World Alphabets

The English alphabet consists of 26 letters and is written from left to right. It is based on the Latin alphabet and is one of the most widely used writing systems in the world.

Chinese uses a logographic writing system with thousands of characters. Simplified Chinese is used in mainland China and Singapore, while Traditional Chinese is used in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities.

The Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters and is written from right to left. Each letter can have up to four different forms depending on its position in a word.

The Russian alphabet uses the Cyrillic script and consists of 33 letters. It is written from left to right and is used to write Russian and several other Slavic languages.

The Korean alphabet uses the Hangul script and consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels. It is written from left to right and is used to write Korean and several other languages.

The Hindi alphabet uses the Devanagari script and consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants. It is written from left to right with a distinctive horizontal line running along the top.

The Japanese writing system uses two phonetic syllabaries: Hiragana (ひらがな) for native words and grammar, and Katakana (カタカナ) for foreign words and emphasis. Each consists of 46 basic characters.

Cantonese uses traditional Chinese characters with Jyutping romanization for pronunciation. It includes 19 consonants, 7 vowels, and 6 tones, making it one of the most complex Chinese dialect writing systems.

The Urdu alphabet is a modified version of the Persian alphabet with 38 letters, written from right to left. It is used to write Urdu, the national language of Pakistan.

The Tamil alphabet consists of 12 vowels and 18 consonants. It is one of the oldest writing systems still in use today.

The Bengali alphabet consists of 11 vowels and 39 consonants. It is used to write Bengali, the seventh most spoken language in the world.

The French alphabet uses the same 26 letters as English but includes additional accented characters and diacritical marks that affect pronunciation.

The Khmer alphabet consists of 33 consonants and 23 vowels. It is used to write Khmer, the official language of Cambodia.

The Hebrew alphabet consists of 22 letters and is written from right to left. It is used to write Hebrew and Yiddish languages.

The Spanish alphabet consists of 27 letters, including the distinctive letter Ñ. It uses the Latin alphabet with additional accented vowels.

The Thai alphabet consists of 44 consonants and 15 vowel symbols. It is an abugida script written from left to right without spaces between words.

The German alphabet uses the same 26 letters as English plus four additional characters: Ä, Ö, Ü (umlauts), and ß (Eszett).

The Persian alphabet consists of 32 letters and is written from right to left. It is a modified version of the Arabic script with additional letters.

The Greek alphabet has 24 letters and is written from left to right. It is the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

The Malayalam alphabet consists of 15 vowels and 36 consonants. It is used to write Malayalam, one of the major Dravidian languages of India.

The Vietnamese alphabet uses the Latin script with 29 letters and includes numerous diacritical marks to indicate tones and vowel quality.

The Gujarati alphabet consists of 11 vowels and 34 consonants. It is used to write Gujarati, an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Gujarat, India.

The Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters based on the Latin alphabet with six additional letters unique to Turkish.

The Myanmar alphabet consists of 33 consonants and 12 vowels. It is used to write Burmese and several other languages in Myanmar.

The Telugu alphabet consists of 16 vowels and 36 consonants. It is used to write Telugu, one of the classical languages of India.

The Sinhala alphabet consists of 18 vowels and 41 consonants. It is used to write Sinhala, the official language of Sri Lanka.

The Kurdish alphabet varies by region, using Arabic script (Sorani), Latin script (Kurmanji), or Cyrillic. The Sorani variant has 33 letters.

The Pashto alphabet is based on the Arabic script with 44 letters, including 12 letters unique to Pashto.

The Polish alphabet consists of 32 letters based on the Latin alphabet with nine additional letters featuring diacritical marks.

The Armenian alphabet consists of 39 letters and was created in 405 CE. It is one of the oldest alphabets still in use today.

The Swedish alphabet consists of 29 letters, including the three additional letters Å, Ä, and Ö at the end of the alphabet.

The Ukrainian alphabet uses the Cyrillic script and consists of 33 letters. It includes several letters unique to Ukrainian.

The Marathi alphabet uses the Devanagari script and consists of 12 vowels and 36 consonants. It is written from left to right.

The Nepali alphabet uses the Devanagari script and consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants. It is the official language of Nepal.

The Amharic alphabet uses the Ethiopic script (Fidel) with 33 basic characters, each with 7 forms representing different vowel sounds.

The Serbian alphabet has 30 letters and can be written in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts with perfect one-to-one correspondence.

The Coptic alphabet consists of 32 letters derived from Greek with additional letters from Demotic Egyptian script.

The Croatian alphabet consists of 30 letters using the Latin script with special characters like č, ć, dž, đ, lj, nj, š, and ž.

