Adaptations of alphabets

These are ways to write languages with alphabets not normally used to write them devised by visitors to Omniglot.

These scripts are all invented by visitors to Omniglot. If you have invented a new alphabet and would like me to add it to this site, please read the How to submit a con-script page.

Adaptations of:

Arabic alphabet | Armenian alphabet | Canadian Aboringinal Syllabics | Coptic alphabet | Cyrillic alphabet | Devanagari alphabet | Georgian alphabets | Glagolitic alphabet | Greek alphabet | Hebrew alphabet | Japanese scripts | Korean (Hangeul) alphabet | Latin alphabet | Ogham alphabet | Runic alphabets | Syriac alphabet | Thaana alphabet | Thai alphabet | Other writing systems

Constructed scripts for: Ainu | Arabic | Chinese languages | Dutch | English | Hawaiian | Hungarian | Japanese | Korean | Lingala | Malay & Indonesian | Persian | Tagalog / Filipino | Russian | Sanskrit | Spanish | Taino | Turkish | Vietnamese | Welsh | Other natural languages | Colour-based scripts | Tactile scripts | Phonetic/universal scripts | Constructed scripts for constructed languages | Adaptations of existing alphabets | Fictional alphabets | Magical alphabets | A-Z index | How to submit a constructed script


Arabic alphabet

Arabic Greek (عربيکُ اِيڵّينيکُ)
Arabic Greek
أالابضأقىلولىسضى
Ajalaptlajkuilolistli
(for Nahuatl)
اَرَبِڅَ
Arabitsa
(for Russian)
اَرَبِخَّرَ
Arabikkhara
(for Sanskrit and Pali)
ارابعلغا
Arabulga
(for Bulgarian)
آٙلآٙبأوٰ جوڭٙونٰ
Arabo-Chinese
(for Chinese)
هعرمۆسا عسپاڽۆلا
Hermosa española
(for Spanish)
ےسپےرانتوردوؤ
Esperanturduo
(for Esperanto)
نيهُون أرابياگُو شُوكيتايكِيي
Japan Arabic Writing System
日本アラビア語書記体系

(for Japanese)
ایتالعرب
Italarab
(for Italian)
اَلْوَطَّسِي لَهَجَة
Maldivian Arabic
الفابهت گخاربي مالتي
Maltese Arabic
پۊلصكى ابجَد
Polish abdjad
يرون أوراگ
Ossetian Arabic
پن٘جابی
Punjabi Arabic
پورتۇگاَرابع
Portugárabe
(for Portuguese)
تۈرك ئۇيگۇر ئالفابەسى
Türk Uygur Alfabesi
(for Turkish)
سوُوَمالایس-ئوُگریلاینەن ئارابیئالاینەن کیریامیستوَ
Suomalais-Ugrilainen Arabialainen Kirjaimisto
(Finno-Ugric Arabic Alphabet
for Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian)
ئەلیفبایا ئارابوَ-شچیپ
Elifbaja Arabo-Shqip
(Arabic-Albanian alphabet)
وٙذٛر گٙمرَێغ اَرَبٜغ
Welsh Arabic

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Armenian alphabet

Առմենիծա
Armenica
(Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian)
Ա·րմէրի՛կե՛ն
Armerican
(Choctaw, Halkomelem, Inuktitut and other indigenous American languages)
Երմէնբասը
Ermənbası
(Azerbaijani)

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Canadian Aboringinal Syllabics (CAS)

Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics is the collective name for the syllabic writing systems used in Canada to write such languages as Inuktitut, Cree and Ojibwe.

ᐊᐃᒪᖞᓇ ᐊᖝ ᕋᕤ ᕆᕪᕋ
Aymara Syllabics
ᐦᑫᓀ˙ᐃᑏᐁᓐ ᐊᐯᕆᒉᓀᓪ ᐦᓭᓚᐱᐦᒃᐦᔅ ᐦᕘᕐ ᐃᖕᒃᓕᐦᔥ
Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics for English
ᑲᓛᐧᓕᓱᑦ
Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics for Kalaallisut
ᑲᓚᐊᖠᓱᑦ
CAS for Greenlandic
ᑲᓇᑕᐦᓇ
Kanadana
(for Japanese)
ᓇᐜᐤᐊᕦᐦᑐᐜᓫᓕ
Nahuatl Syllabics
ᕆᐠᒡᕙ ᓯᕆᐤ ᕤᒻᐸ
Quechua Syllabics
ᑆᕋᕚᓂᐤᑄᐤᓯᐤᔨᕕ,
Penobscot Syllabics

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Coptic alphabet

Coptic Latin
Coptic Latin

(for Latin)
Musraiu (Coptic alphabet for Akkadian)
Musraiu

(for Akkadian)

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Cyrillic alphabet

Койллик
Coillic
(Cyrillic for Irish)
Цѵрилика
Cyrilika
(for Slovak)
Есперанто-цирила
Esperanto Cyrillic
Суомен киріллінен ааккосет
Finnish Cyrillic
Деуч Кыриллишес Алфабет
German Cyrillic
Итаԓирико
Italian Cyrillic
маѓар цирилл
Hungarian Cyrillic
Кириллицунда
Кириллицунда
(for Sundanese)
Кириру
Kiriru
(for Japanese)
Кориллик
Korillic
(Cyrillic for Korean)
лиетувиў калба
Lithuanian Cyrillic
Дінєь Бізаад
Cyrillic Navajo alphabet
Дәнш Тунга
Old Norse Cyrillic
Поʌскі цириʌіца
Polish Cyrillic
Полскизцырылицѫ
Polskizcyrylicą
(for Polish)
Портурыличо
Porturílico (Porturillic)
(for Portuguese)
Шќіпрілік
Shqiprillic
(Cyrillic for Albanian)
Сӣрилика
Sīrilika
(for Sanskrit)
Словенщіна
Slovenian Cyrillic
Еспаӈи́рико
Spanish Cyrillic
Түркче
Turkish Cyrillic
Кърилиѓ Къмраеѓ
Welsh Cyrillic
Картурилица
Karturilitsa
(for Georgian)
кириллгыл
Kirill-geul
(for Korean)
Бинглик
Benglic
(for Bengali)
Акьар чам кирил
Cham Cyrillic
(for Cham)
Кирил гылзӧ
Cyrilic for Jeju
(for Jeju)
Пољска цѵрѵљіца (Polska Cyrylica)
Polska Cyrylica

(for Polish)
Аинукириру
Ainurillic
(for Ainu)
Абекедаріоѵм Славороѵм
Abecedarium Slavorum

(for Latin)
Алфабэт Кирил Мэлайу-Индонэсиа
Malay-Indonesian Cyrillic
Сірінгіт
Cyringit
(for Tlingit)
Сирилико пара Португес Бразилейро
Cyrillic for Brazilian Portuguese
һоча̃к
Hocak
Урдӯк Сӣрӣлик
Urduk Cyrillic
(for Urdu)
Латвилица
Latvilica
(for Latvian)
Ёстилитса
Eestilitsa
(for Estonian)
Въролитса
Võrolitsa
(for Võro)
Элльновалканіко́ Кирілліко́ Алфа́вьто
Ellinovalkanikó Kyrillikó Alfávito
(for Greek)
д̌̂кр̌т̌к̂л ŋ̗л̌ш
Diacritical English

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Devanagari alphabet

अल्‍अ़रबिन्दियः॑
Arabindi
(Devanagari for Arabic)
इन्दोगन
Indogana
(Devanagari for Japanese)
मजगरि
Magyargari
(for Hungarian)
Noot-Nagari
Noot-Nagari

(Extended Devanagari for all languages of India)
अबकद
Indian-abakada
(for Tagalog)

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Georgian alphabets

ლა ქართველა სქრიბსისთემო დე ესფერანთო
Georgian Esperanto
მჩედრული ფურს შვიიცერდუუჭ
Georgian for Swiss German
ლეზგურჲი
Lezgurji
(for Lezgi)
Ⴇⴐⴊⴘⴓⴚⴈⴃ
lshucid
(for Lushootseed and Nuxalk)
მჰედრულიცა
Mhedrulica
(for Serbian)
ბიქჯუქუნაბ ჹიჲჹა
Pikchukunap Qillqa
(for Quechua)

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Glagolitic alphabet

Ⰳⱉⰰⰳⱁⰾⰹⱌⱏ
Głagolicy
(for Polish)
Ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⱀ'ⱁⰾ
Glagoñol
(for Spanish)

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Greek alphabet

Γραυκα
Graeca
(for Latin)
Γρκ́ηκα
Grčika
(for Serbo-Croatian)
Γρεκο-Ἱσπανο
Greco-Hispano
(for Spanish)
Αλ-γ̲αραπυιιατȣ λ-ιωνάνυιιαχ̌
Greek Arabic
(for Arabic)
Γρέτσ̌ εσκι'ι' αλ'ι'φαμπ'ι'έτ ζα ρύσσκι'ι' 'ι'αζήκ
Greek Alphabet for Russian
ΓΡΕΚΟΙΒΕΡΙΕΡΑΡΕΝ ΑΛΦΑΒΕΤΟ ΒΕῬΙΑ
Grekoiberieraren Alfabeto Berria
(Greco-Iberian alphabet for Basque)
γρεσπανικά
Grespanic
(for Spanish)
Γ'ασελ
Għasel
(for Maltese)

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Hebrew alphabet

שתוואנאבוּרוּלי
Čveneburuli / Judeo-Georgian
(for Georgian)
אַינֻ אַףצַת
Aynu Apcat
(for Ainu)
איבריא
Ibria
(for Malay & Indonesian)
חַגְרִית נְיֶלבֿ
Hágrít Nyelv
(for Hungarian)
יֻדֻלֵתרַק
Judulertak
(for Basque)
תורֿבוק
Kovrit
(for Korean)
Tiāojīnjiào zhī wénzì
Tiāojīnjiào zhī wénzì

(for Mandarin)
צֶחֶפָֿתָ אֶסֶרַאֵלַוׅ
Ṣəḥəfätä Ǝsəraelawi
ጽሕፈተ እስራኤሳዊ

(for Ge'ez)
יַחֻדִי טֻרְקְקֵﬞסִי
יאחודי טיורקקﬞיסי

Yahudi Türkçesi
(for Turkish)

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Japanese scripts

Aynukana
Aynukana

(Katakana for Ainu)
へら°がな
Heļagana / හෙළගන
(Hiragana for Sinhala)
Kagangana
Kagangana

(Katakana for Indonesian)
韓ひらがな
Kara Hiragana
(Hiragana & Katakana for Korean)
パラパラ ケパニー
Palapala Kepanī
(Katakana for Hawaiian)

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Korean (Hangeul) alphabet

애누이닥 누여
Ainu Nuye
(for Ainu)
범어의자
Beomeouija
(for Sanskrit)
한글 딕 이트 툰 장
Hangeul Dik Ite Tun Jang
(for Rejang)
Hanyinzi
Hanyinzi

(for Mandarin)
한군놀르
Hanguñol
(for Spanish)
쟝좐ˆ임찌
Hokkien Imji (漳泉音字)
(for Hokkien)
KoreoViet
KoreoViet

(for Vietnamese)
마우라
Maula
(for Malay)
나완글
Nahuangul
(for Nahuatl)
니혼노 한글
Nihon no Hangul
(for Japanese)
뉘글
Nuigul
(for Rapa Nui)
대ˊ임 찌 ̇
Tâi-im-jī
(for Taiwanese Hokkien)

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Latin alphabet

These adaptations use the Latin alphabet, with letters taken from other alphabets in some cases.

Baňla Rọman Lipi
(Bengali Latin Alphabet)
Belarulacinka
(Latin alphabet for Belarusian)
Eangsæx Engreellic (Ɛŋrиlik)
Engreellic
Magyarfárszi
Hunopersian
(Latin alphabet for Persian)
Ilattin Eźuttu
(Latin alphabet for Tamil)
Īnsù Pīn·īn
Phonemic Pīnyīn
(for Mandarin)
Kajarte
Kajarte
(for Arabic, English & Polish)
Kalamiy ɭalifbaı` / كَلاَمِي اَلِفْبَاء
Kalamiy
(Latin alphabet for Arabic)
Karmeli
Karmeli

(Latin alphabet for Hebrew)
Latin Arabic / L'Ɛarabijjatu l'Látienijjah / العربية اللاتينية
Latin Arabic
Modern Standard Alphabet
Modern Standard Alphabet

(for Arabic, Dari & Pashto)
New Nikhilipi
(for Indo-Aryan languages)
Pan-Indian Orthographic Alphabet
(for languages of South Asia)
Ry'ömyn Rêxtyh
Roman Rekhta

(for Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri and related languages)
Latin Sindhi
Sa̱tthā'a̱ksɔ́ɔ́n Thaj
(สัทอักษรไทย)
Tat Latin
Urdu Latin

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Ogham alphabet

᚛ᚎᚐᚆᚈᚐᚇ᚜ Chahta' Ogham (Ogham for Choctaw)
Chahta' Ogham

(for Choctaw)
Cornogham (Ogham for Cornish)
Cornogham

(for Cornish)
Ogham for Breton
Iwerzoneg Skritur

(for Breton)
᚛ᚊᚆᚎᚑᚐ᚜
Quechuan Ogham (Qhichwa)
(for Southern Quechua)

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Runic alphabets

ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚲ (Futxorkx)
Futxorkx

(for Na'vi)
ᛇᛋᛚᛂᚿᛋᚴᛁ ᚱᚤᛐᚢᚱᛁᚿᚿ
Runica
(for Icelandic)
ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ
Phonemic Scots
Roenskrif
Roenskrif

(for Afrikaans)
ᚱᚢᚾᛁᛊᚨ
Runica
(for Serbian)
ᛋᚡᛂᚿᛋᚴᛆ᛫ᚱᚢᚿᚮᚱ
Swedish Runes
ᛡᛟᛝᛖᚱ᛬ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ
Younger Futhorc
(for English)

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Syriac alphabet

ܩܘ̣ܪܕܝ̤ܬܣܘ̣ܪܝܝܐ
Qurditsuraya
(for Kurdish)
ܐ̤ܢ̇ܓܠܝ̣ܣܘ̣ܪܝܝܐ
Inglisuraya
(for English)

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Thaana alphabet

މާއޮރި ތާނަ
Māori Tāna
(for Māori)
ހަރޫފ ޔ ތާނާ
Haruf-e-Tana
(for Urdu)
ސުރަޓް ޓަނަ
Surat Tana
(for Indonesian and Malay)
ޕޮރތަނަ
Portana
(for Portuguese)

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Thai alphabet

อักษรเกาหลี
Akson Kao-li
(for Korean)
ฏ่ะย กโว๊ะ ปุ๋ โฏ้ะง หว่ะ (Tàiguó pǔtōnghuà - for Mandarin Chinese)
Tàiguó pǔtōnghuà

(for Mandarin Chinese)
ปิลิปิโน
Thai script for Tagalog
(for Tagalog)
ทัยพัโญล
Thaipañol
(for Spanish)
ยุ่ดใตเเษ๊ผู๋งผัด
Yuht Tai Sé Fòng Faat / 粵泰寫方法
(for Cantonese)

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Other writing systems

ລະໂ ມາໂຣິ
Lao Māori
𐲢𐲛𐲮𐲀𐲤𐲔𐲛 𐲠𐲐𐲥𐲘𐲛 𐲯𐲀 𐲥𐲢𐲠𐲥𐲔𐲐
Hungarian Runes for Serbian
Γερβ͂
Gerbh
(Greek, Coptic and Cyrillic for Proto-Indo-European)
මලගසි
Sinhala for Malagasy
(Sinhala alphabet for Malagasy)
Navabrahmi
Neobrahmi

(Brahmi script for languages of India)
Nie Sreft / Ни шрефт
(Latin and Cyrillic alphabets for Low German)
ཅིབེཿཏོ་མོཇི
Chibetto Moji/a>
(Tibetan script for Japanese)
ኢትዮፋርሲ
(Ethiopic script for Persian / Farsi)
ꓔꓵꓣꓗ ꓮꓡꓝꓮꓐꓰꓢꓲ̕
Turkish Lisu
(Fraser / Old Lisu alphabet for Turkish)
Phags-Pa for Modern Mandarin (ꡜꡝꡋꡳ ꡧꡱ ꡌꡝ ꡛ ꡌꡝ ꡟꡋꡲ)
Phags-Pa for Modern Mandarin
Osage for Navajo
Osage for Navajo
ਪਾਲਿਮੁਖੀ
Palimukhi
(Gurmuki alphabet for Pali)
Kitba ġdida (𐊽𐊹𐊭𐋌𐤠 𐋇𐊾𐊹𐊾𐤠)
Kitba ġdida

(Carian, Lydian and Luwian scripts for Maltese)
ဗးမိၩ
Burmish
(Burmese/Myamar script for English)
ꦗꦮꦕꦫꦏ
Jawacaraka
(Javanese script for Indonesian and Malay)
Mylydian (𐤪𐤧𐤩𐤧𐤣𐤦𐤠𐤫)
Mylydian

(Lydian script for Mycenaean Greek)
Compact Morse Code
Compact Morse Code

(any language with a Morse Code variant)
Göktürkçe
Göktürkçe

(Old Turkic / Göktürk script for Turkish)
Scorapice Shorthand
Scorapice Shorthand

(Old Russian shorthand for English)
𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑳𐑛 𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑳𐑘𐑫 𐑖𐑳𐑢𐑦
Malay Shavian Alphabet / Abjad Melayu Syawi
(for Malay)
ꗛ ꕉ:ꗱꔸꕪ ꕮ:ꖺꔸ
Ko Āwherika Māori
(for Māori)
ߣߊߛߍߡߊ
Nasema
(for Swahili)
ᬪᬮᬩᬮᬶ
Bhalabali
(for Zulu)
Alphabetum Gothorum (𐌰𐌻𐍆𐌰𐌱𐌴𐍄𐍅𐌼 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍉𐍂𐍅𐌼)
Alphabetum Gothorum

(Gothic alphabet for Latin)
Chữ Thái Việt
Chữ Thái Việt

(Tai Dam script for Vietnamese)
ⵙⴽⵉⵒⵜ ⴰⵎⴰⵥⵉⵖ
Skript Amażigħ
(Neo-Tifinagh script for Maltese)
ߣߴߞߏ ߝߙߊߣߛߊߌߛ
N'Ko Français
(N'Ko script for French)
ᠮᠣᠨᠭᡠᠯᠭᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠ (Mongŭlgariya)
Mongŭlgariya
(for Bulgarian)

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Other sites featuring constructed scripts

http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/
http://skyknowledge.com/orthographies.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/neography/
https://www.reddit.com/r/conscript/
https://www.reddit.com/r/conscripts/

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