List of writing systems



         


See writing system for a description of the different kinds of writing systems. The name of the language the script is used to write follows the name of the script, if different.

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Logographic writing systems

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Syllabaries

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Alphabets

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Abjads

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Abugidas

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Undeciphered writing systems

These writing systems have not yet been completely deciphered, and in some cases are not deciphered at all.

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Undeciphered manuscripts

A number of manuscripts from comparable recent past may be written in an invented writing system, a cipher of an existing writing system or may only be an hoax.

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See also

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