Script Type
Abjad Writing Systems
Abjads write consonants only, leaving vowels unmarked or indicated by optional diacritics. Most Semitic scripts — Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac — are abjads.
25 scripts of this type in the Unicode standard.
Arabic
Arab
مرح
RTL
60 languages
Living
Hebrew
Hebr
שלו
RTL
5 languages
Living
Inscriptional Parthian
Prti
RTL
1 language
Historical
Lydian
Lydi
RTL
1 language
Historical
Mandaic, Mandaean
Mand
RTL
1 language
Living
Manichaean
Mani
𐫀𐫁𐫂
RTL
1 language
Historical
Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian)
Narb
LTR
1 language
Living
Old South Arabian
Sarb
RTL
1 language
Historical
Phoenician
Phnx
𐤀𐤁𐤂
RTL
1 language
Historical
Samaritan
Samr
LTR
1 language
Living
Syriac
Syrc
ܫܠܡ
RTL
1 language
Liturgical
Thaana
Thaa
ދިވ
RTL
1 language
Living
Ugaritic
Ugar
𐎀𐎁𐎂
LTR
1 language
Historical
Chorasmian
Chrs
LTR
Living
Elymaic
Elym
LTR
Living
Hatran
Hatr
RTL
Historical
Imperial Aramaic
Armi
RTL
Historical
Inscriptional Pahlavi
Phli
RTL
Historical
Nabataean
Nbat
RTL
Historical
Old Sogdian
Sogo
LTR
Living
Old Uyghur
Ougr
LTR
Historical
Palmyrene
Palm
RTL
Historical
Psalter Pahlavi
Phlp
LTR
Living
Sogdian
Sogd
𐼰𐼱𐼲
RTL
Historical
Yezidi
Yezi
RTL
Living