Writing systems
Information about alphabets and other writing systems.
- Alphabets
- Abjads (Consonant alphabets)
- Abugidas (Syllabic alphabets)
- Syllabaries
- Semanto-phonetic scripts
- Alternative scripts
- Undeciphered scripts
- Language and writing statistics
- A-Z index | Index by writing direction
Constructed scripts
Constructed scripts for books, films, TV, games, and for fun.
- Scripts for natural languages
- Scripts for constructed languages
- Colour-based scripts
- Phonetic/Universal scripts
- Adapted scripts
- Fictional alphabets
- Magical alphabets
- A-Z index of constructed scripts
Languages
Learn languages and learn about languages.
- Useful phrases | Silly phrases
- Multilingual Phrase Finder
- Numbers | Time | Colours
- Family words
- Terms of endearment
- Idioms | Proverbs
- Tongue twisters
- Other multilingual pages
- Songs and Tunes
- Celtic languages
- Q International Keyboard
What's new?
New and improved pages on Omniglot.
- New blog post: Language quiz
- New blog post: Gibberish
- New podcast: Fishing for Words
- New language: Nez Perce
- New numbers page: Erzya
- New family words page: Māori
- New language: Pintupi
- New blog post: Elephants & Camels
- New language: Dhuwal
- New family words page: Hawaiian
- New constructed script: Noot-Nagari
- New family words page: Scots
- New article: The Beauty of the Hungarian Language
- New language: (Tai) Khün
- New blog post: Do you tartle?
- New language: Tai Ya
- New family words page: Indonesian
- New blog post: Grab it and run!
- New language: Jakaltek
