Alphabet
28 scripts
Latin Alphabet
The most widely used writing system on Earth. Derived from the Etruscan alphabet which cam...
Cyrillic
Created by disciples of Saints Cyril and Methodius. Used by over 250 million people across...
Greek Alphabet
The ancestor of both Latin and Cyrillic scripts. 24 letters from alpha to omega. The first...
Korean Hangul
Invented by King Sejong the Great and a team of scholars. Only takes days to learn, compar...
Georgian Alphabet
Three distinct historical scripts: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri, and Mkhedruli. Mkhedruli has 33 ...
Armenian Alphabet
Invented by Mesrop Mashtots, a monk and linguist. Has 36 original letters, later expanded ...
Mongolian Script
Written vertically in columns from left to right. Derived from the Uyghur script which cam...
Nko Script
Invented by Solomana Kante for Manding languages. Written right to left. Has 19 consonants...
Osmanya Script
Invented by Osman Yusuf Kenadid for the Somali language. Has 22 consonants and 5 vowels. W...
Tifinagh
Used by the Tuareg people across the Sahara. Descended from the ancient Libyco-Berber scri...
Coptic Alphabet
The final stage of the ancient Egyptian writing tradition. Uses Greek letters with 7 addit...
Glagolitic
The oldest known Slavic alphabet, created by Saints Cyril and Methodius. Has 41 letters. R...
Ogham
An early medieval alphabet used for primitive Irish. Written along the edge of a stone fro...
Runic Alphabet
Used by Germanic peoples before adopting Latin script. The Elder Futhark had 24 runes. The...
International Phonetic Alphabet
A standardized system for representing every sound in human language. Has 107 letters and ...
Proto-Sinaitic
The earliest known alphabetic writing, scratched by Semitic workers in Egyptian turquoise ...
Avestan
Created specifically to record the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism. Developed f...
Meroitic
The writing of the kingdom of Kush at Meroe in Nubia. Two forms: hieroglyphic for monument...
Manchu Script
Adapted from the Mongolian script for the Manchu founders of the Qing dynasty. Written ver...
Orkhon Script
The writing of the Gokturk khaganates, named for inscriptions in the Orkhon valley. Also c...
Old Hungarian Script
Also called rovasiras or Hungarian runes. Carved into sticks and stone before the Latin al...
Gothic Alphabet
Invented by Bishop Wulfila to translate the Bible into the Gothic language. Largely based ...
Etruscan Alphabet
The alphabet of ancient Etruria, adapted from Greek letters brought by traders. In turn it...
Deseret Alphabet
A 38-letter English alphabet devised at the University of Deseret, now Utah. Promoted by t...
Shavian Alphabet
A phonetic alphabet for English funded by the will of playwright George Bernard Shaw. 48 l...
Adlam Script
Created by two teenage brothers, Ibrahima and Abdoulaye Barry, for the Fulani language. Wr...
Bassa Vah
An alphabet for the Bassa language of Liberia. Possibly rooted in older Bassa signs revive...
Borama Script
Also called Gadabuursi script, an alphabet for Somali devised by Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh ...