Home›Other Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan 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.Script UsedComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Script UsedFilter Results6 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAfro-Asiatic (6)Berber languages (3)Cushitic (1)Khoisan (1)Macro-Somali languages (1)Nilo-Saharan (2)Nilotic (1)Oromoid languages (1)RegionAllAfrica (6)Algeria (3)Ethiopia (1)Kenya (1)Libya (3)Mali (3)Niger (3)Nile Valley (1)North Africa (2)Somalia (1)South Sudan (1)West Africa (2)Speaker Count BandAll0 to 400,000 (2)16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (1)430,000 to 5,500,000 (3)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (4)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (2)Official StatusAllCo-Official Language (3)No Official Status (2)Official Language (2)Recognized Regional or Minority Language (2)StatusAllExtinct (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (1)Living (4)Language KindAllExtinct (2)Safe (3)Vulnerable (1)TonalAllTonal (2)Word OrderAllOther (2)SOV (1)SVO (3)VSO (3)Period Start YearAll-3200 (1)300 (1)1201 (1)1601 (2)In UnicodeAllEncoded (5)In Use Since (Year)All3200 BCE (1)700 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)100 (1)400 (1)Script TypeAllAbjad (2)Alphabet (3)Logosyllabic (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareArabic ScriptScript Used3 entriesCoptic AlphabetScript Used1 entryEgyptian HieroglyphsScript Used1 entryLatin ScriptScript Used8 entriesLibyco-Berber AlphabetScript Used1 entryTifinaghScript Used2 entriesComments (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.