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Types of writing systems

Overview	History of writing Grapheme
Lists	Writing systems undeciphered inventors constructed Languages by writing system / by first written accounts

Types

Abjads

Numerals

Aramaic
- Hatran
Arabic
- Elifba
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Elymaic
Hebrew
- Ashuri
- Cursive
- Rashi
- Solitreo
Tifinagh
Mandaic
Manichaean
Nabataean
Ancient North Arabian
Pahlavi
- Book
- Inscriptional
- Inscriptional Parthian
- Psalter
Pegon
Phoenician
- Paleo-Hebrew
Pitman shorthand
Proto-Sinaitic
Punic
Samaritan
South Arabian
- Zabur
- Musnad
Sogdian
Syriac
- ʾEsṭrangēlā
- Serṭā
- Maḏnḥāyā
Teeline Shorthand
Ugaritic

Abugidas

Brahmic

Northern

Bengali–Assamese
Bhaiksuki
Brahmi script
Devanagari
Dogri
Gujarati
Gupta
Gurmukhi
Kaithi
Kalinga
Khema
Khojki
Khudabadi
Laṇḍā
Lepcha
Mahajani
Marchen
Meitei
Modi
Multani
Nagari
Nandinagari
Nepalese scripts
- Bhujimol
- Golmol
- Himmol
- Kummol
- Kvemmol
- Pachumol
- Pracalit
- Ranjana
- Tamyig
- Tirhuta
- Limbu
- Litumol
Odia
- Karani
ʼPhags-pa
Sharada
Siddhaṃ
Soyombo
Sylheti Nagri
Takri
Tibetan
- Uchen
- Umê
Tocharian
Zanabazar square

Southern

Ahom
Balinese
Batak
Baybayin
Bhattiprolu
Buda
Buhid
Chakma
Cham
Fakkham
Grantha
Goykanadi
Hanunoo
Javanese
Kadamba
Kannada
Karen
Kawi
Khmer
- Khom Thai
Kulitan
Lanna
Langdi
Lao
Leke
Lontara
- Bilang-bilang
Makasar
Malayalam
Old Maldivian
- Dhives Akuru
- Eveyla Akuru
Mon–Burmese
Pallava
Pyu
Saurashtra
Shan
Sinhala
Sukhothai
Sundanese
- Old Sundanese
Tagbanwa
Tai Le
New Tai Lue
Tai Noi
Tai Tham
Tai Viet
Lai Tay
Tamil
Tamil-Brahmi
Tanchangya
Telugu
Thai
Tigalari
Ulu scripts
- Incung
- Lampung
- Lembak
- Ogan
- Pasemah
- Rejang
- Serawai
Vatteluttu
- Kolezhuthu
- Malayanma

Others

Bharati
Boyd's syllabic shorthand
Canadian syllabics
- Blackfoot
- Déné syllabics
Dham
Fox I
Geʽez
Gunjala Gondi
Japanese Braille
Sarati
Jenticha
Kharosthi
Mandombe
Masaram Gondi
Meroitic
Miao
Mwangwego
Pahawh Hmong
Sorang Sompeng
Tengwar
Thaana
Thomas Natural Shorthand
Warang Citi
Mwangwego
Rma

Alphabets

Linear

Adlam
Ariyaka
Armenian
Avestan
- Pazend
Avoiuli
Bassa Vah
Carian
Caucasian Albanian
Cirth
Coelbren
Coorgi–Cox alphabet
Coptic
Cyrillic
- Serbian
- Early
Deseret
Duployan shorthand
- Chinook
Eclectic shorthand
Elbasan
Enochian
Etruscan
Formosan
Fox II
Fraser
Gabelsberger shorthand
Gadabuursi
Garay alphabet
Georgian
- Asomtavruli
- Nuskhuri
- Mkhedruli
Veso Bey
Glagolitic
Gothic
Gregg shorthand
Greek (Archaic)
Greco-Iberian alphabet
Hangul
Hanifi
Sunuwar
Kaddare
Kayah Li
Klingon
Latin
- Beneventan
- Blackletter
- Carolingian minuscule
- Fraktur
- Gaelic
- Insular
- IPA
- Kurrent
- Merovingian
- Sigla
- Sütterlin
- Tironian notes
- Visigothic
Luo
Lycian
Lydian
Manchu
Medefaidrin
Molodtsov
Mru
Mundari Bani
N'Ko
Ogham
Ol Chiki
Old Hungarian
Old Italic
Old Permic
Orkhon
Old Uyghur
- Mongolian
  - Evenki
  - Galik alphabet
  - Manchu
  - Oirat
  - Vagindra
Ol Onal
Osage
Osmanya
Pau Cin Hau
Phrygian
Pisidian
Runic
- Anglo-Saxon
- Cipher
- Dalecarlian
- Elder Futhark
- Younger Futhark
- Gothic
- Marcomannic
- Medieval
- Staveless
Shavian
Sidetic
Sorang Sompeng
Sunuwar
Tifinagh
Todhri
Tolong Siki
Vellara
Visible Speech
Vithkuqi
Wancho
Warang Citi
Yezidi
Zaghawa

