Home›Iranian Languages›Script UsedBrowse ByScript UsedScript 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.FactsScript UsedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested200 1Script UsedFilter Results8 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllEastern Iranian (3)Indo-European (1)Indo-Iranian (3)Iranian (1)Western Iranian (5)RegionAllAfghanistan (1)Asia (6)Central Asia (4)China (3)Iran (1)Kurdistan (2)Oman (1)Pakistan (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (2)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (1)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (1)Official Language (3)StatusAllExtinct (4)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (3)Language KindAllExtinct (5)Safe (2)TonalAllNot Tonal (1)Word OrderAllSOV (2)Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)-1000 (3)224 (2)1501 (1)In UnicodeAllEncoded (7)In Use Since (Year)All700 BCE (1)150 BCE (1)1 (1)100 (1)250 (1)400 (2)893 (1)Number of CharactersAll22 (1)Script TypeAllAbjad (6)Alphabet (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareArabic ScriptScript Used4 entriesAvestan AlphabetScript Used1 entryCyrillic ScriptScript Used1 entryLatin ScriptScript Used1 entryManichaean AlphabetScript Used2 entriesPahlavi ScriptsScript Used1 entrySogdian ScriptScript Used1 entrySyriac AlphabetScript Used1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Iranian Languagestier 2WikipediaInfobox, Speakers fieldQuote, Infobox, Speakers field200 millionView 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.