Script Type
Alphabet Writing Systems
Alphabets represent both consonants and vowels as separate letters. They are the most common script type in the world, used by European languages and many others.
32 scripts of this type in the Unicode standard.
Latin
Latn
Hel
LTR
515 languages
Living
Cyrillic
Cyrl
При
LTR
61 languages
Living
Greek
Grek
Γει
LTR
5 languages
Living
Tifinagh (Berber)
Tfng
ⵜⵉⴼ
LTR
5 languages
Living
N’Ko
Nkoo
ߒߞߏ
RTL
3 languages
Living
Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli)
Geor
გამ
LTR
2 languages
Living
Armenian
Armn
Բար
LTR
1 language
Living
Avestan
Avst
RTL
1 language
Liturgical
Gothic
Goth
𐌰𐌱𐌲
LTR
1 language
Historical
Hanifi Rohingya
Rohg
𐴆𐴝𐴋
RTL
1 language
Living
Lisu (Fraser)
Lisu
ꓡꓲꓢ
LTR
1 language
Living
Lycian
Lyci
LTR
1 language
Historical
Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali)
Olck
LTR
1 language
Living
Osage
Osge
LTR
1 language
Living
Runic
Runr
ᚱᚢᚾ
LTR
1 language
Historical
Adlam
Adlm
𞤀𞤣𞤤
RTL
Living
Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs)
Hluw
LTR
Living
Bassa Vah
Bass
LTR
Living
Coptic
Copt
Ϩⲉⲗ
LTR
Liturgical
Deseret (Mormon)
Dsrt
𐐀𐐁𐐂
LTR
Historical
Elbasan
Elba
LTR
Living
Glagolitic
Glag
ⰃⰎⰀ
LTR
Liturgical
Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime, Oberi Ɔkaimɛ)
Medf
LTR
Living
Mro, Mru
Mroo
LTR
Living
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
Hmnp
LTR
Living
Ogham
Ogam
ᚑᚌᚐ
LTR
Historical
Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic)
Hung
𐲀𐲁𐲂
RTL
Historical
Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Ital
RTL
Historical
Old Permic
Perm
LTR
Living
Osmanya
Osma
LTR
Living
Toto
Toto
LTR
Living
Vithkuqi
Vith
LTR
Living