Non-linear

Ideograms
Adinkra Aztec Blissymbols Dongba Ersu Shaba Emoji Isotype Kaidā Miꞌkmaw Mixtec New Epoch Notation Painting Nsibidi Anishinaabewibii'iganan Olmec Siglas poveiras Testerian Yerkish Zapotec

Logograms

Chinese family of scripts

Chinese characters	Simplified Traditional Oracle bone script Bronze scripts Seal script large small bird-worm Hanja Kanji Chữ Nôm Sawndip Bowen
Chinese-influenced	Jurchen Khitan large script Sui Tangut

Cuneiform

Other logosyllabic

Logoconsonantal

Numerals

Other

Sitelen Pona

Semi-syllabaries

Full	Linear Elamite Celtiberian Iberian Northeastern Southeastern Khom Dunging
Redundant	Espanca script Pahawh Hmong Khitan small script Southwest Paleohispanic Bopomofo Quốc Âm Tân Tự

Sign languages
ASLwrite SignWriting si5s Stokoe notation

Syllabaries
Afaka Bamum Bété Byblos Canadian Aboriginal Cherokee Cypriot Cypro-Minoan Ditema tsa Dinoko Eskayan Geba Great Lakes Algonquian Iban Idu Kana Hiragana Katakana Man'yōgana Hentaigana Sōgana Jindai moji Kikakui Kpelle Linear B Linear Elamite Lisu Loma Nüshu Nwagu Aneke script Old Persian cuneiform Sumerian Vai Woleai Yi Yugtun

Braille ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠇⠑

Braille cell

Braille scripts

French-ordered

Albanian
Azerbaijani
Cantonese
Catalan
Chinese (mainland Mandarin) (largely reassigned)
Czech
Dutch
English (Unified English)
Esperanto
French
German
Ghanaian
Guarani
Hawaiian
Hungarian
Iñupiaq
IPA
Irish
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luxembourgish (extended to 8-dot)
Maltese
Māori
Navajo
Nigerian
Philippine
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Samoan
Slovak
South African
Spanish
Taiwanese Mandarin (largely reassigned)
Turkish
Vietnamese
Welsh
Yugoslav
Zambian

Nordic family	Estonian Faroese Icelandic Scandinavian Danish Finnish Greenlandic Northern Sámi Norwegian Swedish
Russian lineage family i.e. Cyrillic-mediated scripts	Belarusian Bulgarian Kazakh Kyrgyz Mongolian Russian Tatar Ukrainian
Egyptian lineage family i.e. Arabic-mediated scripts	Arabic Persian Urdu (Pakistan)
Indian lineage family i.e. Bharati Braille	Devanagari (Hindi / Marathi / Nepali) Bengali (Bangla / Assamese) Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Odia Punjabi Sinhala Tamil Telugu Urdu (India)
Other scripts	Amharic Armenian Burmese Dzongkha (Bhutanese) Georgian Greek Hebrew Inuktitut (reassigned vowels) Khmer Thai and Lao (Japanese vowels) Tibetan

Reordered

Algerian Braille (obsolete)

Frequency-based

American Braille (obsolete)

Independent

Eight-dot

Symbols in braille

Braille music
Canadian currency marks
Computer Braille Code
Gardner–Salinas braille codes (science; GS8/GS6)
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Nemeth braille code

Braille technology

People

Organisations

Other tactile alphabets

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