Script name |
ISO 15924 |
Year created |
Creator |
Comments (click to sort by category)
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Adlam |
Adlm |
1989 |
Ibrahima & Abdoulaye Barry |
Proposed alphabet used to write the Fula language
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Afaka |
Afak |
1910 |
Afáka Atumisi |
Syllabary used to write the Ndyuka language, an English-based creole of Surinam
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Aiha |
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1985 |
Ursula K. Le Guin |
Alphabet of the fictional Kesh language in her novel Always Coming Home
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Ancient
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2019
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Inkle
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Logographic script of the fictional Ancients in their game Heaven's Vault
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Ariyaka |
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c. 1840 |
Mongkut |
Invented to transcribe Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, and inspired by the Greek and Burmese-Mon scripts
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Armenian |
Armn |
ca. 405 |
Mesrop Mashtots |
Alphabet thought to have been based on Greek used to write Armenian
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Ath |
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1996 |
Hiroyuki Morioka |
Alphabet of the fictional Baronh language in his novel Crest of the Stars
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aUI |
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1962 |
John W. Weilgart |
Language and alphabet attempting to unify sound and meaning
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Aurebesh |
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1993 |
Stephen Crane |
Alphabet originally for Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion based on glyphs by Joe Johnston, subsequently used for other media in the franchise[1]
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Avoiuli |
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1990s |
Viraleo Boborenvanua |
Alphabet used by the Turaga indigenous movement for some languages in Vanuatu
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Bagam |
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ca. 1900 |
King Pufong |
Largely lost logosyllabic script used for letters and records in the Mengaka language
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Bamum |
Bamu |
1896–1910 |
Ibrahim Njoya |
Syllabary for Bamum developed from what initially was a pictographic system
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Bharati[2]
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2016-*
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Prof. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and others
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Alternative common script of major Indian languages (both Indo-Aryan and Dravidian) to facilitate easy communication
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Blissymbol |
Blis |
1949 |
Charles K. Bliss |
Conceived as a non-spoken (soundless), purely ideographic script
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Bopomofo |
Bopo |
1913 |
Zhang Binglin |
Semisyllabary to transcribe spoken Mandarin, Holo, &c., mainly for teaching
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Braille |
Brai |
1821 |
Louis Braille |
Tactile alphabet for the blind using embossed dots; dozens of derived scripts
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Canadian Aboriginal syllabics |
Cans |
1840s |
James Evans |
Family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and (formerly) Athabaskan language families
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Caucasian Albanian |
Aghb |
ca. 408 |
Mesrop Mashtots |
Alphabet used to write the now extinct Caucasian Albanian language
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Cherokee |
Cher |
1819 |
Sequoyah |
Syllabary inspired by Latin glyph shapes used to write the Cherokee language
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Chữ Việt Trí |
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2012 |
Tôn Thất Chương |
Alphabet designed for the Vietnamese language
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Cirth |
Cirt |
1930s[3] |
J. R. R. Tolkien |
Runic elven script, mainly for dwarven writing in his novel The Lord of the Rings
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Clear Script |
|
1648 |
Zaya Pandit |
Alphabet used to write the Oirat language; based on Mongolian script
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Coorgi-Cox |
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2005 |
Gregg M. Cox |
A proposed abugida for the Kodava language
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Cyrillic |
Cyrl / Cyrs |
ca. 940 |
Saint Cyril or his students |
Alphabet mainly used to write Slavic languages; based primarily on Greek
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Deseret |
Dsrt |
mid-19th century |
University of Deseret |
A phonemic alphabet designed for the English language
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D'ni |
|
1997 |
Richard A. Watson |
Alphabet for the fictional language in the game Riven and its sequels
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Duployan shorthand |
Dupl |
1891 |
Jean-Marie Le Jeune |
Historically used as the main (non-shorthand) script for Chinook Jargon
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Elbasan |
Elba |
1761 |
disputed |
Alphabet for Albanian used to write the Elbasan Gospel Manuscript
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Engsvanyáli |
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1940s |
M. A. R. Barker |
Abugida used in the Empire of the Petal Throne role-playing game
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Eskayan |
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ca. 1920–1937 |
Mariano Datahan |
Syllabary based on cursive Latin script for the auxiliary Eskayan language
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Extensions to the IPA (extIPA) |
Latn |
1990–* |
International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association |
A set of letters and diacritics to augment the International Phonetic Alphabet for the phonetic transcription of disordered speech
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Fraser |
Lisu |
1915 |
Sara Ba Thaw |
Alphabet used to write the Lisu language; improved by James O. Fraser
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Gargish |
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1990 |
Herman Miller |
Alphabet for the fictional Gargish language in Ultima VI: The False Prophet
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Glagolitic |
Glag |
862–863 |
Saints Cyril and Methodius |
Historically used to write Slavic languages, before Cyrillic became dominant
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Gothic |
Goth |
ca. 350 |
Ulfilas |
Alphabet based primarily on Greek historically used to write the Gothic language
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HamNoSys |
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1985 |
University of Hamburg |
General phonetic transcription system for all sign languages
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Hangul |
Hang |
1443 |
Sejong the Great |
Alphabet written in syllable blocks used to write the Korean language; the oldest and most widespread featural script in use
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iConji |
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2010 |
Kai Staats |
Pictographic writing system for messenging
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) |
Latn |
1888–* |
International Phonetic Association |
Regarded as being an extension of the Latin script
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Ithkuil |
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2004 |
John Quijada |
Script for the constructed Ithkuil language
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Jurchen |
Jurc |
ca. 1119 |
Wanyan Xiyin |
Largely undeciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for Jurchen
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Kēlen |
|
1980 |
Sylvia Sotomayor |
Alphabet for a fictional alien language without verbs
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Khitan large script |
Kitl |
920 |
by order of Abaoji |
Largely undeciphered logographic script for the Khitan language
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Khitan small script |
Kits |
ca. 924 |
Yelü Diela |
Partially deciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for Khitan
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Khom |
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1924 |
Ong Kommandam |
Semi-syllabary used for secret communication among dissidents in French Laos
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Kikakui |
Mend |
ca. 1917 |
Mohammed Turay |
Syllabary used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone
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KLI pIqaD |
Piqd |
ca. 1990 |
anonymous |
Glyphs created for Star Trek: The Next Generation, later sent as a font to the KLI
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Limbu |
Limb |
ca. 1740 |
Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe |
Abugida derived from Tibetan to write the Limbu language
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Lisu syllabary |
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1924–1930 |
Ngua-ze-bo |
Syllabary of about 800 characters used to write the Lisu language
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Manchu |
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1599; 1632 |
Nurhaci; Dahai |
Alphabet based on Mongolian script to write the nearly extinct Manchu language
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Mandombe |
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1978 |
Wabeladio Payi |
Alphabet written in syllable blocks for Kikongo, Lingala, Ciluba and Kiswahili
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Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing |
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after 1675 |
Chrestien Le Clercq |
Logographic script used historically for the Miꞌkmaq language
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Neomeroitic |
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2022-2023 |
Amundé Musango |
Proposed alphabet to write the Swahili language and other African languages using a non-indigenous script
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Night writing |
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1808 |
Charles Barbier |
Forerunner of Braille; tactile alphabet intended for communication in total darkness
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N'Ko |
Nkoo |
1949 |
Solomana Kante |
Alphabet used to write the Manding languages, including a kind of koine
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Ol Chiki |
Olck |
1925 |
Raghunath Murmu |
Official alphabet for the Santali language
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Old Permic |
Perm |
1372 |
Stephen of Perm |
Alphabet mainly based on Cyrillic and Greek once used to write mediaeval Komi
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Phags-pa |
Phag |
1269 |
Drogön Chögyal Phagpa |
Used historically for the languages in the Yuan sector of the Mongolian Empire
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Pollard |
Plrd |
1936 |
Sam Pollard |
Abugida based on Cree used to write several minority languages in China
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Quikscript |
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1966 |
Ronald Kingsley Read |
Phonemic alphabet designed to write the English language quickly and compactly
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Sarati |
Sara |
1910s |
J. R. R. Tolkien |
Precursor of his elven Tengwar script
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Shavian |
Shaw |
ca. 1960 |
Ronald Kingsley Read |
Phonemic alphabet to write the English language; precursor to Quikscript
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SignWriting |
Sgnw |
1974 |
Valerie Sutton |
Proposed phonemic system of writing sign languages
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Sitelen Pona |
|
2014 |
Sonja Lang |
Logographic writing system used in Toki Pona
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Sitelen Sitelen |
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ca. 2006 |
Jonathan Gabel |
Non-linear writing system with both logographic and alphasyllabic characters, used in Toki Pona. Also known as Sitelen Suwi.
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Soyombo |
Soyo |
1686 |
Zanabazar |
Abugida historically used to write the Mongolian language
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Stokoe notation |
|
1960 |
William Stokoe |
Proposed featural system of writing sign languages
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Tangut |
Tang |
1036 |
Yeli Renrong |
Logographic script historically used to write the extinct Tangut language
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Tengwar |
Teng |
1930s |
J. R. R. Tolkien |
Elven script used for various languages in his novel The Lord of the Rings
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Testerian |
|
1529 |
Jacobo de Testera |
Pictorial writing system used until the 19th century to teach Christian doctrine to the indigenous peoples of Mexico
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Thai |
Thai |
1283 |
Ram Khamhaeng |
Abugida used to write Thai, Southern Thai and many others
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Tibetan |
Tibt |
ca. 650 |
Thonmi Sambhota |
Abugida probably based on Gupta, a Brahmic script, for writing Tibetan
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Unifon |
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mid-1950s |
John R. Malone |
Phonemic alphabet to write the English language, based on the Latin alphabet
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Unker Non-Linear Writing System[4][independent source needed]
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2010-*
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Alex Fink & Sai
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Complex script written and read in a nonlinear format
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Universal Alphabet |
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1585 |
Thomas Harriot |
Phonetic alphabet used to transcribe the extinct Carolina Algonquian language
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Vai |
Vaii |
ca. 1832 |
Momolu Duwalu Bukele |
Syllabary used to write the Vai language
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Visible Speech |
Visp |
1867 |
Alexander Melville Bell |
System of phonetic symbols to represent the position of the speech organs
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Warang |
Wara |
ca. 1950 |
Lako Bodra |
Abugida, but with alphabet-like full vowel symbols, to write the Ho language
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Yugtun |
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ca. 1900 |
Uyaquq |
Syllabary historically used to write the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language
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Zanabazar square |
Zanb |
pre-1686 |
Zanabazar |
Abugida based on a Brahmic script developed to write the Mongolian language
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