Index of languages by writing system
This is a list of the languages featured on Omniglot arranged
by the writing systems with which they are written. This is not an exhaustive
list of all the languages written with each writing system, but mainly the ones
that appear on Omniglot.
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
Writing systems (mainly) used to write one language
If you can't find a particular writing system or language
here, please look in the A-Z index or the
Language index .
Arabic (Algerian) ,Arabic (Egyptian) ,Arabic (Lebanese) ,Arabic (Modern Standard) ,Arabic (Moroccan) ,Arabic (Syrian) ,Tunisian Arabic ,Äynu ,Azeri ,Baluchi ,Beja ,Bosnian ,Brahui ,Chechen ,Crimean Tatar ,Dari ,Gilaki ,Hausa ,Kabyle ,Karakalpak ,Konkani ,Kashmiri ,Kazakh ,Khowar ,Khorasani Turkic ,Kurdish ,Kyrgyz ,Luri ,Malay ,Marwari ,Mandekan ,Mazandarani ,Morisco ,Pashto ,Persian/Farsi ,Punjabi ,Qashqai ,Rajasthani ,Salar ,Saraiki ,Shabaki ,Shughni ,Sindhi ,Somali ,Tatar ,Tausūg ,Turkish ,Urdu ,Uyghur ,Uzbek ,Wakhi
Some 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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Balinese ,
Sasak
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Iloko ,
Kapampangan ,
Tagalog
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Bengali script (Eastern Nagari / Eastern Neo-Brahmic script)Also 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
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Buhid , Tagalog
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Blackfoot ,
Carrier ,
Chipewyan ,
Cree ,
Inuktitut ,
Naskapi ,
Ojibwe ,
Oji-Cree
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Chinese (hanzi) ,
Cantonese (honji) ,
Japanese (kanji) ,
Korean (hanja) ,
Vietnamese (chữ-nôm)
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Cuneiform scripts
Akkadian Cuneiform script ,
Elamite Cuneiform ,
Hittite Cuneiform ,
Old Persian Cuneiform ,
Sumerian Cuneiform ,
Ugaritic Cuneiform
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Abaza ,
Abkhaz ,
Adyghe ,
Aghul ,
Akhvakh ,
Altay ,
Andi ,
Archi ,
Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian ,
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 ,
Interslavic ,
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 ,
Nganasan ,
Nivkh ,
Nogai ,
Old Church Slavonic ,
Oroch ,
Orok ,
Ossetian ,
Russian ,
Ruthenian ,
Rutul ,
Selkup ,
Serbian ,
Shor ,
Shughni ,
Slovio ,
Tabassaran ,
Tajik ,
Talysh ,
Tat ,
Tatar ,
Tindi ,
Tofa ,
Tsakhur ,
Tsez ,
Turkmen ,
Tuvan ,
Ubykh ,
Udi ,
Udmurt ,
Ukrainian ,
Ulch ,
Urum ,
Uyghur ,
Uzbek ,
Votic ,
Wakhi ,
West Polesian ,
Yaghnobi ,
Yakut ,
Yukaghir ,
Yupik
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Awadhi ,Bodo ,Bhojpuri ,Hindi ,Kashmiri ,Konkani ,Kurukh ,Maithili ,Marathi ,Marwari ,Mundari ,Nepal Bhasa / Newari ,Nepali ,Pali ,Rajasthani ,Sanskrit ,Saraiki ,Sindhi ,Sunuwar ,Sylheti
Amharic ,
Argobba ,
Awngi ,
Blin ,
Chaha ,
Dizin ,
Ge'ez ,
Harari ,
Inor ,
Silt'e ,
Tigre ,
Tigrinya ,
Xamtanga
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Georgian ,
Laz ,
Mingrelian ,
Svan
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Arvanitic ,
Cypriot Arabic ,
Greek ,
Tsakonian
Today 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 ,
Kutchi
Also used to write Sanskrit and Hindi .
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Punjabi
Also used to write such languages as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli (and other Hindustani dialects), Sanskrit and Sindhi .
