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Script 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.

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Era Of Emergence
1450 BCE 1
Script Status
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Linear B
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The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examples dating to around 1450 BC.
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