The Lithuanian alphabet consists of 32 letters using the Latin script with special characters and diacritical marks.

The Latvian alphabet consists of 33 letters using the Latin script with special diacritical marks including macrons and cedillas.

The Slovak alphabet consists of 46 letters using the Latin script with extensive use of diacritical marks for vowel length and consonant softness.

The Syriac alphabet consists of 22 letters derived from the Aramaic script, written from right to left.

The Macedonian alphabet consists of 31 letters using the Cyrillic script with some unique letters not found in other Cyrillic alphabets.

The Kashmiri alphabet uses a modified Perso-Arabic script with additional letters to represent sounds unique to Kashmiri.

The Maltese alphabet consists of 30 letters using the Latin script with unique letters like ċ, ġ, ħ, and ż.

The Estonian alphabet consists of 32 letters using the Latin script with special characters like š, ž, õ, ä, ö, and ü.

The Azerbaijani alphabet consists of 32 letters using the Latin script, adopted in 1991 after independence from the Soviet Union.

The Kazakh alphabet consists of 42 letters using the Cyrillic script with additional letters for Kazakh-specific sounds.

The Yoruba alphabet consists of 25 letters using the Latin script with special characters and tone marks to indicate pitch.

The Albanian alphabet consists of 36 letters using the Latin script with digraphs representing single sounds.

The Cherokee syllabary consists of 85 characters representing syllables, created by Sequoyah in the early 19th century.

The Hawaiian alphabet consists of only 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants, making it one of the shortest alphabets in the world.

The Slovenian alphabet consists of 25 letters using the Latin script with special characters č, š, and ž.

The Esperanto alphabet consists of 28 letters using the Latin script with six letters featuring circumflex accents.

The Santali alphabet uses the Ol Chiki script with 30 letters, created specifically for the Santali language in 1925.

The Bosnian alphabet consists of 30 letters and can be written in both Latin and Cyrillic scripts, though Latin is more commonly used.

The Tamazight alphabet uses the Tifinagh script with 33 letters, an ancient Berber writing system revived for modern use.

The Akan alphabet uses the Latin script with 22 letters, including special characters for sounds unique to Akan languages.

The Aramaic alphabet consists of 22 letters and is one of the oldest alphabets, ancestor to Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac scripts.

The Uzbek alphabet consists of 26 letters using the Latin script, adopted in 1993 after independence from the Soviet Union.

Morse Code is a communication system using dots and dashes to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation.

Braille is a tactile writing system using raised dots arranged in cells, enabling blind and visually impaired people to read and write.

The Uyghur alphabet uses a modified Arabic script with 32 letters, written from right to left.

The Tajik alphabet consists of 35 letters using the Cyrillic script with additional letters for Tajik-specific sounds.

The Javanese alphabet uses the Hanacaraka script with 20 basic consonants and various vowel diacritics.

The Igbo alphabet consists of 36 letters using the Latin script with special characters and diacritics for tones.

The Hausa alphabet consists of 23 letters using the Latin script, known as Boko, with special characters for Hausa sounds.

The Kyrgyz alphabet consists of 36 letters using the Cyrillic script with additional letters for Kyrgyz-specific sounds.

The Tatar alphabet consists of 39 letters using the Cyrillic script with additional letters for Tatar-specific sounds.

The Abkhaz alphabet consists of 62 letters using the Cyrillic script, one of the largest Cyrillic alphabets in the world.

The Bambara alphabet consists of 27 letters using the Latin script with special characters for Bambara sounds.

The Belarusian alphabet consists of 32 letters using the Cyrillic script with letters unique to Belarusian.

The Kannada alphabet consists of 49 letters including vowels and consonants, using a distinctive rounded script.

Kanji are logographic characters borrowed from Chinese, with over 2,000 characters in common use for Japanese writing.

The Assamese alphabet uses the Eastern Nagari script with 11 vowels and 41 consonants.

The Italian alphabet consists of 21 letters using the Latin script, with 5 additional letters used for foreign words.

The Sindhi alphabet uses a modified Arabic script with 52 letters, including many implosive consonants unique to Sindhi.

The Sanskrit alphabet uses the Devanagari script with 48 letters, considered one of the most systematic alphabets in the world.

The Portuguese alphabet consists of 26 letters using the Latin script with diacritical marks for pronunciation.

The Bulgarian alphabet consists of 30 letters using the Cyrillic script, the first Slavic literary language.

The Odia alphabet uses a distinctive rounded script with 13 vowels and 36 consonants.

