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Script status records how actively a writing system is still used today, from thriving to purely historical. Wikipedia notes the Latin script "is the most widely adopted writing system in the world," a status few scripts in history have ever come close to. This dimension separates scripts still in daily use from those kept only for scholarship.

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Era Of Emergence
300 BCE 1
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Balinese Script

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Bengali-Assamese Script

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Burmese Script

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Devanagari

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Ge'ez Script

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Gujarati Script

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Javanese Script

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Kannada Script

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Khmer Script

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Lao Script

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Odia Script

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Sinhala Script

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Telugu Script

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Thaana Script

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Thai Script

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Tibetan Script

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1. Wikipedia: Brahmi Script
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The 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.
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