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<p>This list of <a href="/facts/Constructed_script/T1had3H3">constructed scripts</a> is in alphabetical order. <a href="/facts/ISO_15924/jSzSBtjf">ISO 15924</a> codes are provided where assigned. This list includes neither <a href="/facts/Shorthand/LdCYfSu9">shorthand systems</a> nor ciphers of existing scripts. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Script name</th><th>ISO 15924</th><th>Year created</th><th>Creator</th><th>Comments (click to sort by category)</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Adlam_script/5ybS0tBM">Adlam</a></td><td>Adlm</td><td>1989</td><td>Ibrahima & Abdoulaye Barry</td><td>Proposed alphabet used to write the <a href="/facts/Fula_language/NhqBrdYM">Fula language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Afaka_syllabary/m0eBFhjg">Afaka</a></td><td>Afak</td><td>1910</td><td>Afáka Atumisi</td><td>Syllabary used to write the <a href="/facts/Ndyuka_language/7ThKfdMw">Ndyuka language</a>, an English-based creole of Surinam</td></tr><tr><td>Aiha</td><td></td><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/Ursula_K._Le_Guin/w9Au5pny">Ursula K. Le Guin</a></td><td>Alphabet of the fictional Kesh language in her novel <i><a href="/facts/Always_Coming_Home/2AB2oLpb">Always Coming Home</a></i></td></tr><tr><td>Ancient</td><td></td><td>2019</td><td><a href="/facts/Inkle_(company)/Lv6VtJr6">Inkle</a></td><td>Logographic script of the fictional Ancients in their game <i><a href="/facts/Heaven%2527s_Vault/YXTXbp76">Heaven's Vault</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ariyaka_script/VRcG67pC">Ariyaka</a></td><td></td><td>c. 1840</td><td><a href="/facts/Mongkut/DXyPKM1R">Mongkut</a></td><td>Invented to transcribe <a href="/facts/Pali/HLQW2fvS">Pali</a>, the liturgical language of <a href="/facts/Theravada/nMhXBXBo">Theravada Buddhism</a>, and inspired by the <a href="/facts/Greek_alphabet/1cHwB8Dg">Greek</a> and <a href="/facts/Mon%25E2%2580%2593Burmese_script/F4lySaxb">Burmese-Mon scripts</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Armenian_alphabet/eah4kBXh">Armenian</a></td><td>Armn</td><td>ca. 405</td><td><a href="/facts/Mesrop_Mashtots/VtJWscFr">Mesrop Mashtots</a></td><td>Alphabet thought to have been based on Greek used to write <a href="/facts/Armenian_language/tELuE2wG">Armenian</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ath</td><td></td><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/Hiroyuki_Morioka/72mjj1lf">Hiroyuki Morioka</a></td><td>Alphabet of the fictional Baronh language in his novel <i><a href="/facts/Crest_of_the_Stars/cXulQJHu">Crest of the Stars</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AUI_(language)/K1ezcc5u">aUI</a></td><td></td><td>1962</td><td>John W. Weilgart</td><td>Language and alphabet attempting to unify sound and meaning</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Aurebesh/0nHlDUwz">Aurebesh</a></td><td></td><td>1993</td><td>Stephen Crane</td><td>Alphabet originally for <i><a href="/facts/Star_Wars_Miniatures_Battles/GlhWltKH">Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion</a></i> based on glyphs by <a href="/facts/Joe_Johnston/mP43217K">Joe Johnston</a>, subsequently used for other media in the franchise</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Avoiuli/JUxyarHo">Avoiuli</a></td><td></td><td>1990s</td><td>Viraleo Boborenvanua</td><td>Alphabet used by the Turaga indigenous movement for some <a href="/facts/Languages_of_Vanuatu/22v4KKj0">languages in Vanuatu</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bagam_script/tX4g9L2k">Bagam</a></td><td></td><td>ca. 1900</td><td>King Pufong</td><td>Largely lost logosyllabic script used for letters and records in the <a href="/facts/Mengaka_language/H759XLbI">Mengaka language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bamum_script/TQDJS56D">Bamum</a></td><td>Bamu</td><td>1896–1910</td><td><a href="/facts/Ibrahim_Njoya/9o7mKjCP">Ibrahim Njoya</a></td><td>Syllabary for <a href="/facts/Bamum_language/RyIGyqKl">Bamum</a> developed from what initially was a pictographic system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bharati_script/vxJJK81T">Bharati</a></td><td></td><td>2016-*</td><td>Prof. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and others</td><td>Alternative common script of major <a href="/facts/Languages_of_India/6XDhJrTq">Indian languages</a> (both <a href="/facts/Indo-Aryan_languages/hm2N7fYp">Indo-Aryan</a> and <a href="/facts/Dravidian_languages/s8pMU64e">Dravidian</a>) to facilitate easy communication</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Blissymbol/JgymNoPk">Blissymbol</a></td><td>Blis</td><td>1949</td><td><a href="/facts/Charles_K._Bliss/LEhAoRhX">Charles K. Bliss</a></td><td>Conceived as a non-spoken (soundless), purely ideographic script</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Bopomofo/bPvvdrur">Bopomofo</a></td><td>Bopo</td><td>1913</td><td><a href="/facts/Zhang_Binglin/M9uU5nWl">Zhang Binglin</a></td><td>Semisyllabary to transcribe spoken <a href="/facts/Mandarin_Chinese/yxvDg67C">Mandarin</a>, <a href="/facts/Taiwanese_Hokkien/C8257EsU">Holo</a>, &c., mainly for teaching</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Braille/SKtJVCmc">Braille</a></td><td>Brai</td><td>1821</td><td><a href="/facts/Louis_Braille/r4lKlvqC">Louis Braille</a></td><td>Tactile alphabet for the blind using embossed dots; dozens of derived scripts</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Canadian_Aboriginal_syllabics/YylyRMzU">Canadian Aboriginal syllabics</a></td><td>Cans</td><td>1840s</td><td><a href="/facts/James_Evans_(linguist)/8rabhqaN">James Evans</a></td><td>Family of abugidas used to write a number of <a href="/facts/Aboriginal_peoples_in_Canada/27LEvndw">Aboriginal</a> <a href="/facts/Canadians/9y5ceYgk">Canadian</a> languages of the <a href="/facts/Algonquian_languages/q1d12Dh2">Algonquian</a>, <a href="/facts/Eskimo%25E2%2580%2593Aleut_languages/h8YnvLuY">Inuit</a>, and (formerly) <a href="/facts/Athabaskan_languages/JMyzHIem">Athabaskan</a> language families</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Caucasian_Albanian_script/2AMEu7nM">Caucasian Albanian</a></td><td>Aghb</td><td>ca. 408</td><td><a href="/facts/Mesrop_Mashtots/VtJWscFr">Mesrop Mashtots</a></td><td>Alphabet used to write the now extinct <a href="/facts/Caucasian_Albanian_language/gHGlWrXw">Caucasian Albanian language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cherokee_syllabary/ax9BHa0J">Cherokee</a></td><td>Cher</td><td>1819</td><td><a href="/facts/Sequoyah/fnafz3aE">Sequoyah</a></td><td>Syllabary inspired by Latin glyph shapes used to write the <a href="/facts/Cherokee_language/10EL54YL">Cherokee language</a></td></tr><tr><td>Chữ Việt Trí</td><td></td><td>2012</td><td>Tôn Thất Chương</td><td>Alphabet designed for the <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cirth/3CPGMJNj">Cirth</a></td><td>Cirt</td><td>1930s</td><td><a href="/facts/J._R._R._Tolkien/41HPhk5C">J. R. R. Tolkien</a></td><td>Runic elven script, mainly for dwarven writing in his novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/aS5RH7YT">The Lord of the Rings</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clear_Script/y3ExgW46">Clear Script</a></td><td></td><td>1648</td><td><a href="/facts/Zaya_Pandit/Gq5Ytbfn">Zaya Pandit</a></td><td>Alphabet used to write the <a href="/facts/Oirat_language/skyRWjbE">Oirat language</a>; based on Mongolian script</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Coorgi-Cox_alphabet/3d5kkjYR">Coorgi-Cox</a></td><td></td><td>2005</td><td>Gregg M. Cox</td><td>A proposed abugida for the <a href="/facts/Kodava_language/d3VGfvwE">Kodava language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cyrillic/0btN3oWC">Cyrillic</a></td><td>Cyrl / Cyrs</td><td>ca. 940</td><td><a href="/facts/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius/Tfd87bhx">Saint Cyril</a> or his students</td><td>Alphabet mainly used to write Slavic languages; based primarily on Greek</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Deseret_alphabet/bnEYE4g1">Deseret</a></td><td>Dsrt</td><td>mid-19th century</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Deseret/0lhlnv7c">University of Deseret</a></td><td>A phonemic alphabet designed for the <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/D%2527ni/QET9obp7">D'ni</a></td><td></td><td>1997</td><td>Richard A. Watson</td><td>Alphabet for the fictional language in the