Home›Alphabets›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-attested1840 BCE 1Language(s) WrittenFilter Results120 entriesScript TypeAllAlphabet (120)DirectionalityAllBottom-to-top (1)Boustrophedon (2)Left-to-right (117)Right-to-left (4)Top-to-bottom, vertical columns left-to-right (1)Variable (4)Origin Period Start YearAll-800 (3)-700 (99)-300 (2)100 (1)150 (2)400 (1)405 (1)430 (1)701 (1)862 (1)893 (13)1200 (1)1443 (1)1918 (1)1949 (1)Script Family (Lineage)AllGreek Script (111)Latin Script (2)Libyco-Berber Alphabet (2)Old Italic Script (98)Old Uyghur Alphabet (1)Phoenician Script (2)Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark) (1)Sogdian Script (1)Script StatusAllExtinct (6)Historical or Liturgical Use Only (2)Living (in Current Use) (117)Region of OriginAllArmenia (1)Bulgaria (13)China (1)Ireland (1)Italian Peninsula (2)Mongolia (2)Scandinavia (1)The Korean Peninsula (1)West Africa 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(1)hau (1)haw (1)hil (1)hop (1)hrv (1)hy (1)ibo (1)iku (1)ilo (1)ind (1)isl (1)ita (1)ka (1)kas (1)kaz (1)kin (1)kir (1)ko (1)kur (1)lat (1)lav (1)lit (1)ltz (1)mkd (1)mlg (1)mlt (1)mn (1)mri (1)msa (1)nah (1)nld (1)non (1)nor (1)nya (1)orm (1)pcm (1)pl (1)por (1)que (1)rap (1)rom (1)ron (1)ru (1)run (1)slk (1)slv (1)smo (1)sna (1)som (1)sot (1)spa (1)sqi (1)srp (1)sun (1)sw (1)swe (1)tgk (1)tgl (1)tsn (1)tuk (1)tur (1)ukr (1)uzb (1)Showing the 100 most common of 105 options.Speaker CountAll0 (5)300 (1)1000 (1)2000 (1)6780 (1)7400 (1)24,000 (1)38,000 (1)50,000 (1)57,000 (1)69,000 (1)70,000 (1)71,968 (1)170,000 (1)187,000 (1)200,000 (1)230,000 (1)339,210 (1)390,000 (1)400,000 (1)430,000 (1)538,300 (1)570,000 (1)806,000 (1)900,000 (1)1,100,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)1,500,000 (1)1,700,000 (3)2,300,000 (1)2,500,000 (1)3,100,000 (1)3,600,000 (1)3,760,000 (1)4,000,000 (1)4,100,000 (1)4,320,000 (1)4,600,000 (1)4,750,000 (1)5,000,000 (2)5,094,000 (1)5,100,000 (1)5,300,000 (1)5,500,000 (2)5,600,000 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entryKazakhLanguage(s) Written1 entryKhoekhoeLanguage(s) Written1 entryKikuyu languageLanguage(s) Written1 entryKinyarwandaLanguage(s) Written1 entryKirundiLanguage(s) Written1 entryKoreanLanguage(s) Written1 entryKurdishLanguage(s) Written1 entryKyrgyzLanguage(s) Written1 entryLatinLanguage(s) Written2 entriesLatvianLanguage(s) Written1 entryLevantine ArabicLanguage(s) Written1 entryLithuanianLanguage(s) Written1 entryLuxembourgishLanguage(s) Written1 entryMacedonianLanguage(s) Written1 entryMalagasyLanguage(s) Written1 entryMalayLanguage(s) Written1 entryMalteseLanguage(s) Written1 entryMandarin ChineseLanguage(s) Written1 entryMaoriLanguage(s) Written1 entryMongolianLanguage(s) Written2 entriesNahuatlLanguage(s) Written1 entryNavajoLanguage(s) Written1 entryNigerian PidginLanguage(s) Written1 entryNorwegianLanguage(s) Written1 entryNuer languageLanguage(s) Written1 entryOld Church SlavonicLanguage(s) Written2 entriesOld EnglishLanguage(s) Written2 entriesOld NorseLanguage(s) Written3 entriesOld TurkicLanguage(s) Written1 entryOromoLanguage(s) Written1 entryPolishLanguage(s) Written1 entryPortugueseLanguage(s) Written1 entryQuechuaLanguage(s) Written1 entryRapa NuiLanguage(s) Written1 entryRomaniLanguage(s) Written1 entryRomanianLanguage(s) Written1 entryRussianLanguage(s) Written1 entrySamoanLanguage(s) Written1 entryScottish GaelicLanguage(s) Written1 entrySerbianLanguage(s) Written2 entriesSesothoLanguage(s) Written1 entryShonaLanguage(s) Written1 entrySlovakLanguage(s) Written1 entrySlovenianLanguage(s) Written1 entrySomaliLanguage(s) Written1 entrySpanishLanguage(s) Written1 entrySundaneseLanguage(s) Written1 entryShowing 51 to 100 of 120, page 2 of 3.← Previous123Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: AlphabetWikimedia FoundationHistory, Alphabets related to Phoenician, Ancient Near Eastern alphabetsQuote, History, Alphabets related to Phoenician, Ancient Near Eastern alphabetsIn the Middle Bronze Age, an apparently alphabetic system known as the Proto-Sinaitic script appeared in Egyptian turquoise mines in the Sinai Peninsula c. 1840 BC, apparently left by Canaanite workers.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.