Alphabets & writing systems

Information about alphabets and other writing systems.

• Abjads | Alphabets
• Abugidas | Syllabaries
• Semanto-phonetic writing systems
• Alternative scripts | Undeciphered scripts
• 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, family words
• 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 to write natural and constructed languages for use in films, books, games, etc, or just for fun.

• 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, articles and videos.

• Language profiles
• Language families
• Language-related articles
• How to submit an article
• Language learning videos

What's new?

New and improved pages on Omniglot.

• New language: Gottscheerish
• New language: Wymysorys
• New article: When Nobody Understands: 3 Interesting Endangered Languages in Eastern Europe
• New language: Tut
• New constructed script: Antikom
• Improved page: Finnish phrases
• New language: Mon
• New constructed script: Debanish
• New family words in: Esperanto
• New language: Safen
• New numbers page: Sylheti
• New About the Author translation in: Assamese
• New language: Manggarainese
• New article: The Three Principles of Grammar in Modern Language Learning
• More news