Alphabets & writing systems

Information about alphabets and other writing systems.

• What is writing?
• Differences between writing and speech
• Types of writing system
• A-Z index
• Direction index

Learn languages

Learn the basics of many languages.

• Useful phrases and other phrases
• How to learn languages
• Numbers, colours and time expressions, kinship terms
• Idioms, proverbs and tongue twisters
• Country and language names
• UDHR, Tower of Babel and Songs
• Chinese and Celtic languages
• Find language tutors in the USA or UK

Constructed scripts

Scripts invented for by visitors to Ommniglot, and for books, films, etc.

• Constructed scripts for natural languages
• Constructed scripts for constructed languages
• Fictional scripts
• Phonetic scripts
• Adapted scripts
• A-Z index
• How to submit a con-script

About languages

Information about languages, language-related articles and videos.

• Language profiles
• Language families
• Language-related articles
• Language learning videos

What's new?

New and improved pages on Omniglot.

• New numbers page: Rade
• New constructed script: Keburi
• New page: Phrase finder
• New article: The Importance of Clear Written Communication in Business
• New article: How do I tell if I can pick up a second language faster than others?
• New numbers page: Tolowa
• New Tower of Babel translations: Maninka, Nkore, Pochuri, Psikye, Sukuma, Tangsa and Toma
• New numbers page: Kankanaey
• New language: Kankanaey
• New Tower of Babel translations: Hanga, Kikuyu and Liangmai Naga
• New Tower of Babel translations: Basari, Kumam and Yao
• New article: Arabic (العَرَبِيَّة)
• New constructed script: Engarun
• New constructed script: Senyas Baybayin
• More news