game <i><a href="/facts/Riven/DhbYnKRc">Riven</a></i> and its sequels</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Duployan_shorthand/uQh2SAVa">Duployan shorthand</a></td><td>Dupl</td><td>1891</td><td><a href="/facts/Jean-Marie-Rapha%25C3%25ABl_Le_Jeune/Elpg0DCf">Jean-Marie Le Jeune</a></td><td>Historically used as the main (non-shorthand) script for <a href="/facts/Chinook_Jargon/U398dXF0">Chinook Jargon</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Elbasan_script/2sW1KFfD">Elbasan</a></td><td>Elba</td><td>1761</td><td>disputed</td><td>Alphabet for <a href="/facts/Albanian_language/6CyC8GPJ">Albanian</a> used to write the <a href="/facts/Elbasan_Gospel_Manuscript/MPXXqbKm">Elbasan Gospel Manuscript</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Engsvany%25C3%25A1li/rXwACQWy">Engsvanyáli</a></td><td></td><td>1940s</td><td><a href="/facts/M._A._R._Barker/nS0oswuF">M. A. R. Barker</a></td><td>Abugida used in the <i><a href="/facts/Empire_of_the_Petal_Throne/lR9nbQ8f">Empire of the Petal Throne</a></i> role-playing game</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Eskayan_script/f7AMmb8u">Eskayan</a></td><td></td><td>ca. 1920–1937</td><td>Mariano Datahan</td><td>Syllabary based on cursive Latin script for the auxiliary <a href="/facts/Eskayan_language/UozJhq1I">Eskayan language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Extensions_to_the_International_Phonetic_Alphabet/LDcj1gPx">Extensions to the IPA</a> (extIPA)</td><td>Latn</td><td>1990–*</td><td><a href="/facts/International_Clinical_Phonetics_and_Linguistics_Association/d1jKyEcv">International ClinicalPhonetics and Linguistics Association</a></td><td>A set of letters and diacritics to augment the <a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> for the phonetic transcription of disordered speech</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Fraser_alphabet/BKW18aBV">Fraser</a></td><td>Lisu</td><td>1915</td><td>Sara Ba Thaw</td><td>Alphabet used to write the <a href="/facts/Lisu_language/4v9Dbn2J">Lisu language</a>; improved by <a href="/facts/James_O._Fraser/eqczjkM9">James O. Fraser</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gargish/t5VE6bEW">Gargish</a></td><td></td><td>1990</td><td>Herman Miller</td><td>Alphabet for the fictional Gargish language in <i><a href="/facts/Ultima_VI%3a_The_False_Prophet/HsQ1mhkV">Ultima VI: The False Prophet</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Glagolitic/5la1tJtG">Glagolitic</a></td><td>Glag</td><td>862–863</td><td><a href="/facts/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius/Tfd87bhx">Saints Cyril and Methodius</a></td><td>Historically used to write Slavic languages, before Cyrillic became dominant</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gothic_alphabet/bJ1YFAcn">Gothic</a></td><td>Goth</td><td>ca. 350</td><td><a href="/facts/Ulfilas/ycYRoXBI">Ulfilas</a></td><td>Alphabet based primarily on Greek historically used to write the <a href="/facts/Gothic_language/14Hrn0o2">Gothic language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/HamNoSys/e150gEUy">HamNoSys</a></td><td></td><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Hamburg/BeercIta">University of Hamburg</a></td><td>General phonetic transcription system for all sign languages</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Hangul/prUQxzfJ">Hangul</a></td><td>Hang</td><td><a href="/facts/Origin_of_Hangul/96hWJ3FD">1443</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Sejong_the_Great/emQwGwhk">Sejong the Great</a></td><td>Alphabet written in syllable blocks used to write the <a href="/facts/Korean_language/dmNnRxAA">Korean language</a>; the oldest and most widespread <a href="/facts/Featural_writing_system/n3maaHKA">featural script</a> in use</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/IConji/rqAKFGdE">iConji</a></td><td></td><td>2010</td><td><a href="/facts/Kai_Staats/eTWA27bu">Kai Staats</a></td><td>Pictographic writing system for messenging</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> (IPA)</td><td>Latn</td><td><a href="/facts/History_of_the_International_Phonetic_Alphabet/D87ClFdc">1888–*</a></td><td><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Association/31IDlwEk">International