The most widely used writing systems are the Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic alphabets. An index of all the languages of all the languages featured on this site is available in the language index.
Some languages have been written with a number of different writing systems over the years. For example, in Central Asia many languages were originally written with the Arabic alphabet, then switched to the Latin alphabet during the 1920s, then to the Cyrillic alphabet during the 1930s or 1940s. Some of them switched back to the Latin alphabet during the 1990s or in the early 21st century.
Writing systems used to write more than one language
Arabic | Baybayin | Bengali | Buhid | Burmese | Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics | Chinese | Cuneiform | Cyrillic | Devanagari | Ge'ez (Ethiopic) | Georgian | Gujarati | Gurmukhi | Hebrew | Kannada | Kharosthi | Kathi | Khojki | Lao | Latin | Lontara | Malayalam | Mwangwego | N'ko | Ogham | Oriya | Phags-pa | Runic | Syriac | Sharda | Soyombo | Takri | Tibetan | TifinaghWriting system (mainly) used to write one language
Ahom | Akkadian Cuneiform | Ancient Berber | Ancient Egyptian Demotic | Ancient Egyptian Hieratic | Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic | Ancient Latin | Aramaic | Armenian | Avestan | Balinese | Bamum | Bassa (Vah) | Batak | Beitha Kukju | Blackfoot | Borama | Brahmi | Carian | Caroline Island Script | Carpathian Basin Rovas | Carrier | Caucasian Albanian | Celtiberian | Chakma | Cham | Cherokee | Chữ-nôm | Coorgi-Cox | Coptic | Cree | Cypriot | Dalecarlian Runes | Dehong Dai | Deseret | Dhives Akuru | Elbasan | Elamite | Eskayan | Etruscan | Evela Akuru | Faliscan | Fraser | Glagolitic | Gondi | Gothic | Grantha | Greek | Hanunó'o | Hiragana | Iberian | Inutitut | Javanese | Jurchen | Katakana | Kayah Li | Khazarian Rovas | Khitan | Khmer | Kirat Rai | Korean (Hangeul) | Kpelle | Lanna | Lepcha | Limbu | Linear A | Linear B | Loma | Luwian | Lycian | Lydian | Manchu | Mandaic | Manipuri | Marsiliana | Mayan | Mende | Meroïtic | Messapic | Middle Adriatic / South Picene | Middle Persian | Modi | Mongolian | Nabataean | Naskapi | Naxi | Ndjuka | New Tai Lue | North Picene | Nüshu | Oirat Clear Script | Ojibwe | Old Church Slavonic | Old Permic | Old Persian Cuneiform | Old Uyghur | Orkhon / Old Turkic | Oscan | Osmanya (Somali) | Pahawh Hmong | Pallava | Parthian | Phoenician | Phrygian | Psalter | Proto-Sinaitic / Proto-Canaanite | Punic | Ranjana | Redjang | Rongo Rongo | Sabaean | Samaritan | Santali | Shan | Siddham | Sindhi | Székely-Hungarian Rovás (Hungarian Runes) | Sinhala | Sorang Sompeng | Sourashtra | Sumerian Cuneiform | Sundanese | Syloti-Nagri | Tagbanwa | Tai Dam | Tamil | Tangut | Telugu | Thaana | Thai | Tocharian | Todhri | Tolong Siki | Tulu | Ugaritic | Umbrian | Vai | Varang Kshiti | Yi |If you can't find a particular writing system or language here, please look in the A-Z index or the Language index.
Arabic script
Arabic, Äynu, Azeri, Baluchi, Beja, Bosnian, Brahui, Crimean Tatar, Dari, Gilaki, Hausa, Kabyle, Karakalpak, Konkani, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khowar, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Malay, Marwari, Mandekan, Mazandarani | Morisco, Pashto, Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Salar, Saraiki, Shabaki, Sindhi, Somali, Tatar, Tausūg, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, UzbekSome of these languages, such as Bosnian and Turkish, were once written with the Arabic alphabet, but nowadays are normally written with a different alphabet, such as Latin or Cyrillic.
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Baybayin syllabary
Iloko, Kapampangan, TagalogBengali script (Eastern Nagari / Eastern Neo-Brahmic script)
Bengali, Garo, Manipuri, Mundari, SylhetiAlso used to write: Bishnupriya, Bodo, Chakma, Chiru, Koda, Nisi, Deori, Dimasa, Hajong, Koch, Khasi, Kudmali, Tiwa, Sauria Paharia, Miri, Chothe Naga, Thangal Naga, Moyon Naga, Maring Naga, Rabha, Rangpuri, Santali, Sadri, Oraon Sadri, Sulung, Panchpargania, Tippera, Kok Borok, Toto and Usui.
Source: http://scriptsource.org/scr/Beng
Buhid script
Buhid, TagalogBurmese script
Burmese, Karen, Mon
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Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Blackfoot, Carrier, Chipewyan, Cree, Inuktitut, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Oji-CreeChinese script
Chinese (hanzi), Cantonese (honji), Japanese (kanji), Korean (hanja), Vietnamese (chữ-nôm)Cuneiform scripts
Akkadian Cuneiform script, Elamite Cuneiform, Hittite Cuneiform, Old Persian Cuneiform, Sumerian Cuneiform, Ugaritic CuneiformCyrillic alphabet
Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Akhvakh, Altay, Andi, Archi, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Avar, Azeri, Bagvalal, Balkar, Bashkir, Bats, Belarusian, Botlikh, Budukh, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chamalal, Chechen, Chukchi, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dargwa, Dungan, Enets, Erzya, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Itelmen, Kabardian, Khinalug, Juhuri, Kalmyk, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karata, Kazakh, Ket, Khakas, Khanty, Khwarshi, Kildin Sámi, Komi, Koryak, Krymchak, Kryts, Kubachi, Kumyk, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgi, Lingua Franca Nova, Macedonian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Moldovan, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nanai, Nenets, Nivkh, Nogai, Old Church Slavonic, Orok, Ossetian, Russian, Ruthenian, Rutul, Serbian, Shor, Slovio, Tabassaran, Tajik, Talysh, Tat, Tatar, Tindi, Tofa, Tsakhur, Tsez, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ubykh, Udi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Votic, Yaghnobi, Yakut, Yukaghir, Yupik
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Devanagari script
Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Kurukh, Maithili, Marathi, Marwari, Mundari, Nepal Bhasa / Newari, Nepali, Pali, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sunuwar, SylhetiGe'ez (Ethiopic) script
Amharic, Argobba, Awngi, Blin, Chaha, Dizin, Ge'ez, Harari, Inor, Silt'e, Tigre, Tigrinya, Xamtanga
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Georgian alphabet
Georgian, Laz, Mingrelian, SvanGreek alphabet
Arvanitic, GreekToday the Greek alphabet is used to write Greek and occasionally Arvanitic, however at various times in the past it has been used to write such languages as Lydian, Phrygia, Thracian, Ancient Macedonian, Gaulish, Hebrew, Arabic, Old Ossetic, Albanian, Turkish, Aromanian, Gagauz, Surguch and Urum.
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Gujarati script
Gujarati, KutchiAlso used to write Sanskrit and Hindi .
Gurmukhi script
PunjabiAlso used to write such languages as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli (and other Hindustani dialects), Sanskrit and Sindhi.
Hebrew script
Aramaic, Bukhori, Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Juhuri, Karaim, Ladino, YiddishKaithi script
Bhojpuri, Maghadi, Urdu, Awadhi, Maithili, BengaliKannada script
Kannada, Kodava, Konkani, TuluKharosthi script
Gandhari and SanskritKhojki script
Sindhi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Persian and other languagesKorean (Hangeul) script
Cia-Cia, Korean
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Lao script
LaoAlso used to write: Tai Dam, Lave, Eastern Bru, Western Bru, Mong Njua, Iu Mien, Jeh, Kuy, Kataang, Lü, Khmu, Western Katu, Lamet, Hmong Daw, Ngeq, Pacoh, Phunoi, Upper Ta'oih and Lower Ta'oih
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Latin/Roman alphabet
Abenaki, Acehnese, Acholi, Achuar-Shiwiar, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Alabama, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquin, Alsatian, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anutan, Apache, Arabela, Aragonese, Aranese, Arapaho, Aromanian, Arrernte, Arvanitic, Asturian, Atayal, Aymara, Azeri, Bambara, Baniwa, Bashkir, Basque, Belarusian, Bemba, Bikol, Bislama, Bora, Bouyei, Brahui, Breton, Burushaski, Bushi, Catalan, Cayuga, Cebuano, Central Sinama, Chamorro, Cha'palaachi, Chavacano, Chechen, Cheyenne, Chinanteco, Cimbrian, Chichewa, Chickasaw, Chipewyan, Chippewa, Choctaw, Chuukese, Cofán, Comanche, Cornish, Corsican, Cape Verdean Creole, Creek, Croatian, Crow, Czech, Dagbani, Danish, Dawan, Delaware, Massachusett, Dholuo, Dinka, Drehu, Duala, Dusun, Dutch, Elfdalian, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe, Ewondo, Eyak, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, Folkspraak, Fox, French, French Guianese Creole, Frisian, Friulian, Fula(ni), Futunan, Ga, Gagauz, Galician, Gallo, Ganda, Garifuna, Garo, Genoese, German, Gooniyandi, Greenlandic, Guadeloupean Creole, Guambiano, Guarani, Guernésiais, Gugadja/Kukatja, Gwich’in, Haida, Haitian Creole, Hän, Hausa, Hawaiian, Herero, Hiligaynon, Hixkaryana, Hopi, Hotcąk, Hungarian, Huasteco, Iban, Icelandic, Ido, Igbo, Iloko, Inari Sámi, Indonesian, Ingrian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Iñupiaq, Irish, Italian, Iu Mien, Jamaican, Javanese, Jèrriais (Jersey Norman French), Juǀʼhoan, Juhuri, Kabyle, Kadazandusun, Kaingang, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kam, Kanuri, Kapampangan, Kaqchikel, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karamojong, Karelian, Kashubian, Kazakh, Ket, Khakas, Khoekhoe, Ki'che', Kinyarwanda, Kiribati, Kirundi, Klallam, Klamath, Koasati, Kolam, Konkani, Koya, Kumyk, Kuna, Kurdish, Kven, Kwakiutl, Ladin, Lingala, Latin, Latino sine Flexione, Latvian, Lingua Franca Nova, Lithuanian, Livonian, Lojban, Lombard, Low Saxon, Lule Sámi, Luxembourgish, Maasai, Madurese, Makhuwa, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mam, Mandekan, Manx, Māori, Mapuche, Marshallese, Massachusett, Mauritian Creole, Mazahua, Mazatec, Meriam Mir, Miami, Mikasuki, Mi'kmaq, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Miskito, Mixtec, Mizo, Mohawk, Montagnais, Montenegrin, Moriori, Mossi, Mundari, Murrinh-Patha, Murui Huitoto, Nagamese, Nahuatl, Nama, Naskapi, Nauruan, Navajo, Naxi, Ndebele, Neapolitan, Nenets, Ngiyambaa, Nheengatu, Nias, Niuean, Noongar, Norn, Norwegian, North Frisian, North Sámi, Northern Sotho, Novial, Nuer, Nuosu (Yi), Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka), Nǁng, Occidental, Occitan, Okinawan, O'odham, Oneida, Old Norse, OshiWambo, Ossetian, Otomi, Ottawa, Paama, Palauan, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Pennsylvania German, Piedmontese, Pijin, Pipil, Pirahã, Pite Sámi, Pitjantjatjara, Pohnpeian, Polish, Pomo (Eastern), Porja, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Purepecha, Q'eqchi', Quechua, Raga, Rarotongan, Ronga, Rotokas, Romanian, Romansh, Romany, Rotuman, Saami/Sámi, Saanich, Sakao, Salar, Samoan, Sango, Saramaccan, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Seri, Seychelles Creole, Shavante, Shawnee, Shetland(ic), Shilluk, Shona, Shoshone, Sicilian, Silesian, Sioux, Skolt Sámi, Slovak, Slovene, Slovio, Somali, Sorbian, South Sámi, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan, Susu, Swahili, Swati/Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tatar, Taiwanese, Talysh, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, Tariana, Tausūg, Tepehuán, Ter Sámi, Tetum, Tlingit, Tok Pisin, Tokelauan, Tongan, Toraja-Sa'dan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tsotsil, Tswa, Tswana, Tuareg, Tucano, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuscarora, Tuvaluan, Tuvan, Twi, Tzeltal, Udi, Ume Sámi, Uyghur, Uzbek, Venda, Venetian, Veps, Vietnamese, Volapük, Võro, Wakhi, Walloon, Warlpiri, Waray-Waray, Wayuu, Welsh, West Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Winnebago, Wiradjuri, Wolaytta, Wolof, Wynadot, Xhosa, Yaghnobi, Yapese, Yaqui, Yindjibarndi, Yolngu, Yoruba, Yucatec Maya, Yurok, Záparo, Zapotec, Zarma, Zazaki, Zhuang, Zulu, Zuni
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Lontara script
Bugis, Makassarese, MandarMalayalam script
Konkani, MalayalamN'ko script
Bambara, Dioula, ManinkaMwangwego script
Languages of Malawi, including Chibemba, Chichewa, Chilambya, Chilomwe, Chimambwe, Chindali, Chingoni, Chinyiha, Chinyika, Chisena, Chisenga, Chisukwa, Chitonga, Chitumbuka, Chiyao, Kinyakyusa, Kyangonde.Ogham alphabet
Archaic Irish, Old Welsh, LatinOriya script
Mundari, Oriya
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Phags-pa script
Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, SanskritPollard script
A-Hmao, Lipo, Sichuan Miao, Nisu
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Runic script
Germanic languages & LatinSharda script
Kashmiri, Sanskrit and a number of other languages in the northwest of India and in parts of Central Asia.Soyombo script
Mongolian, Tibetan, SanskritSyriac script
Aramaic, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Chaldean Neo-AramaicTakri script
Chambeali, Dogri, Gaddi, Jaunsari, Kashtwari, Kulvi, MandealiTibetan script
Dzongkha (Bhutanese), Sikkimese, Tibetan, ,Tifinagh script
Kabyle, Tamazight
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