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| title     = [[List of writing systems|Types]] of [[writing system]]s
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  | group1 = Overview
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*[[History of writing]]
*[[Grapheme]]

  | group2 = Lists
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*[[List of writing systems|Writing systems]]
**[[Undeciphered writing systems|undeciphered]]
**[[List of creators of writing systems|inventors]]
**[[List of constructed scripts|constructed]]
*[[List of languages by writing system|Languages by writing system]] / [[List of languages by first written accounts|by first written accounts]]
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  | sect1 = [[Abjad]]s
  | abbr1 = Abjads
  | list1 = 
* ''[[Abjad numerals|Numerals]]''

*[[Social:Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]]
** [[Social:Hatran alphabet|Hatran]]
*[[Arabic script|Arabic]]
**[[Social:Egyptian hieroglyphs|Egyptian hieroglyphs]]
*[[Pitman shorthand]]
*[[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]]
** [[Ashuri alphabet|Ashuri]]
** [[Cursive Hebrew|Cursive]]
** [[Rashi script|Rashi]]
** [[Solitreo]]
*[[Tifinagh]]
*[[Social:Manichaean alphabet|Manichaean]]
*[[Social:Nabataean alphabet|Nabataean]]
*[[Social:Old North Arabian script|Old North Arabian]]
*[[Social:Pahlavi scripts|Pahlavi]]
*[[Pegon script|Pegon]]
*[[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician]]
**[[Social:Paleo-Hebrew alphabet|Paleo-Hebrew]]
*[[Social:Proto-Sinaitic script|Proto-Sinaitic]]
*[[Social:Psalter Pahlavi|Psalter Pahlavi]]
*[[Punic alphabet|Punic]]
*[[Samaritan alphabet|Samaritan]]
*[[Social:Ancient South Arabian script|South Arabian]]
** [[Social:Ancient South Arabian script#Zabur script|Zabur]]
** [[Social:Ancient South Arabian script#Musnad|Musnad]]
*[[Social:Sogdian alphabet|Sogdian]]
*[[Syriac script|Syriac]]
** [[Syriac script#Classical ʾEsṭrangēlā|ʾEsṭrangēlā]]
** [[Syriac script#West Syriac Serṭā|Serṭā]]
** [[Syriac script#East Syriac Maḏnḥāyā|Maḏnḥāyā]]
*[[Teeline Shorthand]]
*[[Social:Ugaritic alphabet|Ugaritic]]

  | sect2  = [[Abugida]]s
  | abbr2  = Abugidas
  | list2  =
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    | group1 = [[Brahmic family of scripts|Brahmic]]
    | list1  = 
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    | group1 = Northern
    | list1 = 
*[[Bengali alphabet|Bengali]]
*[[Social:Bhaiksuki script|Bhaikshuki]]
*[[Bhujimol|Bhujinmol]]
*[[Social:Brahmi script|Brāhmī]]
*[[Devanagari|Devanāgarī]]
*[[Social:Dogri language#Script|Dogri]]
*[[Gujarati script|Gujarati]]
*[[Gupta script|Gupta]]
*[[Gurmukhi|Gurmukhī]]
*[[Social:Kaithi|Kaithi]]
*[[Kalinga script|Kalinga]]
*[[Social:Kharosthi|Kharosthi]]
*[[Social:Khojki script|Khojki]]
*[[Khudabadi script|Khudawadi]]
*[[Laṇḍā scripts|Laṇḍā]]
*[[Lepcha script|Lepcha]]
*[[Limbu script|Limbu]]
*[[Social:Mahajani|Mahajani]]
*[[Meitei script|Meitei]]
*[[Modi script|Modi]]
*[[Social:Multani script|Multani]]
*[[Nāgarī script|Nāgarī]]
*[[Social:Nandinagari|Nandinagari]]
*[[Odia script|Odia]]
*[[Social:ʼPhags-pa script|ʼPhags-pa]]
*[[Pracalit script|Pracalit (Newar)]]
*[[Ranjana script|Ranjana]]
*[[Sharada script|Sharada]]
*[[Saurashtra script|Saurashtra]]
*[[Siddhaṃ script|{{IAST|Siddhaṃ}}]]
*[[Social:Soyombo script|Soyombo]]
*[[Sylheti Nagari]]
*[[Takri script|Takri]]
*[[Tibetan script|Tibetan]]
** [[Uchen script|Uchen]]
** [[Umê script|Umê]]
*[[Tirhuta]]
*[[Social:Tocharian alphabet|Tocharian]]
*[[Social:Horizontal square script|Zanabazar Square]]
*[[Social:Zhang-Zhung language#Scripts|Zhang-Zhung]]
**Drusha
**Marchen
**Marchung
**Pungs-chen
**Pungs-chung
    | group2 = Southern
    | list2 =
*[[Social:Ahom script|Ahom]]
*[[Balinese script|Balinese]]
*[[Batak script|Batak]]
*[[Social:Baybayin|Baybayin]]
*[[Bhattiprolu script|Bhattiprolu]]
*[[Buhid script|Buhid]]
*[[Burmese script|Burmese]]
*[[Chakma script|Chakma]]
*[[Cham script|Cham]]
*[[Grantha script|Grantha]]
*[[Goykanadi]]
*[[Hanunuo script|Hanunuo (Hanunó'o)]]
*[[Javanese script|Javanese]]
*[[Kadamba script|Kadamba]]
*[[Kannada script|Kannada]]
*[[S'gaw Karen alphabet|Karen]]
*[[Social:Kawi script|Kawi]]
*[[Khmer script|Khmer]]
*[[Kulitan alphabet|Kulitan]]
*[[Tai Tham script|Lanna]]
*[[Lao script|Lao]]
*[[Leke script|Leke]]
*[[Lontara script|Lontara]]
*[[Malayalam script|Malayalam]]
*[[Maldivian writing systems|Maldivian]]
**[[Social:Dhives Akuru|Dhives Akuru]]
**[[Eveyla Akuru]]
**[[Thaana]]
*[[Mon alphabet|Mon]] ([[Old Mon script|Old Mon]])
*[[Social:Pallava script|Pallava]]
*[[Social:Pyu script|Pyu]]
*[[Rejang script|Rejang]]
*[[Rencong script|Rencong]]
*[[Sinhala script|Sinhala]]
*[[Sundanese script|Sundanese]] (Old Sundanese)
*[[Tagbanwa script|Tagbanwa]]
*[[Tai Le script|Tai Le]]
*[[Tai Tham script|Tai Tham]]
*[[Tai Viet script|Tai Viet]]
*[[Tamil script|Tamil]]
*[[Telugu script|Telugu]]
*[[Thai script|Thai]]
*[[Tigalari script|Tigalari]]
*[[Vatteluttu script|Vatteluttu]]
** [[Kolezhuthu]]
** [[Malayanma]]
    }}

