Home›Scripts›Script Status›ExtinctBrowse ByExtinctScript status records how actively a writing system is still used today, from thriving to purely historical. Wikipedia notes the Latin script "is the most widely adopted writing system in the world," a status few scripts in history have ever come close to. This dimension separates scripts still in daily use from those kept only for scholarship.ExtinctSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Take a Related QuizExtinctFilter Results19 entriesScript TypeAllAbjad (9)Abugida (1)Alphabet (4)Logosyllabic (3)Syllabary (1)DirectionalityAllbottom-to-top, along a central stemline (1)Left to right, with rare exceptions (1)Right to left (4)Script Family (Lineage)AllAramaic Alphabet (4)Egyptian Hieroglyphs (1)Greek Script (1)Latin Script (1)Linear A (1)Phoenician Script (1)Runic Alphabet (Elder Futhark) (1)Sogdian Script (2)Syriac Alphabet (1)Language(s) WrittenAllAkkadian (1)Ancient Egyptian (1)Ancient Greek (1)Berber Languages (1)Classic Maya (1)Etruscan (1)Hebrew (1)Irish (1)Latin (1)Meroitic (1)Middle Persian (2)Old English (1)Old Norse (2)Old Turkic (1)Old Uyghur (4)Prakrit (1)Sanskrit (1)Sogdian (2)Sumerian (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-3500 (1)-3200 (1)-1450 (1)-1050 (1)-800 (3)-700 (2)-300 (2)-268 (1)-150 (2)100 (1)250 (1)400 (1)701 (1)InfluencedAllCoptic Alphabet (1)Egyptian Hieroglyphs (1)Phoenician Script (1)Region of OriginAllCentral Asia (1)Egypt (1)Greece (1)India (1)Iraq (1)Ireland (1)Italian Peninsula (1)Mesopotamia (1)Mongolia (1)North Africa (1)Scandinavia (1)The Fertile Crescent (1)The Maya Civilization (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19Ancient South Arabian ScriptExtinctAramaic AlphabetExtinctBrahmiExtinctCuneiformExtinctEgyptian HieroglyphsExtinctLibyco-Berber AlphabetExtinctLinear BExtinctManichaean AlphabetExtinctMaya ScriptExtinctMeroitic ScriptExtinctOghamExtinctOld Italic ScriptExtinctOld Turkic ScriptExtinctOld Uyghur AlphabetExtinctPahlavi ScriptsExtinctPhoenician ScriptExtinctRunic Alphabet (Elder Futhark)ExtinctSogdian ScriptExtinctYounger FutharkExtinctSourcesWorld 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.