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Aramaic ,
Bukhori ,
Hebrew ,
Jewish Neo-Aramaic ,
Judeo-Arabic ,
Juhuri ,
Karaim ,
Ladino ,
Yiddish
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Javanese ,
Madurese ,
Sundanese
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Bhojpuri , Maghadi, Urdu, Awadhi, Maithili, Bengali
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Sanskrit, Old Javanese and Old Malay
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Gandhari and Sanskrit
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Sindhi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Persian and other languages
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Cia-Cia ,
Jeju ,
Korean
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Lao
Also 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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Abenaki ,Acehnese ,Acholi ,Achuar-Shiwiar ,Adzera ,Afaan Oromo ,Afar ,Afrikaans ,Aguaruna ,Ainu ,Ajië ,Akan ,Aklan ,Akurio ,Alabama ,Albanian ,Aleut ,Algonquin ,Alsatian ,Alur ,Amahuaca ,Amarakaeri ,Amis ,Anutan ,Apache ,Arabela ,Aragonese ,Aranese ,Arapaho ,Arawak ,Arbëresh ,Arikara ,Aromanian ,Arrernte ,Arvanitic ,Asháninka ,Assiniboine ,Asturian ,Atayal ,Atikamekw ,Aymara ,Azeri ,Babine-Witsuwit'en ,Bambara ,Baniwa ,Bari ,Bartangi ,Bashkir ,Basque ,Bavarian ,Beaver ,Belarusian ,Bemba ,Bikol ,Biloxi ,Bislama ,Bolinao ,Bora ,Bouyei ,Brahui ,Breton ,Bugis ,Bundjalung ,Burushaski ,Bushi ,Caddo ,Caquinte ,Catalan ,Cayuga ,Cebuano ,Central Sinama ,Chamorro ,Cha'palaachi ,Chavacano ,Chechen ,Cheyenne ,Chinanteco ,Cimbrian ,Chichewa ,Chickasaw ,Chilcotin ,Chinook ,Chipewyan ,Chippewa ,Chiwere ,Choctaw ,Chuukese ,Cocopah ,Coeur d'Alene ,Cofán ,Comanche ,Comox ,Cornish ,Corsican ,Cape Verdean Creole ,Creek ,Croatian ,Crow ,Cubeo ,Cuyonon ,Cypriot Arabic ,Czech ,Dagaare ,Dagbani ,Danish ,Dawan ,Delaware ,Massachusett ,Dholuo ,Dinka ,Dolgan ,Drehu ,Duala ,Dusun ,Dutch ,Efik ,Elfdalian ,Emilian-Romagnol ,English ,Esperanto ,Estonian ,Ewe ,Ewondo ,Extremaduran ,Eyak ,Fala ,Fanagalo ,Faroese ,Fijian ,Fiji Hindi ,Filipino ,Finnish ,Flemish ,Folkspraak ,Fon ,Fox ,Franco-Provençal ,French ,French Guianese Creole ,Frisian ,Friulian ,Fula(ni) ,Futunan ,Ga ,Gagauz ,Galician ,Gallo ,Ganda ,Garifuna ,Garo ,Genoese ,German ,Gooniyandi ,Greenlandic ,Guadeloupean Creole ,Guambiano ,Guanano ,Guarani ,Guernésiais ,Gugadja/Kukatja ,Gwich’in ,Haida ,Haitian Creole ,Halkomelem ,Hän ,Hausa ,Hawaiian ,Herero ,Hiligaynon ,Hixkaryana ,Hopi ,Hotcąk ,Hungarian ,Huasteco ,Hupa ,Iban ,Ibibio ,Icelandic ,Ido ,Ifugao ,Igbo ,Iloko ,Inari Saami ,Indonesian ,Ingrian ,Interglossa ,Interlingua ,Interslavic ,Iñupiaq ,Irish ,Ishkashimi ,Italian ,Iu Mien ,Ixil ,Jamaican ,Jaminjung ,Jarai ,Javanese ,Jèrriais (Jersey Norman French) ,Jicarilla ,Jingulu ,Juǀʼhoan ,Juhuri ,Kabyle ,Kadazandusun ,Kagayanen ,Kaingang ,Kala Lagaw Ya ,Kam ,Kanuri ,Kapampangan ,Kaqchikel ,Karaim ,Karakalpak ,Karamojong ,Karbi , Karelian ,Karuk ,Kashaya ,Kashinawa ,Kashubian ,Kaurna ,Kazakh ,Ket ,Khakas ,Khoekhoe ,Khufi ,Ki'che' ,Kickapoo ,Kikuyu ,Kinyarwanda ,Kiribati ,Kirundi ,Klallam ,Klamath ,Koasati ,Kolam ,Kongo ,Konkani ,Koya ,Kumyk ,Kuna ,Kurdish ,Kven ,Kwakiutl ,Laalaa ,Ladin ,Lahu ,Lampung ,Latin ,Latino sine Flexione ,Latgalian ,Latvian ,Lingala ,Lingua Franca Nova ,Ligurian ,Limburgish ,Lithuanian ,Livonian ,Llanito ,Lojban ,Lombard ,Low Saxon ,Lozi ,Lule Sámi ,Luseño ,Lushootseed ,Luxembourgish ,Maasai ,Madurese ,Makasarese ,Makhuwa ,Malagasy ,Malay ,Maltese ,Mam ,Manado Malay ,Mandar ,Mandinka ,Maninka ,Mankanya ,Manx ,Māori ,Mapuche ,Maranao ,Marshallese ,Masbateño ,Massachusett ,Mauritian Creole ,Mazahua ,Mazatec ,Matigsalug ,Mbula ,Mbum ,Megleno-Romanian ,Meriam Mir ,Mescalero-Chiricahua ,Miami ,Mikasuki ,Mi'kmaq ,Minangkabau ,Mirandese ,Miskito ,Mixtec ,Mizo ,Mòcheno ,Mohawk ,Mohegan ,Montagnais ,Montenegrin ,Moriori ,Mossi ,Mro ,Mundari ,Murrinh-Patha ,Murui Huitoto ,Nagamese ,Nahuatl ,Nama ,Naskapi ,Nauruan ,Navajo ,Naxi ,Ndebele ,Ndrumbea ,Neapolitan ,Nenets ,Ngiyambaa ,Nheengatu ,Nias ,Niuean ,Noon ,Noongar ,Norn ,Norwegian ,North Frisian ,Northern Paiute ,Northern Pomo ,Northern Sámi ,Northern Sotho ,Novial ,Nuer ,Nuosu (Yi) ,Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka) ,Nuxalk ,Nǁng ,Occidental ,Occitan ,Okinawan ,Onondaga ,O'odham ,Omaha ,Oneida ,Old Norse ,Oroshor ,OshiWambo ,Ossetian ,Otomi ,Ottawa ,Paakantyi ,Paama ,Paicî ,Palauan ,Pangasinan ,Papiamento ,Pawnee ,Pennsylvania German ,Picard ,Piedmontese ,Pijin ,Pipil ,Pirahã ,Pite Sámi ,Pitjantjatjara ,Pohnpeian ,Polish ,Pomo (Eastern) ,Porja ,Portuguese ,Potawatomi ,Purepecha ,Q’anjob’al ,Q'eqchi' ,Quechua ,Raga ,Rapa Nui ,Rarotongan ,Ripuarian ,Ronga ,Rotokas ,Romani ,Romanian ,Romániço ,Romansh ,Rotuman ,Rushani ,Saami/Sámi ,Saanich ,Sakao ,Salar ,Samoan ,Sanglechi ,Sango ,Saramaccan ,Sardinian ,Sarikoli ,Sarnámi Hindustani ,Sasak ,Saterland Frisian ,Satawalese ,Scots ,Scottish Gaelic ,Sekani ,Seri ,Seychelles Creole ,Shavante ,Shawnee ,Shetland(ic) ,Shilluk ,Shona ,Shoshone ,Shughni ,Sicilian ,Silesian ,Sioux ,Skolt Sámi ,Slovak ,Slovenian ,Slovio ,Soga ,Somali ,Soninke ,Sorbian ,Southern Sámi ,Southern Pomo ,Southern Sotho ,Spanish ,Sranan ,Stoney ,Sumbawa ,Supyire ,Susu ,Swahili ,Swati/Swazi ,Swedish ,Tagabawà ,Tagalog ,Tahitian ,Tatar ,Taiwanese ,Talysh ,Tamajaq ,Tamasheq ,Tariana ,Tausūg ,Teleut ,Tepehuán ,Ter Sámi ,Tetum ,Tikopia ,Tiriyó ,Tiwi ,Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) ,Tlingit ,Toba Qom ,Tok Pisin ,Tokelauan ,Tongan ,Toraja-Sa'dan ,Torres-Strait Creole ,Tshiluba ,Tsonga ,Tsotsil ,Tswa ,Tswana ,Tuareg ,Tucano ,Tumbuka ,Turkish ,Turkmen ,Turoyo ,Tuscarora ,Tutchone ,Tuvaluan ,Tuvan ,Twi ,Tzeltal ,Udi ,Umbundu ,Ume Sámi ,Urarina ,Uyghur ,Uzbek ,Venda ,Venetian ,Veps ,Vietnamese ,Volapük ,Võro ,Wa ,Wakhi ,Walloon ,Warlpiri ,Waray-Waray ,Wardaman ,Wayuu ,Welsh ,Wemba Wemba ,West Frisian ,Wichita ,Wik-Mungkan ,Winnebago ,Wiradjuri ,Wolaytta ,Wolof ,Wynadot ,Xârâcùù ,Xhosa ,Yaghnobi ,Yami ,Yapese ,Yaqui ,Yemba ,Yindjibarndi ,Yolngu ,Yoruba ,Yucatec Maya ,Yuchi/Euchee ,Yurok ,Záparo ,Zapotec ,Zarma ,Zazaki ,Zhuang ,Zulu ,Zuni
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Bugis ,
Makasarese ,
Mandar
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Konkani ,
Malayalam
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Bambara ,
Dioula ,
Maninka
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Languages of Malawi, including Chibemba, Chichewa,
Chilambya, Chilomwe, Chimambwe, Chindali, Chingoni, Chinyiha, Chinyika, Chisena,
Chisenga, Chisukwa, Chitonga, Chitumbuka, Chiyao, Kinyakyusa, Kyangonde.
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Archaic Irish, Old Welsh, Latin
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Mundari ,
Odia
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Chinese , Mongolian , Tibetan , Sanskrit
A-Hmao, Lipo, Sichuan Miao, Nisu
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Germanic languages & Latin
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Kashmiri , Sanskrit
and a number of other languages in the northwest of India and in parts of Central Asia.
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Mongolian , Tibetan , Sanskrit
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Aramaic ,
Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian ,
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ,
Neo-Mandaic ,
Turoyo ,
Western Neo-Aramaic
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Chambeali, Dogri, Gaddi, Jaunsari, Kashtwari, Kulvi, Mandeali
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Dzongkha (Bhutanese) ,
Ladakhi ,
Sikkimese ,
Tibetan ,
Tshangla
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Kabyle ,
Tamazight
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