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Do not fill this in! {{#invoke:navbox with collapsible groups|navbox | name = List of writing systems | state = {{{state<includeonly>|autocollapse</includeonly>}}} | title = [[List of writing systems|Types]] of [[writing system]]s | selected = {{{1}}} | image =<!-- [[File:Kielitynkäkuva.png|75px]] --> | listclass = hlist | list1 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|groupwidth = 10em | group1 = Overview | list1 = *[[History of writing]] *[[Grapheme]] *[[Hieroglyph]] | group2 = Lists | list2 = <!--(list includes parenthesis:)--> *[[List of writing systems|Writing systems]] **[[Undeciphered writing systems|undeciphered]] **[[List of creators of writing systems|inventors]] **[[List of constructed scripts|constructed]] *Languages by writing system / [[List of languages by first written accounts|by first written accounts]] }} | sect2 = [[List of writing systems|Types]] | state2 = expanded | list2 = {{#invoke:navbox with collapsible groups|navbox|child | selected = {{{1}}} | sect1 = [[Abjad]]s | abbr1 = Abjads | list1 = * ''[[Abjad numerals|Numerals]]'' *[[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]] ** [[Hatran alphabet|Hatran]] *[[Arabic script|Arabic]] **[[Elifba alphabet|Elifba]] *[[Egyptian hieroglyphs]] *[[Elymaic]] *[[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] ** [[Ktav Ashuri|Ashuri]] ** [[Cursive Hebrew|Cursive]] ** [[Rashi script|Rashi]] ** [[Solitreo]] *[[Tifinagh]] *[[Mandaic alphabet|Mandaic]] *[[Manichaean script|Manichaean]] *[[Nabataean script|Nabataean]] *[[Ancient North Arabian]] *[[Pahlavi scripts|Pahlavi]] **[[Book Pahlavi|Book]] **[[Inscriptional Pahlavi|Inscriptional]] **[[Inscriptional Parthian]] **[[Psalter Pahlavi|Psalter]] *[[Pegon script|Pegon]] *[[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]] **[[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet|Paleo-Hebrew]] *[[Pitman shorthand]] *[[Proto-Sinaitic script|Proto-Sinaitic]] *[[Punic alphabet|Punic]] *[[Samaritan script|Samaritan]] *[[Ancient South Arabian script|South Arabian]] ** [[Ancient South Arabian script#Zabur_script|Zabur]] ** [[Ancient South Arabian script#Musnad|Musnad]] *[[Sogdian alphabet|Sogdian]] *[[Syriac alphabet|Syriac]] ** [[Syriac alphabet#Classical ʾEsṭrangēlā|ʾEsṭrangēlā]] ** [[Syriac alphabet#West Syriac Serṭā|Serṭā]] ** [[Syriac alphabet#East Syriac Maḏnḥāyā|Maḏnḥāyā]] *[[Teeline Shorthand]] *[[Ugaritic alphabet|Ugaritic]] | sect2 = [[Abugida]]s | abbr2 = Abugidas | list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|groupwidth = 5em | group1 = [[Brahmic scripts|Brahmic]] | list1 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|groupwidth = 5em | group1 = Northern | list1 = *[[Bengali–Assamese script|Bengali–Assamese]] *[[Bhaiksuki script|Bhaiksuki]] *[[Brahmi script]] *[[Devanagari]] *[[Dogri script|Dogri]] *[[Gujarati