungan Mountains in Sibi Dist ...
uses Cyrillic alphabet) **Yue Chinese, Yue which includes Cantonese **Wu Chinese, Wu which includes Shanghainese **Min Chinese, Min which includes Taiwanese Minnan, Taiwanese (most varieties also use Latin alphabet) **Xiang Chinese, Xiang **Hakka Chinese, Hakka **Gan Chinese, Gan **Jin Chinese, Jin (sometimes considered part of Mandarin) **Huizhou Chinese, Huizhou (sometimes considered part of Wu) **Pinghua Chinese, Ping (sometimes considered part of Yue) * Minority languages in China **Dong language (China), Dong **Bai language, Bai (obsolete) **Miao languages, Miao (obsolete) **Zhuang languages, Zhuang, with Zhuang logograms *Japanese language, Japanese (kanji plus kana derivative) *Korean language, Korean (hanja) (used in academic texts and newspapers along with official documents) *Vietnamese language, Vietnamese (Han-Nom) (used in historic or academic texts, or for artistic or aesthetic purposes, but in general use virtually extinct) * Extinct languages ** Khitan language, Khitan, written in Khitan large script, large and Khitan small script, small Khitan scripts ** Jurchen language, Jurchen, written in Jurchen script ** Tangut language, Tangut, written in Tangut script


Hangul

*Korean language, Korean *Cia-Cia language, Cia-Cia *Jeju language, Jeju


Hebrew script

*Aramaic (and other writing systems) *Bukhori *Hebrew *Hulaula *Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Urmia *Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho *Judeo-Iraqi Arabic *Judeo-Moroccan *Judeo-Tripolitanian Arabic *
Judeo-Tunisian Arabic Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, also known as Judeo-Tunisian, is a variety of Tunisian Arabic mainly spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Tunisia. Speakers are older adults, and the younger generation has only a passive knowledge of the language. ...
*Judeo-Portuguese *Judeo-Spanish (originally Rashi script, and other writing systems) *Judeo-Yemenite *Lishanid Noshan *Iranian languages, Iranian *Shuadit *Yiddish *Zarphatic


Old Italic script

*Italic languages, Italic (extinct)


Kaddare script

* Somali


Kana

*Japanese language, Japanese (plus kanji) *Ryukyuan language, Ryukyuan (plus kanji) *Ainu language, Ainu slightly modified variety of katakana, which enable the ability to represent final consonants


Kharosthi

*Kharosthi (extinct)


Khitan scripts

*Khitan language, Khitan (extinct)


