Home›Abugidas›Language(s) WrittenBrowse ByLanguage(s) WrittenLanguages written names every language a given script is actually used to write. Wikipedia notes the Latin script "is used to write over 3,000 languages, spoken by about 70% of the global population," by far the widest reach of any writing system. This dimension shows how many separate languages one script actually serves.FactsLanguage(s) WrittenSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra Of EmergenceWell-attested300 BCE 1Language(s) WrittenFilter Results29 entriesScript TypeAllAbugida (29)DirectionalityAllLeft-to-right (28)Right-to-left (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-300 (4)-268 (3)100 (7)450 (1)600 (1)611 (1)620 (1)800 (1)830 (1)1000 (3)1035 (1)1100 (1)1200 (1)1292 (1)1350 (1)1592 (1)1601 (1)Script Family (Lineage)AllAncient South Arabian Script (3)Arabic Script (1)Aramaic Alphabet (3)Brahmi (21)Javanese Script (1)Khmer Script (1)Script StatusAllExtinct (3)Living (in Current Use) (27)Region of OriginAllBali (1)Eritrea (3)Ethiopia (3)India (3)Indonesia (2)Maldives (1)Thailand (1)Unicode StatusAllEncoded (29)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)300 BCE (2)101 (1)301 (2)450 (1)701 (1)739 (1)782 (1)801 (3)849 (1)981 (1)1001 (1)1051 (1)1100 (1)1195 (1)1201 (1)1292 (1)1350 (1)1501 (1)Attested To (Year)All1000 (1)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory IV (9)ISO 639-3 CodeAllamh (1)asm (1)ban (1)bho (1)bn (1)bo (1)div (1)gez (1)guj (1)hin (1)jav (1)kan (1)khm (1)kok (1)lao (1)mal (1)mar (1)mya (1)npi (1)ori (1)pra (1)san (1)sin (1)snd (1)ta (1)tel (1)th (1)tir (1)Speaker CountAll0 (1)504,829 (1)1,200,000 (1)3,300,000 (1)3,700,000 (1)5,900,000 (1)7,507,780 (1)15,000,000 (1)18,000,000 (1)19,000,000 (2)27,000,000 (1)32,900,000 (1)34,000,000 (1)37,000,000 (2)52,000,000 (1)58,800,000 (1)59,000,000 (1)62,000,000 (1)68,000,000 (1)75,000,000 (1)96,000,000 (1)99,000,000 (1)237,000,000 (1)345,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (2)Extinct (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (25)ToneAllNot Tonal (11)Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (21)SVO (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAmharicLanguage(s) Written1 entryAssameseLanguage(s) Written1 entryBalineseLanguage(s) Written1 entryBengaliLanguage(s) Written1 entryBhojpuriLanguage(s) Written1 entryBurmeseLanguage(s) Written1 entryGe'ezLanguage(s) Written1 entryGujaratiLanguage(s) Written1 entryHindiLanguage(s) Written1 entryJavaneseLanguage(s) Written1 entryKannadaLanguage(s) Written1 entryKhmerLanguage(s) Written1 entryKonkaniLanguage(s) Written1 entryLaoLanguage(s) Written1 entryMalayalamLanguage(s) Written1 entryMaldivianLanguage(s) Written1 entryMarathiLanguage(s) Written1 entryNepaliLanguage(s) Written1 entryOdiaLanguage(s) Written1 entryOld UyghurLanguage(s) Written1 entryPrakritLanguage(s) Written1 entrySanskritLanguage(s) Written2 entriesSindhiLanguage(s) Written1 entrySinhalaLanguage(s) Written1 entryTamilLanguage(s) Written1 entryTeluguLanguage(s) Written1 entryThaiLanguage(s) Written1 entryTibetanLanguage(s) Written1 entryTigrinyaLanguage(s) Written1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Brahmi ScriptWikimedia FoundationLead section, second paragraphQuote, Lead section, second paragraphThe writing system only went through relatively minor evolutionary changes from the Mauryan period (3rd century BCE) down to the early Gupta period (4th century CE), and it is thought that as late as the 4th century CE, a literate person could still read and understand Mauryan inscriptions.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.