Phonetic Association</a></td><td>Regarded as being an extension of the <a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin script</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ithkuil/I1rkRUm5">Ithkuil</a></td><td></td><td>2004</td><td>John Quijada</td><td>Script for the constructed Ithkuil language</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Jurchen_script/s1DBSBtK">Jurchen</a></td><td>Jurc</td><td>ca. 1119</td><td><a href="/facts/Wanyan_Xiyin/wVMbEz86">Wanyan Xiyin</a></td><td>Largely undeciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for <a href="/facts/Jurchen_language/3UA4uF7U">Jurchen</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/K%25C4%2593len/M9xC1a3z">Kēlen</a></td><td></td><td>1980</td><td>Sylvia Sotomayor</td><td>Alphabet for a fictional alien language without verbs</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Khitan_large_script/Np2lf7k2">Khitan large script</a></td><td>Kitl</td><td>920</td><td>by order of <a href="/facts/Abaoji/QpBS2BFr">Abaoji</a></td><td><p>Largely undeciphered logographic script for the <a href="/facts/Khitan_language/eBwG7ut5">Khitan language</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Khitan_small_script/ImHWzhKv">Khitan small script</a></td><td>Kits</td><td>ca. 924</td><td><a href="/facts/Yel%25C3%25BC_Diela/q4Ywnk2M">Yelü Diela</a></td><td>Partially deciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for <a href="/facts/Khitan_language/eBwG7ut5">Khitan</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Khom_script_(Ong_Kommadam)/YWyDvBqp">Khom</a></td><td></td><td>1924</td><td><a href="/facts/Ong_Kommandam/zLUD9Its">Ong Kommandam</a></td><td>Semi-syllabary used for secret communication among dissidents in <a href="/facts/French_protectorate_of_Laos/sxmQsF5E">French Laos</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mende_Kikakui_script/7DxpRVyu">Kikakui</a></td><td>Mend</td><td>ca. 1917</td><td>Mohammed Turay</td><td>Syllabary used to write the <a href="/facts/Mende_language/wxAvXPTh">Mende language</a> of Sierra Leone</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/KLI_pIqaD/CE8a8BuM">KLI pIqaD</a></td><td>Piqd</td><td>ca. 1990</td><td>anonymous</td><td>Glyphs created for <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_The_Next_Generation/r3RxzQBF">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, later sent as a font to the KLI</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Limbu_script/JwKrYcrW">Limbu</a></td><td>Limb</td><td>ca. 1740</td><td><a href="/facts/Te-ongsi_Sirijunga_Xin_Thebe/RPTDrCaI">Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe</a></td><td>Abugida derived from Tibetan to write the <a href="/facts/Limbu_language/BQKUSeTE">Limbu language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lisu_language/4v9Dbn2J">Lisu syllabary</a></td><td></td><td>1924–1930</td><td>Ngua-ze-bo</td><td>Syllabary of about 800 characters used to write the <a href="/facts/Lisu_language/4v9Dbn2J">Lisu language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Manchu_alphabet/fgclpfYv">Manchu</a></td><td></td><td>1599; 1632</td><td><a href="/facts/Nurhaci/RooK5QVV">Nurhaci</a>; Dahai</td><td>Alphabet based on Mongolian script to write the nearly extinct <a href="/facts/Manchu_language/5FNskcAr">Manchu language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mandombe_script/LXlfmGUX">Mandombe</a></td><td></td><td>1978</td><td>Wabeladio Payi</td><td>Alphabet written in syllable blocks for <a href="/facts/Kongo_language/JlEsHIa0">Kikongo</a>, <a href="/facts/Lingala/AfCYqDDq">Lingala</a>, <a href="/facts/Luba-Kasai_language/8gskJI4q">Ciluba</a> and <a href="/facts/Swahili_language/sLzhutLC">Kiswahili</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mi%25EA%259E%258Ckmaw_hieroglyphic_writing/mWsuQrP2">Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing</a></td><td></td><td>after 1675</td><td><a href="/facts/Chrestien_Le_Clercq/hWTHyFNB">Chrestien Le Clercq</a></td><td>Logographic script used historically for the <a href="/facts/Mi%25EA%259E%258Ckmaq_language/ULezDhSP">Miꞌkmaq language</a></td></tr><tr><td>Neomeroitic</td><td></td><td>2022-2023</td><td>Amundé Musango</td><td>Proposed alphabet to write the <a href="/facts/Swahili_language/sLzhutLC">Swahili