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 numbers page: Paresi
- New language: Seto
- New numbers page: Tabassaran
- New colours page: Danish
- New phrases page: Tabassaran
- New blog post: Language Quiz
- New Tower of Babel translation: Tabassaran
- New numbers page: Lak
- New blog post: Procrastination
- New Tower of Babel translation: Ingush
- New language: Iñapari
- New blog post: Random Flowing Slumps
- New numbers page: Kaqchikel
- New Tower of Babel translations: Kongo and Nzema
- New adapted script: Chahta' Ogham
- New numbers page: Shilha
- New blog post: Where Three Roads Meet
- New language: Puyuma