The Lao alphabet consists of 27 consonants and various vowel symbols, closely related to Thai script.

The Bodo alphabet uses the Devanagari script with letters adapted for the Bodo language spoken in Assam, India.

The Dhivehi alphabet uses the Thaana script with 24 letters, written from right to left.

The Catalan alphabet consists of 26 letters using the Latin script with diacritical marks for pronunciation.

The Romanian alphabet consists of 31 letters using the Latin script with five special characters.

The Inuktitut alphabet uses Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, a unique writing system where each character represents a syllable.

The Norwegian alphabet consists of 29 letters using the Latin script with three additional letters Æ, Ø, and Å.

The Czech alphabet consists of 42 letters using the Latin script with extensive use of diacritical marks.

The Danish alphabet consists of 29 letters using the Latin script with three additional letters Æ, Ø, and Å.

The Tigrinya alphabet uses the Ethiopic script (Fidel) with 32 basic characters, each with 7 forms for different vowels.

The Georgian alphabet consists of 33 letters using the unique Mkhedruli script, one of the 14 alphabets in the world.

The Bashkir alphabet consists of 42 letters using the Cyrillic script with additional letters for Bashkir-specific sounds.

The Bhojpuri alphabet uses the Devanagari script, the same script used for Hindi, with letters adapted for Bhojpuri phonology.

The Chechen alphabet consists of 49 letters using the Cyrillic script, one of the largest Cyrillic alphabets.

The Dutch alphabet consists of 26 letters using the Latin script with diacritical marks for loanwords.

The Ewe alphabet uses the Latin script with special characters including ɖ, ɛ, ƒ, ɣ, ŋ, ɔ, and ʋ.

The Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters using the Latin script with special characters like á, í, ó, ú, ý, æ, ø, and ð.

The Finnish alphabet consists of 29 letters using the Latin script with three additional letters Å, Ä, and Ö.

The Glagolitic alphabet is the oldest known Slavic script, created in the 9th century with 41 letters.

The Gothic alphabet consists of 27 letters, created in the 4th century for the Gothic language.

The Haitian Creole alphabet consists of 32 letters using the Latin script with special digraphs and characters.

The Hungarian alphabet consists of 44 letters using the Latin script with extensive use of diacritical marks and digraphs.

The Icelandic alphabet consists of 32 letters using the Latin script with special characters like á, ð, é, í, ó, ú, ý, þ, æ, and ö.

The Irish alphabet consists of 18 letters using the Latin script with acute accents (fada) to indicate long vowels.

The Khowar alphabet uses a modified Perso-Arabic script with additional letters for Khowar-specific sounds.

The classical Latin alphabet consists of 23 letters, the foundation of most modern European alphabets.

The Lepcha alphabet uses the Róng script with 34 consonants and 7 vowels, used in Sikkim and parts of Nepal.

The Māori alphabet consists of 20 letters using the Latin script with macrons to indicate long vowels.

The Montenegrin alphabet has 30 letters in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts, with two unique letters Ś/С́ and Ź/З́.

The Ogham alphabet consists of 20 letters arranged in four groups, used in ancient Ireland and Britain.

The Ossetian alphabet consists of 43 letters using the Cyrillic script with additional letters for Ossetian-specific sounds.

The Ottoman Turkish alphabet used a modified Arabic script with additional letters for Turkish sounds, used until 1928.

The Phoenician alphabet consists of 22 letters, the ancestor of most modern alphabets including Greek and Latin.

The Rohingya alphabet uses the Hanifi script with 28 letters, created specifically for the Rohingya language.

The Elder Futhark consists of 24 runes, the oldest form of the runic alphabet used by Germanic peoples.

The Samaritan alphabet consists of 22 letters, a direct descendant of the ancient Hebrew script.

The Siddham script is an ancient Indian script used primarily for writing Sanskrit in Buddhist texts.

The Somali alphabet consists of 26 letters using the Latin script, officially adopted in 1972.

The Sundanese alphabet uses the Aksara Sunda script, an abugida with consonants and vowel diacritics.

The Swahili alphabet consists of 24 letters using the Latin script, one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa.

The modern Tagalog alphabet consists of 28 letters using the Latin script, the basis for the Filipino national language.

The Turkmen alphabet consists of 30 letters using the Latin script with special characters, adopted in 1993.

The Vai script is a syllabary with over 200 characters, created in the 1830s for the Vai language of Liberia.

The Welsh alphabet consists of 29 letters using the Latin script with several digraphs treated as single letters.

The Wolof alphabet uses the Latin script with special characters including ë, é, à, ñ, and ŋ.