language</a> and other African languages using a non-indigenous script</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Night_writing/sxRCqEDJ">Night writing</a></td><td></td><td>1808</td><td><a href="/facts/Charles_Barbier/JcVHxjEN">Charles Barbier</a></td><td>Forerunner of Braille; tactile alphabet intended for communication in total darkness</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/N%2527Ko_script/f4U0u9ou">N'Ko</a></td><td>Nkoo</td><td>1949</td><td><a href="/facts/Solomana_Kante/qH46jeU1">Solomana Kante</a></td><td>Alphabet used to write the <a href="/facts/Manding_languages/XW0hkGV7">Manding languages</a>, including a kind of koine</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Ol_Chiki_script/5YANIu5Y">Ol Chiki</a></td><td>Olck</td><td>1925</td><td><a href="/facts/Raghunath_Murmu/9AEkCCRN">Raghunath Murmu</a></td><td>Official alphabet for the <a href="/facts/Santali_language/Sn6ow0oI">Santali language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Old_Permic_script/n7XLcRIo">Old Permic</a></td><td>Perm</td><td>1372</td><td><a href="/facts/Stephen_of_Perm/qCRTu3IF">Stephen of Perm</a></td><td>Alphabet mainly based on Cyrillic and Greek once used to write mediaeval <a href="/facts/Komi_language/qJwlzNhW">Komi</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Phags-pa_script/YUtC0W72">Phags-pa</a></td><td>Phag</td><td>1269</td><td><a href="/facts/Drog%25C3%25B6n_Ch%25C3%25B6gyal_Phagpa/2T8vsUQr">Drogön Chögyal Phagpa</a></td><td>Used historically for the languages in the Yuan sector of the Mongolian Empire</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pollard_script/cuGc66Ms">Pollard</a></td><td>Plrd</td><td>1936</td><td><a href="/facts/Sam_Pollard_(missionary)/ALl5fYNY">Sam Pollard</a></td><td>Abugida based on <a href="/facts/Cree_syllabics/SFTwevsY">Cree</a> used to write several minority languages in China</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Quikscript/gzUTG4sr">Quikscript</a></td><td></td><td>1966</td><td><a href="/facts/Ronald_Kingsley_Read/a8QsKd9q">Ronald Kingsley Read</a></td><td>Phonemic alphabet designed to write the English language quickly and compactly</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sarati/vRC5wzHu">Sarati</a></td><td>Sara</td><td>1910s</td><td><a href="/facts/J._R._R._Tolkien/41HPhk5C">J. R. R. Tolkien</a></td><td>Precursor of his elven Tengwar script</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Shavian/GrraE6ug">Shavian</a></td><td>Shaw</td><td>ca. 1960</td><td><a href="/facts/Ronald_Kingsley_Read/a8QsKd9q">Ronald Kingsley Read</a></td><td>Phonemic alphabet to write the English language; precursor to Quikscript</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/SignWriting/JgKqV5at">SignWriting</a></td><td>Sgnw</td><td>1974</td><td>Valerie Sutton</td><td>Proposed phonemic system of writing <a href="/facts/Sign_languages/Wjfl9Db6">sign languages</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sitelen_Pona/25kq4Qkj">Sitelen Pona</a></td><td></td><td>2014</td><td><a href="/facts/Sonja_Lang/MTA3pLgK">Sonja Lang</a></td><td>Logographic writing system used in <a href="/facts/Toki_Pona/MTA3pLgK">Toki Pona</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Toki_Pona/MTA3pLgK">Sitelen Sitelen</a></td><td></td><td>ca. 2006</td><td>Jonathan Gabel</td><td>Non-linear writing system with both logographic and alphasyllabic characters, used in <a href="/facts/Toki_Pona/MTA3pLgK">Toki Pona</a>. Also known as Sitelen Suwi.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Soyombo_script/mgEhTMHG">Soyombo</a></td><td>Soyo</td><td>1686</td><td><a href="/facts/Zanabazar/qLaUSIod">Zanabazar</a></td><td>Abugida historically used to write the <a href="/facts/Mongolian_language/0Lxog7Md">Mongolian language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stokoe_notation/5VklAQnu">Stokoe notation</a></td><td></td><td>1960</td><td><a href="/facts/William_Stokoe/XSIAT1Nx">William Stokoe</a></td><td>Proposed featural system of writing sign languages</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tangut_script/An8NhS2q">Tangut</a></td><td>Tang</td><td>1036</td><td><a href="/facts/Yeli_Renrong/zk2MLX9P">Yeli Renrong</a></td><td>Logographic script historically used to write the extinct <a href="/facts/Tangut_language/zM5okvzA">Tangut language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tengwar/cYR4N79C">Tengwar</a></td><td>Teng</td><td>1930s</td><td><a href="/facts/J._R._R._Tolkien/41HPhk5C">J. R. R. Tolkien</a></td><td>Elven script used for various languages in his novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Lord_of_the_Rings/aS5RH7YT">The Lord of the Rings</a></i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Testerian/Jcv8SUrB">Testerian</a></td><td></td><td>1529</td><td><a href="/facts/Jacobo_de_Testera/aDF2yXHx">Jacobo de Testera</a></td><td>Pictorial writing system used until the 19th century to teach Christian doctrine to the indigenous peoples of Mexico</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Thai_script/uxnpJWg9">Thai</a></td><td>Thai</td><td>1283</td><td><a href="/facts/Ram_Khamhaeng/zuPrgBAe">Ram Khamhaeng</a></td><td>Abugida used to write <a href="/facts/Thai_language/PnaLdG77">Thai</a>, <a href="/facts/Southern_Thai_language/TeI5bqEm">Southern Thai</a> and many others</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Tibetan_script/d6SoCnze">Tibetan</a></td><td>Tibt</td><td>ca. 650</td><td><a href="/facts/Thonmi_Sambhota/YfYGTyJJ">Thonmi Sambhota</a></td><td>Abugida probably based on Gupta, a Brahmic script, for writing <a href="/facts/Standard_Tibetan/SVRgs3bM">Tibetan</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Unifon/nc5RSPyy">Unifon</a></td><td></td><td>mid-1950s</td><td><a href="/facts/John_R._Malone/nc5RSPyy">John R. Malone</a></td><td>Phonemic alphabet to write the English language, based on the Latin alphabet</td></tr><tr><td>Unker Non-Linear Writing System[<i>independent source needed</i>]</td><td></td><td>2010-*</td><td>Alex Fink & Sai</td><td>Complex script written and read in a nonlinear format</td></tr><tr><td>Universal Alphabet</td><td></td><td>1585</td><td><a href="/facts/Thomas_Harriot/rzo8f1Ll">Thomas Harriot</a></td><td>Phonetic alphabet used to transcribe the extinct <a href="/facts/Carolina_Algonquian_language/Mk8lD9Pn">Carolina Algonquian language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Vai_syllabary/RsTE1wL2">Vai</a></td><td>Vaii</td><td>ca. 1832</td><td><a href="/facts/Momolu_Duwalu_Bukele/xEHR0pFR">Momolu Duwalu Bukele</a></td><td>Syllabary used to write the <a href="/facts/Vai_language/aPMfAIG1">Vai language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Visible_Speech/mSEMVvjM">Visible Speech</a></td><td>Visp</td><td>1867</td><td><a href="/facts/Alexander_Melville_Bell/NoK5KpdW">Alexander Melville Bell</a></td><td>System of phonetic symbols to represent the position of the speech organs</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Warang_Citi/hTqBaFSw">Warang</a></td><td>Wara</td><td>ca. 1950</td><td><a href="/facts/Lako_Bodra/Tzomhmg0">Lako Bodra</a></td><td>Abugida, but with alphabet-like full vowel symbols, to write the <a href="/facts/Ho_language/azvwlpJt">Ho language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Yugtun_script/kfXLfp01">Yugtun</a></td><td></td><td>ca. 1900</td><td><a href="/facts/Uyaquq/H9ru3GcK">Uyaquq</a></td><td>Syllabary historically used to write the <a href="/facts/Central_Alaskan_Yup%2527ik_language/hmyAQv5C">Central Alaskan Yup'ik language</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Zanabazar_square_script/DPVlXN04">Zanabazar square</a></td><td>Zanb</td><td>pre-1686</td><td><a href="/facts/Zanabazar/qLaUSIod">Zanabazar</a></td><td>Abugida based on a Brahmic script developed to write the <a href="/facts/Mongolian_language/0Lxog7Md">Mongolian language</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Natural language</th></tr><tr></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Alphabet</th></tr><tr></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Abugida</th></tr><tr></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Syllabary</th></tr><tr></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Logographic</th></tr><tr></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Fiction</th></tr><tr></tr><tr><th colspan="4" rowspan="2"></th><th rowspan="2">Miscellaneous</th></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>* Script in ongoing development. </p>