    | group2 = Others
    | list2  = 
*[[Boyd's syllabic shorthand]]
*[[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics|Canadian syllabics]]
**[[Social:Blackfoot language#Writing system|Blackfoot]]
**[[Déné syllabics]]
*[[Fox language#Writing systems|Fox I]]
*[[Geʽez script|Geʽez]]
*[[Gunjala Gondi Lipi|Gunjala Gondi]]
*[[Japanese Braille]]
*[[Sunwar_language#Writing_Systems|Jenticha]]
*[[Kayah Li alphabet|Kayah Li]]
*[[Social:Kharosthi|Kharosthi]]
*[[Mandombe script|Mandombe]]
*[[Gondi script|Masaram Gondi]]
*[[Social:Meroitic alphabet|Meroitic]]
*[[Pollard script|Miao]]
*[[Mwangwego alphabet|Mwangwego]]
*[[Sorang Sompeng alphabet|Sorang Sompeng]]
*[[Pahawh Hmong]]
*[[Thomas Natural Shorthand]]
*[[Warang Citi]]
    }}

  | sect3 = [[Alphabet]]s
  | abbr3 = Alphabets
  | list3 =
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    | group1 = Linear
    | list1  = 
*[[Abkhaz alphabet|Abkhaz]]
*[[Adlam script|Adlam]]
*[[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]]
*[[Social:Avestan alphabet|Avestan]]
*[[Avoiuli]]
*[[Bassa script|Bassa Vah]]
*[[Borama script|Borama]]
*[[Social:Carian alphabets|Carian]]
*[[Social:Caucasian Albanian script|Caucasian Albanian]]
*[[Coorgi–Cox alphabet]]
*[[Coptic alphabet|Coptic]]
*[[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]]
*[[Deseret alphabet|Deseret]]
*[[Duployan shorthand]]
** [[Duployan_shorthand#Chinook_writing|Chinook writing]]
*[[Early Cyrillic alphabet|Early Cyrillic]]
*[[Eclectic shorthand]]
*[[Social:Elbasan script|Elbasan]]
*[[Etruscan alphabet|Etruscan]]
*[[Evenki alphabet|Evenki]]
*[[Fox language#Writing systems|Fox II]]
*[[Social:Fraser script|Fraser]]
*[[Gabelsberger shorthand]]
*[[Wolof_language#Orthography_and_pronunciation|Garay]]
*[[Georgian scripts|Georgian]]
** [[Asomtavruli]]
** [[Nuskhuri]]
** [[Mkhedruli]]
*[[Social:Glagolitic script|Glagolitic]]
*[[Social:Gothic alphabet|Gothic]]
*[[Gregg shorthand]]
*[[Greek alphabet|Greek]]
*[[Greco-Iberian alphabet]]
*[[Hangul]]
*[[Hanifi script|Hanifi]]
*[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
*[[Kaddare script|Kaddare]]
*[[Klingon scripts|Klingon]]
*[[Latin script|Latin]]
** [[Beneventan script|Beneventan]]
** [[Social:Blackletter|Blackletter]]
** [[Carolingian minuscule]]
** [[Fraktur]]
** [[Gaelic type|Gaelic]]
** [[Insular script|Insular]]
** [[Social:Kurrent|Kurrent]]
** [[Merovingian script|Merovingian]]
** [[Scribal abbreviation|Sigla]]
** [[Sütterlin]]
** [[Tironian notes]]
** [[Visigothic script|Visigothic]]
* [[Luo script|Luo]]
*[[Social:Lycian alphabet|Lycian]]
*[[Social:Lydian alphabet|Lydian]]
*[[Manchu alphabet|Manchu]]
*[[Mandaic script|Mandaic]]
*[[Medefaidrin]]
*[[Molodtsov alphabet|Molodtsov]]
