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Script categories

On this page you find the scripts classified according to how they were developed and what other scripts they are related to. The classification here has less to do with how the scripts work than with who developed it when, why, and what other scripts they are based on.



Artificial scripts
Angertha
Camion code
Deseret
Ewellic
Geyinzi
Jindai Moji
Quikscript
Sarati
Shavian
Tengwar
Theban alphabet
Utopian
Natural scripts
Brahmic scripts
Insular scripts of South-East Asia
North Indic scripts
Bengali script
Brahmi
Devanagari
Gujarati
Gupta
Gurmukhi
Kaithi
Kalinga
Kharoshthi
Landa
Nagari
Oriya script
'Phags pa
Ranjana
Rong
Sharada
Siddham
Syloti Nagri
Tibetan script
South Indic scripts
Grantha
Kannada
Malayalam script
Pallava grantha
Sinhalese
Tamil script
Telugu script
South-East Asian scripts
Burmese script
Cham
Champa
Khmer script
Lanna script
Lao script
Mon script
Sukhothai
Tai Lue
Thai script
Semitic scripts
Sinitic scripts
Chinese script
Chu-nôm
Hankul
Hiragana
Jurchin script
Katakana
Kitan large script
Kitan small script
Man'yoogana
Nushu
Xi Xia
Yi
Phonetic scripts
Dania
Visible Speech
Shorthand
Duployé shorthand
Pitt's shorthand


Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian.