|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
Middle East
|
Proto-Cuneiform
|
|
Middle East
|
Proto-Elamite
|
|
Africa
|
Egyptian Hieroglyphs
|
|
Middle East
|
Early Dynastic Cuneiform
|
|
Africa
|
Hieratic
|
|
South Asia
|
Indus Valley Script
|
|
Middle East
|
Cuneiform
|
|
Middle East
|
Linear Elamite
|
|
Middle East
|
Byblos
|
|
Europe
|
Linear A
|
|
Europe
|
Phaistos Disc
|
|
Middle East
|
Proto-Sinaitic
|
|
Europe
|
Cypro Minoan
|
|
Middle East
|
Anatolian Hieroglyphs
|
|
Europe
|
Linear B
|
|
Middle East
|
Ugaritic
|
|
East Asia
|
Oracle Bone Script
|
|
Middle East
|
Phoenician
|
|
Europe
|
Cypriot Syllabary
|
|
East Asia
|
Bronze Scripts
|
|
America
|
Olmec
|
|
Europe
|
Greek
|
|
Middle East
|
Imperial Aramaic
|
|
Middle East
|
Lydian
|
|
Europe
|
Old Italic
|
|
Middle East
|
Old South Arabian
|
|
Middle East
|
Carian
|
|
Europe
|
Latin
|
|
Europe
|
Southern Palaeohispanic
|
|
Africa
|
Demotic
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
Middle East
|
Old North Arabian
|
|
Middle East
|
Old Persian
|
|
Middle East
|
Lycian
|
|
Europe
|
Northern Palaeohispanic
|
|
Middle East
|
Sidetic
|
|
America
|
Zapotec
|
|
America
|
Epi-Olmec
|
|
Africa
|
Ethiopic
|
|
South Asia
|
Brahmi
|
|
Middle East
|
Elymaic
|
|
Middle East
|
Hebrew
|
|
South Asia
|
Kharoshthi
|
|
America
|
Mayan Hieroglyphs
|
|
Africa
|
Meroitic Cursive
|
|
Africa
|
Meroitic Hieroglyphs
|
|
Middle East
|
Samaritan
|
|
South Asia
|
Sinhala
|
|
South Asia
|
Satavahana
|
|
Middle East
|
Nabataean
|
|
Africa
|
Numidian
|
|
Middle East
|
Palmyrene
|
|
East Asia
|
Seal
|
|
Middle East
|
Hatran
|
|
East Asia
|
Han
|
|
Europe
|
Runic
|
|
Central Asia
|
Chorasmian
|
|
Middle East
|
Inscriptional Pahlavi
|
|
Middle East
|
Inscriptional Parthian
|
|
Middle East
|
Mandaic
|
|
America
|
Teotihuacan
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
Middle East
|
Manichaean
|
|
Central Asia
|
Old Sogdian
|
|
Africa
|
Tifinagh
|
|
Africa
|
Coptic
|
|
Europe
|
Gothic
|
|
South Asia
|
Kadamba
|
|
South Asia
|
Shankha/Shell Script
|
|
Europe
|
Armenian
|
|
Europe
|
Caucasian Albanian
|
|
Europe
|
Georgian
|
|
Central Asia
|
Khotanese
|
|
Europe
|
Ogham
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Pyu
|
|
Middle East
|
Arabic
|
|
Middle East
|
Avestian
|
|
South Asia
|
Chalukya
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Khmer
|
|
South Asia
|
Pallava
|
|
Middle East
|
Psalter Pahlavi
|
|
Middle East
|
Syriac
|
|
Central Asia
|
Tibetan
|
|
South Asia
|
Vatteluttu
|
|
Middle East
|
Book Pahlavi
|
|
South Asia
|
Grantha
|
|
East Asia
|
Siddham
|
|
Central Asia
|
Sogdian
|
|
South Asia
|
Tamil
|
|
East Asia
|
Yi
|
|
South Asia
|
Chakma
|
|
East Asia
|
Hiragana
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
East Asia
|
Katakana
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Kawi
|
|
South Asia
|
Nandinagari
|
|
Central Asia
|
Old Turkic
|
|
Central Asia
|
Old Uyghur
|
|
South Asia
|
Sharada
|
|
Central Asia
|
Tocharian
|
|
Europe
|
Glagolitic
|
|
South Asia
|
Chola
|
|
Europe
|
Old Hungarian
|
|
East Asia
|
Khitan Large Script
|
|
East Asia
|
Khitan Small Script
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Cham
|
|
Europe
|
Cyrillic
|
|
South Asia
|
Newa
|
|
South Asia
|
Ranjana
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Western Cham
|
|
East Asia
|
Tangut
|
|
South Asia
|
Oriya
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Balinese
|
|
South Asia
|
Bengali
|
|
South Asia
|
Bhaiksuki
|
|
South Asia
|
Devanagari
|
|
South Asia
|
Meetei Mayek
|
|
America
|
Mixtec
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Myanmar
|
|
East Asia
|
Jurchen
|
|
South Asia
|
Dives Akuru
|
|
East Asia
|
Ersu Shaba
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
Central Asia
|
Phags-Pa
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Thai
|
|
South Asia
|
Malayalam
|
|
Central Asia
|
Mongolian
|
|
East Asia
|
Naxi Dongba
|
|
East Asia
|
Naxi Geba
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Tai Tham
|
|
South Asia
|
Telugu
|
|
South Asia
|
Tirhuta
|
|
South Asia
|
Tulu-Tigalari
|
|
Middle East
|
Yezidi
|
|
America
|
Aztec Pictograms
|
|
Europe
|
Old Permic
|
|
South Asia
|
Balti A
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Batak
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Buginese
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Sundanese
|
|
South Asia
|
Syloti Nagri
|
|
East Asia
|
Hangul
|
|
South Asia
|
Ahom
|
|
Central Asia
|
Brusha
|
|
South Asia
|
Dogra
|
|
South Asia
|
Kannada
|
|
South Asia
|
Landa
|
|
Central Asia
|
Pungchen
|
|
Central Asia
|
Pungchung
|
|
South Asia
|
Sirmauri
|
|
Oceania
|
Tagalog
|
|
South Asia
|
Gujarati
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
South Asia
|
Gurmukhi
|
|
South Asia
|
Kaithi
|
|
Central Asia
|
Khatt-I Baburi
|
|
South Asia
|
Khojki
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Lao
|
|
Central Asia
|
Marchen
|
|
Central Asia
|
Marchung
|
|
South Asia
|
Multani
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Tai Viet
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Tai Yo
|
|
Central Asia
|
Soyombo
|
|
South Asia
|
Bhujinmol
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Javanese
|
|
South Asia
|
Karani
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Kerinci
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Lampung
|
|
America
|
Micmac Hieroglyphs
|
|
South Asia
|
Modi
|
|
East Asia
|
Shuishu Logograms
|
|
South Asia
|
Takri
|
|
Central Asia
|
Zanabazar Square
|
|
South Asia
|
Lepcha
|
|
Europe
|
Elbasan
|
|
Europe
|
Veso Bey
|
|
Europe
|
Todhri
|
|
Oceania
|
Buhid
|
|
South Asia
|
Gunjala Gondi
|
|
Oceania
|
Hanunoo
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Lontara Bilang Bilang
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Makasar
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Minangkabau
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Old Minahasa
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Rejang
|
|
Oceania
|
Rongo Rongo
|
|
Oceania
|
Tagbanwa
|
|
South Asia
|
Thaana
|
|
Europe
|
Vithkuqi
|
|
Europe
|
Gabelsberger Shorthand
|
|
Europe
|
Braille Patterns
|
|
America
|
Cherokee
|
|
America
|
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
|
|
Africa
|
Vai
|
|
Europe
|
Pitman Shorthand
|
|
Europe
|
Moon
|
|
America
|
Deseret
|
|
Europe
|
Duployan
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Leke
|
|
Europe
|
Visible Speech
|
|
South Asia
|
Khudawadi
|
|
Europe
|
International Phonetic Alphabet
|
|
Europe
|
Gregg Shorthand
|
|
Africa
|
Bamum
|
|
Africa
|
Old Bamum
|
|
South Asia
|
Balti B
|
|
South Asia
|
Gangga Malayu
|
|
East Asia
|
Kaida
|
|
South Asia
|
Limbu
|
|
South Asia
|
Mahajani
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
East Asia
|
Nüshu
|
|
South Asia
|
Saurashtra
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Pau Cin Hau
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Pau Cin Hau Logographs
|
|
East Asia
|
Miao
|
|
Oceania
|
Woleai
|
|
Africa
|
Bassa Vah
|
|
America
|
Afáka
|
|
Africa
|
Bagam
|
|
East Asia
|
Bopomofo
|
|
East Asia
|
Lisu
|
|
Oceania
|
Eskaya
|
|
Africa
|
Mende Kikakui
|
|
South Asia
|
Ol Chiki
|
|
Africa
|
Osmanya
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Khom
|
|
Europe
|
Cirth
|
|
Africa
|
Kpelle
|
|
Africa
|
Loma
|
|
Africa
|
Masaba
|
|
Africa
|
Medefaidrin
|
|
Europe
|
Tengwar
|
|
Africa
|
Borama
|
|
South Asia
|
Sora Sompeng
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Iban
|
|
Oceania
|
Blissymbols
|
|
Africa
|
N'ko
|
|
Africa
|
Bété
|
|
America
|
Unifon
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
South Asia
|
Warang Citi
|
|
Africa
|
Kaddare
|
|
South Asia
|
Zou
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Tai Le
|
|
Africa
|
Fula Dita
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Pahawh Hmong
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Pahawh Hmong First Stage
|
|
Africa
|
Nwagu Aneke Igbo
|
|
Europe
|
Shavian
|
|
Europe
|
Shavian Quikscript
|
|
America
|
Stokoe
|
|
Africa
|
Garay/Wolof
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Kayah Li
|
|
Africa
|
Fula Ba/Fula 2
|
|
America
|
Sutton Signwriting
|
|
Africa
|
Tafi/Hausa 3
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Eebee Hmong
|
|
Africa
|
Mandombe
|
|
Africa
|
Mwangwego
|
|
Africa
|
Adlam
|
|
Oceania
|
Avoiuli
|
|
Africa
|
Beria
|
|
South Asia
|
Mro
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
|
|
South Asia
|
Tolong Siki
|
|
South Asia
|
Nag Mundari
|
|
Europe
|
Hamnosys
|
|
South Asia
|
Chisoi
|
|
America
|
Klingon
|
|
|
Where it originated
|
Writing
|
|
Oceania
|
Naasioi
|
|
Africa
|
Raina Kama/Hausa 2
|
|
Africa
|
Salifou Hausa/Hausa 1
|
|
East Asia
|
Chuxiong Yi
|
|
South Asia
|
Coorgi-Cox
|
|
South Asia
|
Dhimal
|
|
South Asia
|
Gurung/Khe Phri
|
|
South Asia
|
Gurung/Khema
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Hanifi Rohingya
|
|
Africa
|
Isibheqe Sohlamvu
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
Khamti
|
|
South Asia
|
Kirat Rai
|
|
Oceania
|
Kulitan
|
|
South Asia
|
Magar Akkha
|
|
South Asia
|
Masaram Gondi
|
|
East Asia
|
Nasu
|
|
Southeast Asia
|
New Tai Lue
|
|
East Asia
|
Nisu
|
|
East Asia
|
Sani Yi
|
|
South Asia
|
Sunuwar
|
|
South Asia
|
Tangsa
|
|
South Asia
|
Tangsa/Khimhun
|
|
South Asia
|
Tikamuli
|
|
South Asia
|
Tani
|
|
South Asia
|
Wancho
|
|
America
|
Osage
|
|
South Asia
|
Badaga
|
|
Africa
|
Luo
|
|
South Asia
|
Toto
|
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