Latin script

* Acehnese (also uses the Arabic script) * Afar (formerly used the Arabic script) * Afrikaans * Albanian language, Albanian * Aragonese language, Aragonese * Asturian language, Asturian * Aymara language, Aymara * Azerbaijani language, Azeri (formerly used the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Bai language, Bai * Banjar (also uses the Arabic script) * Basque language, Basque * Belarusian (also uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
, and occasionally the Lacinka alphabet) * Betawi language, Betawi * Berber / Berber language, Tamazight (Algeria, Morocco, Mali, Niger) * Bislama * Boholano language, Boholano (formerly used Baybayin) * Bosnian (also uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Breton language, Breton * Catalan language, Catalan * Cebuano language, Cebuano * Chamorro language, Chamorro * Cherokee language, Cherokee (also uses the Cherokee script) * Cornish language, Cornish * Corsican language, Corsican * Croatian language, Croatian * Cree language, Cree * Czech language, Czech * Danish language, Danish * Dayak language, Dayak * Dutch language, Dutch * English language, English * Esperanto * Estonian language, Estonian * Faroese language, Faroese * Fijian language, Fijian * Finnish language, Finnish * French * Pulaar language, Fula (Pulaar) * Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic (Scottish) * Galician language, Galician * German language, German * Gikuyu language, Gikuyu * Guarani language, Guaraní * Haitian Creole *
Hausa Hausa may refer to: * Hausa people, an ethnic group of West Africa * Hausa language, spoken in West Africa * Hausa Kingdoms, a historical collection of Hausa city-states * Hausa (horse) or Dongola horse, an African breed of riding horse See also ...
(formerly used the Arabic script) * Hawaiian language, Hawaiian * Hiri Motu * Hmong language, Hmong * Hungarian language, Hungarian * Icelandic language, Icelandic * Ido language, Ido * Igbo language, Igbo * Ilocano language, Ilocano (formerly used Baybayin) * Indonesian language, Indonesian * Interlingua * Innu-aimun * Irish language, Irish * Italian language, Italian * Javanese (also uses the Javanese script) * Judeo-Spanish (also used other scripts) * Kabyle language, Kabylian Berber * Khasi language, Khasi (also uses the Bengali alphabet, Bengali script) * Kazakh (formerly used the Arabic script; used alongside the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Kinyarwanda * Klingon language (also uses its own fictional writing system.) * Kirundi * Kikongo language, Kongo * Konkani *
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...
(Kurmanji) * Latin * Latvian language, Latvian * Laz language, Laz * Leonese language, Leonese * Lingala language, Lingala * Lithuanian language, Lithuanian * Luganda * Luxembourgish * Māori language, Māori * Malagasy *
Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...
(also uses the Arabic script) * Maltese language, Maltese * Manx language, Manx * Marshallese language, Marshallese * Mauritian Creole * Min Chinese, Min (also uses the Chinese characters) *
Minangkabau Minangkabau may refer to: * Minangkabau culture, culture of the Minangkabau people * Minangkabau Culture Documentation and Information Center * Minangkabau Express, an airport rail link service serving Minangkabau International Airport (''see belo ...
(also uses the Arabic script) * Moldovan language, Moldovan (also uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Montenegrin language, Montenegrin (also uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Nahuatl (after the Spanish conquest) * Nauruan language, Nauruan * Navajo language, Navaho or Navajo * Nias language, Nias * Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele (Northern) * Southern Ndebele language, Ndebele (Southern) * North Frisian language, North Frisian * Norwegian language, Norwegian * Occitan language, Occitan * Oromo language, Oromo (formerly used the Ge'ez alphabet, Ge'ez script) * Palauan language, Palauan * Picard language, Picard * Polish language, Polish * Portuguese language, Portuguese * Quechua language, Quechua *
Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an ...
(formerly used the Arabic script) * Romanian language, Romanian (formerly used the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet) * Romansh language, Romansh * Samoan language, Samoan * Sasak language, Sasak * Saterland Frisian language, Saterland Frisian * Scots language, Scots * Serbian language, Serbian (officially uses the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Seychellois creole * Shona language, Shona * Slovak language, Slovak * Slovene language, Slovene * Somali (formerly used the Arabic script and the Osmanya script) * Northern Sotho language, Sotho (Northern) * Southern Sotho language, Sotho (Southern) *
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
* Sundanese language, Sundanese (also uses the Sundanese script) * Swahili * Swedish language, Swedish * Swati language, Swati * Tagalog language, Tagalog (formerly used Baybayin) * Tahitian language, Tahitian *
Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different
(formerly used the Arabic script, then Janalif, and then the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Tetum language, Tetum * Tok Pisin * Toki Pona (also uses two logographic writing systems: and ) * Tongan language, Tongan * Tsonga language, Tsonga * Tswana language, Tswana * Tunisian Arabic (also uses the Arabic script) * Turkish * Turkmen (formerly used the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
) * Turoyo language, Turoyo (formerly used the Syriac alphabet) * Uzbek (formerly used the Arabic script and then the
Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...
; the latter still in widespread use) * Venda language, Venda * Vietnamese language, Vietnamese (formerly used Han-Nom) * Vastese * Volapük * Võro language, Võro * Walloon language, Walloon * Welsh language, Welsh * West Frisian language, West Frisian *
Wolof Wolof or Wollof may refer to: * Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania * The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...
* Xhosa language, Xhosa *
Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...
* Zazaki * Zhuang languages, Zhuang * Zulu language, Zulu


Meetei Mayek

* Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language)


Mesoamerican scripts


Epi-Olmec script

*Olmec (extinct)


Maya script

(Almost extinct although still used in some areas) *Achi language, Achi *Akatek language, Akatek *Awakatek language, Awakatek *Chicomuceltec language, Chicomuceltec (extinct) *Chontal Maya language, Chontal *Ch'ol language, Ch'ol *Ch'olti' language, Ch'olti' (extinct) *Ch'orti' language, Ch'orti' *Chuj language, Chuj *Huastec language, Huastec *Itza' language, Itza' *Ixil language, Ixil *Jakaltek language, Jakaltek *Kaqchikel language, Kaqchikel *Kaqchikel–K'iche' Mixed Language, Kaqchikel–K'iche' *K'iche' language, K'iche' *Lacandon language, Lacandon *Mam language, Mam *Mocho' language, Mocho' *Mopan Maya language, Mopan *Poqomam language, Poqomam *Poqomchi' language, Poqomchi' *Q'anjob'al language, Q'anjob'al *Q'eqchi' language, Q'eqchi' *Sakapultek language, Sakapultek *Sipakapense language, Sipakapense *Tektitek language, Tektitek *Tojolab'al language, Tojolab'al *Tzeltal language, Tzeltal *Tzotzil language, Tzotzil *Tz'utujil language, Tz'utujil *Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec


Mixtec script

(Almost extinct although still used in some areas) *Trique language, Trique *Cuicatec language, Cuicatec *Mixtec language, Mixtec


Nahuat hieroglyphs

(Now uses Spanish alphabet) *Nahuatl


Olmec script

*Olmec (extinct)


Zapotec script

* Aloápam Zapotec * Amatlán Zapotec * Asunción Mixtepec Zapotec * Ayoquezco Zapotec * Cajonos Zapotec * Chichicápam Zapotec * Choápam Zapotec * Coatecas Altas Zapotec * Santo Domingo Coatlán Zapotec * El Alto Zapotec * Elotepec Zapotec * Guevea Zapotec * Güilá Zapotec * Isthmus Zapotec * Lachiguiri Zapotec * Lachixío Zapotec * Lapaguía Zapotec * Loxicha Zapotec * Mazaltepec Zapotec * Miahuatlán Zapotec * Mitla Zapotec * San Juan Mixtepec Zapotec * Ocotlán Zapotec * Ozolotepec Zapotec * Petapa Zapotec * Quiavicuzas Zapotec * Quioquitani Zapotec * Rincón Zapotec * San Agustín Mixtepec Zapotec * San Baltázar Loxicha Zapotec * Guelavía Zapotec * Quiatoni Zapotec * San Vicente Zapotec * Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec * Yatzeche Zapotec * Quiegolani Zapotec * Xánica Zapotec * Albarradas Zapotec * Ixtlán Zapotec * Yavesía Zapotec * Rincón Zapotec * Tabaá Zapotec * Tejalapan Zapotec * Texmelucan Zapotec * Tilquiapan Zapotec * Tlacolulita Zapotec * Totomachapan Zapotec * Xadani Zapotec * Xanaguía Zapotec * Yalálag Zapotec * Ixtlán Zapotec * Yatee Zapotec * Yatzachi Zapotec * San Bartolo Yautepec Zapotec * Zaachila Zapotec * Zaniza Zapotec * Zoogocho Zapotec


Takalik Abaj and Kaminaljuyú scripts

*Mixe-Zoque languages, Mixe-Zoquean *Proto-Mayan language, Proto-Maya


Mongolian and related scripts


Old Uyghur alphabet

* Uyghur (formerly)


Mongolian script

*Mongolian language, Mongolian (also Cyrillic)


Manchu script

*Manchu language, Manchu *Xibe language, Xibe


Munda scripts


Sorang Sompeng

*Sora language, Sora


Ol Cemet'

*Santali language, Santali


Warang Citi

*Ho language, Ho


N'Ko script

*N'ko


Naxi script

*Naxi language, Naxi (obsolete)


Nsibidi

*Ekoid languages, Ekoi *Igbo language, Igbo *Ibibio language, Ibibio


Ogham

*Primitive Irish *Pictish language, Pictish *Old Welsh *British Latin


Osmanya script

* Somali


Pahawh Hmong

*Hmong language, Hmong


Old Permic alphabet

*Komi language, Komi (formerly)


Runic script

*Proto-Norse inscriptions *Old Norse language, Old Norse (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) *Old Danish (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) *Old English language, Old English/Anglo-Saxon (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) *Old Frisian (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) *Old High German (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
) *Old Dutch (also
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
)


si5s

*Various sign languages **American Sign Language (also ASL-phabet, SignWriting, and Stokoe notation)


SignWriting

*Various sign languages **American Sign Language (also, ASL-phabet, si5s, and Stokoe notation) **British Sign Language **Nicaraguan Sign Language


Stokoe notation

*Various sign languages **American Sign Language (also, ASL-phabet, si5s, and SignWriting)


Old Turkic script

*Old Turkic language (extinct)


Old Hungarian alphabet

*Hungarian language, Hungarian (revived for decorative purposes only. In use:
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...
)


Tifinagh

*Berber languages, Berber / Tamazight (Morocco) *
Tuareg The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern A ...


Yezidi script

*Yezidi language, Yezidi


Yi script

*Nuosu language, Nuosu


References

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