*[[Mongolian script|Mongolian]]
*[[Mru language#Script|Mru]]
*[[Neo-Tifinagh]]
*[[New Tai Lue alphabet|New Tai Lue]]
*[[N'Ko script|N'Ko]]
*[[Social:Ogham|Ogham]]
*[[Clear Script|Oirat]]
*[[Ol Chiki script|Ol Chiki]]
*[[Social:Old Hungarian script|Old Hungarian]]
*[[Social:Old Italic script|Old Italic]]
*[[Social:Old Permic script|Old Permic]]
*[[Social:Old Turkic script|Orkhon]]
*[[Social:Old Uyghur alphabet|Old Uyghur]]
*[[Osage script|Osage]]
*[[Social:Osmanya script|Osmanya]]
*[[Pau Cin Hau script|Pau Cin Hau]]
*[[Social:Runes|Runic]]
**[[Anglo-Saxon runes|Anglo-Saxon]]
**[[Cipher runes|Cipher]]
**[[Dalecarlian runes|Dalecarlian]]
**[[Elder Futhark]]
**[[Younger Futhark]]
**[[Gothic runic inscriptions|Gothic]]
**[[Marcomannic runes|Marcomannic]]
**[[Medieval runes|Medieval]]
**[[Staveless runes|Staveless]]
*[[Sidetic script|Sidetic]]
*[[Shavian alphabet|Shavian]]
*[[Somali alphabets|Somali]]
*[[Tifinagh]]
*[[Vagindra script|Vagindra]]
*[[Visible Speech]]
*[[Social:Vithkuqi script|Vithkuqi]]
*[[Wancho_language#Orthography|Wancho]]
*[[Zaghawa script|Zaghawa]]

    | group2 = Non-linear
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*[[Braille]]
*[[Engineering:International maritime signal flags|Maritime flags]]
*[[Telegraph code]]
*[[New York Point]]
*[[Engineering:Flag semaphore|Flag semaphore]]
*[[Moon type]]
    }}

  | sect4 = [[Ideogram]]s and [[Pictogram|pictogram]]s
  | abbr4 = Ideo/Pictograms
  | list4 = 
*[[Physics:Adinkra symbols|Adinkra]]
*[[Social:Aztec writing|Aztec]]
*[[Blissymbols|Blissymbol]]
*[[Dongba symbols|Dongba]]
*[[Ersu Shaba script|Ersu Shaba]]
*[[Emoji]]
*[[IConji]]
*[[Isotype (picture language)|Isotype]]
*[[Kaidā glyphs|Kaidā]]
*[[Social:Miꞌkmaq hieroglyphic writing|Míkmaq]]
*[[Mixtec writing|Mixtec]]
*[[New Epoch Notation Painting]]
*[[Nsibidi]]
*[[Ojibwe_writing_systems#Ojibwe_"hieroglyphs"|Ojibwe Hieroglyphs]]
*[[Siglas poveiras]]
*[[Testerian]]
*[[Yerkish]]
*[[Zapotec script|Zapotec]]

  | sect5 = [[Logogram]]s
  | abbr5 = Logograms
  | list5 =
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    | group1 = [[Chinese family of scripts]]
    | list1  = 
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    | group1 = [[Chinese characters|Chinese Characters]]
    | list1 = 
*[[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]]
*[[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]]
*[[Social:Oracle bone script|Oracle bone script]]
*[[Social:Chinese bronze inscriptions|Bronze Script]]
*[[Seal script|Seal Script]]
**[[Large seal script|large]]
**[[Social:Small seal script|small]]
**[[Bird-worm seal script|bird-worm]]
*[[Hanja]]
*[[Idu script|Idu]]
*[[Kanji]]
*[[Chữ Nôm|Chữ nôm]]
*[[Sawndip|Zhuang]]