script|Gujarati]] *[[Gupta script|Gupta]] *[[Gurmukhi]] *[[Kaithi]] *[[Kalinga script|Kalinga]] *[[Khema script|Khema]] *[[Khojki script|Khojki]] *[[Khudabadi script|Khudabadi]] *[[Laṇḍā scripts|Laṇḍā]] *[[Lepcha script|Lepcha]] *[[Mahajani]] *[[Marchen script|Marchen]] *[[Meitei script|Meitei]] *[[Modi script|Modi]] *[[Multani script|Multani]] *[[Nāgarī script|Nagari]] *[[Nandinagari]] *[[Nepalese scripts]] **[[Bhujimol script|Bhujimol]] **[[Golmol script|Golmol]] **[[Himmol script|Himmol]] **[[Kummol script|Kummol]] **[[Kvemmol script|Kvemmol]] **[[Pachumol script|Pachumol]] **[[Pracalit script|Pracalit]] **[[Ranjana script|Ranjana]] **[[Tamyig script|Tamyig]] **[[Tirhuta script|Tirhuta]] **[[Limbu script|Limbu]] **[[Nepalese scripts|Litumol]] *[[Odia script|Odia]] **[[Karani script|Karani]] *[[ʼPhags-pa script|ʼPhags-pa]] *[[Sharada script|Sharada]] *[[Siddhaṃ script|Siddhaṃ]] *[[Soyombo script|Soyombo]] *[[Sylheti Nagri]] *[[Takri script|Takri]] *[[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] ** [[Uchen script|Uchen]] ** [[Umê script|Umê]] *[[Tocharian script|Tocharian]] *[[Zanabazar square script|Zanabazar square]] | group2 = Southern | list2 = *[[Ahom script|Ahom]] *[[Balinese script|Balinese]] *[[Batak script|Batak]] *[[Baybayin]] *[[Bhattiprolu script|Bhattiprolu]] *[[Buda script|Buda]] *[[Buhid script|Buhid]] *[[Chakma script|Chakma]] *[[Cham script|Cham]] *[[Fakkham script|Fakkham]] *[[Grantha script|Grantha]] *[[Goykanadi]] *[[Hanunoo script|Hanunoo]] *[[Javanese script|Javanese]] *[[Kadamba script|Kadamba]] *[[Kannada script|Kannada]] *[[S'gaw Karen alphabet|Karen]] *[[Kawi script|Kawi]] *[[Khmer script|Khmer]] **[[Khom Thai script|Khom Thai]] *[[Kulitan]] *[[Tai Tham script|Lanna]] *[[Langdi]] *[[Lao script|Lao]] *[[Leke script|Leke]] *[[Lontara script|Lontara]] **[[Lontara Bilang-bilang script|Bilang-bilang]] *[[Makasar script|Makasar]] *[[Malayalam script|Malayalam]] *[[Maldivian writing systems|Old Maldivian]] **[[Dhives Akuru]] **[[Eveyla Akuru]] *[[Mon–Burmese script|Mon–Burmese]] *[[Pallava script|Pallava]] *[[Pyu script|Pyu]] *[[Saurashtra script|Saurashtra]] *[[Shan alphabet|Shan]] *[[Sinhala script|Sinhala]] *[[Sukhothai script|Sukhothai]] *[[Sundanese script|Sundanese]] **[[Old Sundanese script|Old Sundanese]] *[[Tagbanwa script|Tagbanwa]] *[[Tai Le script|Tai Le]] *[[New Tai Lue alphabet|New Tai Lue]] *[[Tai Noi script|Tai Noi]] *[[Tai Tham script|Tai Tham]] *[[Tai Viet script|Tai Viet]] *[[Lai Tay script|Lai Tay]] *[[Tamil script|Tamil]] *[[Tamil-Brahmi]] *[[Tanchangya script|Tanchangya]] *[[Telugu script|Telugu]] *[[Thai script|Thai]] *[[Tigalari script|Tigalari]] *[[Ulu scripts]] **[[Incung script|Incung]] **[[Lampung script|Lampung]] **[[Lembak script|Lembak]] **[[Ogan script|Ogan]] **[[Pasemah script|Pasemah]] **[[Rejang script|Rejang]] **[[Serawai script|Serawai]] *[[Vatteluttu]] ** [[Kolezhuthu]] ** [[Malayanma]] }} | group2 = Others | list2 = *[[Bharati script|Bharati]] *[[Boyd's syllabic shorthand]] *[[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics|Canadian syllabics]] **[[Blackfoot_language#Writing_system|Blackfoot]] **[[Carrier syllabics|Déné syllabics]] *[[Dham script|Dham]] *[[Fox language#Writing systems|Fox I]] *[[Geʽez script|Geʽez]] *[[Gunjala Gondi script|Gunjala Gondi]] *[[Japanese Braille]] *[[Sarati]] *[[Sunwar_language#Writing_Systems|Jenticha]] *[[Kharosthi]] *[[Mandombe script|Mandombe]] *[[Gondi writing|Masaram Gondi]] *[[Meroitic script|Meroitic]] *[[Pollard script|Miao]] *[[Mwangwego script|Mwangwego]] *[[Pahawh Hmong]] *[[Sorang Sompeng script|Sorang Sompeng]] *[[Tengwar]] *[[Thaana]] *[[Thomas Natural Shorthand]] *[[Warang Citi]] *[[Mwangwego script|Mwangwego]] *[[Qiang language|Rma]] }} | sect3 = [[Alphabet]]s | abbr3 = Alphabets | list3 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|groupwidth = 10em | group1 = Linear | list1 = *[[Adlam script|Adlam]] *[[Ariyaka script|Ariyaka]] *[[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]] *[[Avestan alphabet|Avestan]] **[[Pazend]] *[[Avoiuli]] *[[Bassa Vah script|Bassa Vah]] *[[Carian alphabets|Carian]] *[[Caucasian Albanian script|Caucasian Albanian]] *[[Cirth]] *[[Coelbren y Beirdd|Coelbren]] *[[Coorgi–Cox alphabet]] *[[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]] *[[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] **[[Bosnian Cyrillic|Bosnian]] **[[Early Cyrillic alphabet|Early]] *[[Deseret alphabet|Deseret]] *[[Duployan shorthand]] **[[Duployan shorthand#Chinook writing|Chinook]] *[[Eclectic shorthand]] *[[Elbasan script|Elbasan]] *[[Enochian]] *[[Etruscan alphabet|Etruscan]] *[[Evenki alphabet|Evenki]] *[[George Psalmanazar#Pseudo-lexicographer|Formosan]] *[[Fox language#Writing systems|Fox II]] *[[Fraser script|Fraser]] *[[Gabelsberger shorthand]] *[[Gadabuursi Somali script|Gadabuursi]] *[[Garay alphabet]] *[[Georgian scripts|Georgian]] **[[Asomtavruli]] **[[Nuskhuri]] **[[Mkhedruli]] *[[Veso Bey alphabet|Veso Bey]] *[[Glagolitic script|Glagolitic]] *[[Gothic alphabet|Gothic]] *[[Gregg shorthand]] *[[Greek alphabet|Greek]] ([[Archaic Greek alphabets|Archaic]]) *[[Greco-Iberian alphabet]] *[[Hangul]] *[[Hanifi Rohingya script|Hanifi]] *[[Sunwar_language#Writing_Systems|Jenticha]] *[[Kaddare script|Kaddare]] *[[Kayah Li alphabet|Kayah Li]] *[[Klingon scripts|Klingon]] *[[Latin script|Latin]] **[[Beneventan script|Beneventan]] **[[Blackletter]] **[[Carolingian minuscule]] **[[Fraktur]] **[[Gaelic type|Gaelic]] **[[Insular script|Insular]] **[[Interlac]] **[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] **[[Kurrent]] **[[Merovingian script|Merovingian]] **[[Scribal abbreviation|Sigla]] **[[Sütterlin]] **[[Tironian notes]] **[[Visigothic script|Visigothic]] *[[Luo script|Luo]] *[[Lycian alphabet|Lycian]] *[[Lydian alphabet|Lydian]] *[[Manchu