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Script Used

Script used links a language to the writing system it is set down in. Spanish is written in the Latin script, of which Wikipedia notes "this set of letters is the basis of the Latin script, the most widely used writing system in the world." This dimension groups languages that share the same everyday writing system.

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Estimated Speakers (Millions)
200 1
Script Used

Latin Script

Script Used
87 entries

Arabic Script

Script Used
14 entries

Cyrillic Script

Script Used
13 entries

Devanagari

Script Used
7 entries

Han Script

Script Used
7 entries

Ge'ez Script

Script Used
3 entries

Bengali-Assamese Script

Script Used
2 entries

Brahmi

Script Used
2 entries

Cuneiform

Script Used
2 entries

Greek Script

Script Used
2 entries

Old Italic Script

Script Used
2 entries

Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark)

Script Used
2 entries

Armenian Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Avestan Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Balinese Script

Script Used
1 entry

Bopomofo

Script Used
1 entry

Burmese Script

Script Used
1 entry

Cherokee Syllabary

Script Used
1 entry

Coptic Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Script Used
1 entry

Georgian Script

Script Used
1 entry

Glagolitic Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Gujarati Script

Script Used
1 entry

Hangul

Script Used
1 entry

Hebrew Square Script

Script Used
1 entry

Hiragana

Script Used
1 entry

Javanese Script

Script Used
1 entry

Kannada Script

Script Used
1 entry

Katakana

Script Used
1 entry

Khmer Script

Script Used
1 entry

Lao Script

Script Used
1 entry

Libyco-Berber Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Linear B

Script Used
1 entry

Malayalam Script

Script Used
1 entry

Manichaean Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Maya Script

Script Used
1 entry

Meroitic Script

Script Used
1 entry

Mongolian Script

Script Used
1 entry

Odia Script

Script Used
1 entry

Ogham

Script Used
1 entry

Pahlavi Scripts

Script Used
1 entry

Sinhala Script

Script Used
1 entry

Syriac Alphabet

Script Used
1 entry

Tamil Script

Script Used
1 entry

Telugu Script

Script Used
1 entry

Thai Script

Script Used
1 entry

Tibetan Script

Script Used
1 entry

Tifinagh

Script Used
1 entry

Younger Futhark

Script Used
1 entry
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Iranian Languages
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