    | group2 = Chinese-influenced
    | list2  = 
*[[Social:Jurchen script|Jurchen]]
*[[Social:Khitan large script|Khitan large script]]
*[[Social:Sui language#Script|Sui]]
*[[Social:Tangut script|Tangut]]
     }}
    | group2 = [[Social:Cuneiform|Cuneiform]]
    | list2  = 
*[[Akkadian cuneiform|Akkadian]]
*[[Assyrian cuneiform|Assyrian]]
*[[Social:Elamite cuneiform|Elamite]]
*[[Hittite cuneiform|Hittite]]
*[[Cuneiform Luwian|Luwian]]
*[[Sumerian cuneiform|Sumerian]]

    | group3 = Other logo-syllabic
    | list3  = 
*[[Social:Anatolian hieroglyphs|Anatolian]]
*[[Bagam script|Bagam]]
*[[Cretan hieroglyphs|Cretan]]
*[[Isthmian script|Isthmian]]
*[[Social:Maya script|Maya]]
*[[Proto-Elamite script|Proto-Elamite]]
*[[Yi script#Classical Yi|Yi (Classical)]]

    | group4 = Logo-consonantal
    | list4  = 
*[[Social:Demotic (Egyptian)|Demotic]]
*[[Social:Hieratic|Hieratic]]
*[[Social:Egyptian hieroglyphs|Hieroglyphs]]

    | group5 = Numerals
    | list5  = 
*[[Hindu–Arabic numeral system|Hindu-Arabic]]
*[[Abjad numerals|Abjad]]
*[[Attic numerals|Attic (Greek)]]
*[[Muisca numerals|Muisca]]
*[[Roman numerals|Roman]]
    }}

  | sect6 = [[Semi-syllabary|Semi-syllabaries]]
  | abbr6 = Semi-syllabaries
  | list6 =
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    | group1 = Full
    | list1  = 
*[[Social:Celtiberian script|Celtiberian]]
*[[Northeastern Iberian script|Northeastern Iberian]]
*[[Southeastern Iberian script|Southeastern Iberian]]
*[[Khom script|Khom]]

    | group2 = Redundant
    | list2  = 
*[[Espanca script|Espanca]]
*[[Pahawh Hmong]]
*[[Social:Khitan small script|Khitan small script]]
*[[Southwest Paleohispanic script|Southwest Paleohispanic]]
*[[Bopomofo|Zhuyin fuhao]]
    }}

  | sect7 = Somacheirograms
  | abbr7 = Somacheirograms
  | list7 =
*[[ASLwrite]]
*[[SignWriting]]
*[[si5s]]
*[[Stokoe notation|Stokoe Notation]]


  | sect8 = [[Syllabary|Syllabaries]]
  | abbr8 = Syllabaries
  | list8 = 
*[[Afaka syllabary|Afaka]]
*[[Bamum script|Bamum]]
*[[Bété syllabary|Bété]]
*[[Social:Byblos syllabary|Byblos]]
*[[Canadian Aboriginal syllabics|Canadian Aboriginal]]
*[[Cherokee syllabary|Cherokee]]
*[[Social:Cypriot syllabary|Cypriot]]
*[[Social:Cypro-Minoan syllabary|Cypro-Minoan]]
*[[Ditema tsa Dinoko]]
*[[Eskayan script|Eskayan]]
*[[Geba syllabary|Geba]]
*[[Great Lakes Algonquian syllabics|Great Lakes Algonquian]]
*[[Social:Iban language#Alphabet|Iban]]
*[[Kana|Japanese]]
**[[Hiragana]]
**[[Katakana]]
**[[Man'yōgana]]
**[[Hentaigana]]
**[[Sogana]]
**[[Jindai moji]]
*[[Mende script|Kikakui]]
*[[Kpelle syllabary|Kpelle]]
*[[Social:Linear B|Linear B]]
*[[Social:Linear Elamite|Linear Elamite]]
*[[Social:Lisu language#Lisu syllabary|Lisu]]
*[[Loma language#writing systems|Loma]]
*[[Nüshu script|Nüshu]]
*[[Nwagu Aneke script]]
*[[Social:Old Persian cuneiform|Old Persian Cuneiform]]
*[[Sumerian cuneiform|Sumerian]]
*[[Vai syllabary|Vai]]
*[[Social:Woleai script|Woleai]]
*[[Yi script#Modern Yi|Yi (Modern)]]
*[[Yugtun script|Yugtun]]

  }}
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| list9 = {{electronic writing|border=child}} 
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