alphabet|Manchu]] *[[Medefaidrin]] *[[Molodtsov alphabet|Molodtsov]] *[[Mongolian script|Mongolian]] *[[Mru language#Script|Mru]] *[[Mundari Bani]] *[[N'Ko script|N'Ko]] *[[Ogham]] *[[Clear Script|Oirat]] *[[Ol Chiki script|Ol Chiki]] *[[Old Hungarian script|Old Hungarian]] *[[Old Italic scripts|Old Italic]] *[[Old Permic script|Old Permic]] *[[Old Turkic script|Orkhon]] *[[Old Uyghur alphabet|Old Uyghur]] *[[Ol Onal]] *[[Osage script|Osage]] *[[Osmanya script|Osmanya]] *[[Pau Cin Hau script|Pau Cin Hau]] *[[Phrygian alphabet|Phrygian]] *[[Pisidian language|Pisidian]] *[[Runes|Runic]] **[[Anglo-Saxon runes|Anglo-Saxon]] **[[Cipher runes|Cipher]] **[[Dalecarlian runes|Dalecarlian]] **[[Elder Futhark]] **[[Younger Futhark]] **[[Gothic runic inscriptions|Gothic]] **[[Marcomannic runes|Marcomannic]] **[[Medieval runes|Medieval]] **[[Staveless runes|Staveless]] *[[Shavian alphabet|Shavian]] *[[Sidetic language|Sidetic]] *[[Sorang Sompeng script|Sorang Sompeng]] *[[Sunuwar alphabet|Sunuwar]] *[[Tifinagh]] *[[Todhri script|Todhri]] *[[Kurukh language#Writing_systems|Tolong Siki]] *[[Vagindra script|Vagindra]] *[[Vellara alphabet|Vellara]] *[[Visible Speech]] *[[Vithkuqi script|Vithkuqi]] *[[Wancho language#Orthography|Wancho]] *[[Warang Citi]] *[[Kurdish alphabets#Yezidi|Yezidi]] *[[Zaghawa script|Zaghawa]] | group2 = Non-linear | list2 = <!--(as above:)--> *[[Braille]] *[[International maritime signal flags|Maritime flags]] *[[Telegraph code]] *[[New York Point]] *[[Flag semaphore]] *[[Moon type]] }} | sect4 = [[Ideogram]]s | abbr4 = Ideograms | list4 = *[[Adinkra symbols|Adinkra]] *[[Aztec script|Aztec]] *[[Blissymbols]] *[[Dongba symbols|Dongba]] *[[Ersu Shaba script|Ersu Shaba]] *[[Emoji]] *[[Isotype (picture language)|Isotype]] *[[Kaidā glyphs|Kaidā]] *[[Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing|Miꞌkmaw]] *[[Mixtec writing|Mixtec]] *[[New Epoch Notation Painting]] *[[Nsibidi]] *[[Ojibwe_writing_systems#Ojibwe_"hieroglyphs"|Ojibwe Hieroglyphs]] *[[Olmec hieroglyphs|Olmec]] *[[Siglas poveiras]] *[[Testerian]] *[[Yerkish]] *[[Zapotec script|Zapotec]] | sect5 = [[Logogram]]s | abbr5 = Logograms | list5 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|groupwidth = 10em | group1 = [[Chinese family of scripts]] | list1 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|groupwidth = 10em | group1 = [[Chinese characters]] | list1 = *[[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]] *[[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]] *[[Oracle bone script]] *[[Chinese bronze inscriptions|Bronze scripts]] *[[Seal script]] **[[Large seal script|large]] **[[Small seal script|small]] **[[Bird-worm seal script|bird-worm]] *[[Hanja]] *[[Kanji]] *[[Chữ Nôm]] *[[Sawndip]] *[[Bowen script|Bowen]] | group2 = Chinese-influenced | list2 = *[[Jurchen script|Jurchen]] *[[Khitan large script]] *[[Sui script|Sui]] *[[Tangut script|Tangut]] }} | group2 = [[Cuneiform]] | list2 = *[[Akkadian cuneiform|Akkadian]] *[[Assyrian cuneiform|Assyrian]] *[[Elamite cuneiform|Elamite]] *[[Hittite cuneiform|Hittite]] *[[Cuneiform Luwian|Luwian]] *[[Cuneiform|Sumerian]] | group3 = Other logosyllabic | list3 = *[[Anatolian hieroglyphs|Anatolian]] *[[Bagam script|Bagam]] *[[Cretan hieroglyphs|Cretan]] *[[Isthmian script|Isthmian]] *[[Maya script|Maya]] *[[Proto-Elamite script|Proto-Elamite]] *[[Tenevil]] *[[Yi script#Classical Yi|Yi (Classical)]] | group4 = Logoconsonantal | list4 = *[[Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]] *[[Hieratic]] *[[Egyptian hieroglyphs|Hieroglyphs]] | group5 = Numerals | list5 = *[[Hindu–Arabic numeral system|Hindu-Arabic]] *[[Abjad numerals|Abjad]] *[[Attic numerals|Attic (Greek)]] *[[Muisca numerals|Muisca]] *[[Roman numerals|Roman]] | group6 = Other | list6 = *[[Sitelen Pona]] }} | sect6 = [[Semi-syllabaries]] | abbr6 = Semi-syllabaries | list6 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child |groupwidth = 10em | group1 = Full | list1 = *[[Linear Elamite]] *[[Celtiberian script|Celtiberian]] *[[Northeastern Iberian script|Northeastern Iberian]] *[[Southeastern Iberian script|Southeastern Iberian]] *[[Khom script (Ong Kommadam)|Khom]] *[[Dunging script|Dunging]] | group2 = Redundant | list2 = *[[Espanca script]] *[[Pahawh Hmong]] *[[Khitan small script]] *[[Southwest Paleohispanic script|Southwest Paleohispanic]] *[[Bopomofo]] *[[History_of_writing_in_Vietnam#Quốc_Âm_Tân_Tự|Quốc Âm Tân Tự]] }} | sect7 = [[Sign language]]s | abbr7 = Sign languages | list7 = *[[ASLwrite]] *[[SignWriting]] *[[si5s]] *[[Stokoe notation]] | sect8 = [[Syllabary|Syllabaries]] | abbr8 = Syllabaries | list8 = *[[Afaka syllabary|Afaka]] *[[Bamum script|Bamum]] *[[Bété syllabary|Bété]] *[[Byblos syllabary|Byblos]] *[[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics|Canadian Aboriginal]] *[[Cherokee syllabary|Cherokee]] *[[Cypriot syllabary|Cypriot]] *[[Cypro-Minoan syllabary|Cypro-Minoan]] *[[Ditema tsa Dinoko]] *[[Eskayan script|Eskayan]] *[[Geba syllabary|Geba]] *[[Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics|Great Lakes Algonquian]] *[[Iban language#Alphabet|Iban]] *[[Idu script|Idu]] *[[Kana]] **[[Hiragana]] **[[Katakana]] **[[Man'yōgana]] **[[Hentaigana]] **[[Sōgana]] **[[Jindai moji]] *[[Mende Kikakui script|Kikakui]] *[[Kpelle syllabary|Kpelle]] *[[Linear B]] *[[Linear Elamite]] *[[Lisu language#Lisu syllabary|Lisu]] *[[Loma language#writing systems|Loma]] *[[Nüshu]] *[[Nwagu Aneke script]] *[[Old Persian cuneiform]] *[[Cuneiform|Sumerian]] *[[Vai syllabary|Vai]] *[[Woleai script|Woleai]] *[[Yi script#Modern Yi|Yi]] *[[Yugtun script|Yugtun]] }} | list8 = {{braille|border=child}} }}<noinclude> {{documentation}} </noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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