Egypt
5 scripts
Coptic Alphabet
The final stage of the ancient Egyptian writing tradition. Uses Greek letters with 7 addit...
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Over 7,000 known symbols, about 1,000 commonly used. Combines logographic and alphabetic e...
Hieratic
The cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs, written with ink on papyrus. Developed at nearly...
Demotic
The everyday script of late Egypt, from a Greek word meaning popular. Evolved from hierati...
Proto-Sinaitic
The earliest known alphabetic writing, scratched by Semitic workers in Egyptian turquoise ...