Home›Scripts›Region of OriginBrowse ByRegion of OriginRegion of origin names the place a script first developed. Wikipedia notes the Latin script is "derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia," tracing its earliest known home to a single Greek colony in southern Italy. This dimension shows which regions have given the world their own writing systems.Region of OriginSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Take a Related QuizRegion of OriginFilter Results27 entriesAdmission YearAll1958 (1)Area (sq km)All298 (1)5582.83 (1)29,743 (1)70,273 (1)110,993.6 (1)120,000 (1)132,049 (1)223,915 (1)377,975 (1)438,317 (1)513,120 (1)811,569 (1)996,603 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,904,569 (1)3,287,263 (1)4,000,000 (1)6,142,700 (1)7,862,221 (1)9,572,900 (1)End YearAll1697 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All507 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1832 (1)1908 (1)1921 (1)1922 (2)1932 (1)1945 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1965 (1)1991 (1)1993 (1)PopulationAll601,269 (1)3,100,100 (1)3,591,120 (1)3,600,000 (1)4,461,260 (1)5,458,600 (1)6,423,207 (1)9,267,000 (1)21,000,000 (1)46,118,793 (1)65,975,198 (1)77,620,000 (1)82,000,000 (1)92,417,681 (1)109,139,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)270,500,000 (1)288,315,089 (1)468,200,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Start YearAll2000 BCE (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 27ArmeniaRegion of Origin1 entryBaliRegion of Origin1 entryBulgariaRegion of Origin1 entryCentral AsiaRegion of Origin1 entryChinaRegion of Origin1 entryEaster IslandRegion of Origin1 entryEgyptRegion of Origin1 entryEritreaRegion of Origin1 entryEthiopiaRegion of Origin1 entryThe Fertile CrescentRegion of Origin1 entryGreeceRegion of Origin2 entriesIndiaRegion of Origin1 entryIndonesiaRegion of Origin2 entriesIranRegion of Origin1 entryIraqRegion of Origin1 entryIrelandRegion of Origin1 entryItalian PeninsulaRegion of Origin1 entryJapanRegion of Origin2 entriesThe Korean PeninsulaRegion of Origin1 entryMaldivesRegion of Origin1 entryThe Maya CivilizationRegion of Origin1 entryMesopotamiaRegion of Origin1 entryMongoliaRegion of Origin2 entriesNorth AfricaRegion of Origin1 entryScandinaviaRegion of Origin1 entryThailandRegion of Origin1 entryWest AfricaRegion of Origin1 entrySourcesWorld History Encyclopediatier 2World History Encyclopedia (formerly Ancient History Encyclopedia)Contains: CuneiformContains: Egyptian HieroglyphsContains: Maya ScriptContains: Linear AContains: Linear BContains: BrahmiView the SourceOmniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languagestier 2Contains: Hebrew Square ScriptContains: RongorongoContains: Glagolitic AlphabetContains: HiraganaContains: KatakanaContains: Ge'ez ScriptView the SourceCherokee Phoenixtier 1Cherokee NationContains: Cherokee SyllabaryView 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.Take a Related QuizThe World's Writing SystemsIncludes a question about Scripts.