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This list ofconstructed scripts is in alphabetical order.ISO 15924 codes are provided where assigned. This list includes neithershorthand systems nor ciphers of existing scripts.
| Script name | ISO 15924 | Year created | Creator | Comments(click to sort by category) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlam | Adlm | 1989 | Ibrahima & Abdoulaye Barry | Proposed alphabet used to write theFula language |
| Afaka | Afak | 1910 | Afáka Atumisi | Syllabary used to write theNdyuka language, an English-based creole of Surinam |
| Aiha | 1985 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Alphabet of the fictional Kesh language in her novelAlways Coming Home | |
| Ancient | 2019 | Inkle | Logographic script of the fictional Ancients in their gameHeaven's Vault | |
| Ariyaka | c. 1840 | Mongkut | Invented to transcribePali, the liturgical language ofTheravada Buddhism, and inspired by theGreek andBurmese-Mon scripts | |
| Armenian | Armn | ca. 405 | Mesrop Mashtots | Alphabet thought to have been based on Greek used to writeArmenian |
| Ath | 1996 | Hiroyuki Morioka | Alphabet of the fictional Baronh language in his novelCrest of the Stars | |
| aUI | 1962 | John W. Weilgart | Language and alphabet attempting to unify sound and meaning | |
| Aurebesh | 1993 | Stephen Crane | Alphabet originally forStar Wars Miniatures Battles Companion based on glyphs byJoe Johnston, subsequently used for other media in the franchise[1] | |
| Avoiuli | 1990s | Viraleo Boborenvanua | Alphabet used by the Turaga indigenous movement for somelanguages in Vanuatu | |
| Bagam | ca. 1900 | King Pufong | Largely lost logosyllabic script used for letters and records in theMengaka language | |
| Bamum | Bamu | 1896–1910 | Ibrahim Njoya | Syllabary forBamum developed from what initially was a pictographic system |
| Bharati[2] | 2016-* | Prof. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and others | Alternative common script of majorIndian languages (bothIndo-Aryan andDravidian) to facilitate easy communication | |
| Blissymbol | Blis | 1949 | Charles K. Bliss | Conceived as a non-spoken (soundless), purely ideographic script |
| Bopomofo | Bopo | 1913 | Zhang Binglin | Semisyllabary to transcribe spokenMandarin,Holo, &c., mainly for teaching |
| Braille | Brai | 1821 | Louis Braille | Tactile alphabet for the blind using embossed dots; dozens of derived scripts |
| Canadian Aboriginal syllabics | Cans | 1840s | James Evans | Family of abugidas used to write a number ofAboriginalCanadian languages of theAlgonquian,Inuit, and (formerly)Athabaskan language families |
| Caucasian Albanian | Aghb | ca. 408 | Mesrop Mashtots | Alphabet used to write the now extinctCaucasian Albanian language |
| Cherokee | Cher | 1819 | Sequoyah | Syllabary inspired by Latin glyph shapes used to write theCherokee language |
| Chữ Việt Trí | 2012 | Tôn Thất Chương | Alphabet designed for theVietnamese language | |
| Cirth | Cirt | 1930s[3] | J. R. R. Tolkien | Runic elven script, mainly for dwarven writing in his novelThe Lord of the Rings |
| Clear Script | 1648 | Zaya Pandit | Alphabet used to write theOirat language; based on Mongolian script | |
| Coorgi-Cox | 2005 | Gregg M. Cox | A proposed abugida for theKodava language | |
| Cyrillic | Cyrl / Cyrs | ca. 940 | Saint Cyril or his students | Alphabet mainly used to write Slavic languages; based primarily on Greek |
| Deseret | Dsrt | mid-19th century | University of Deseret | A phonemic alphabet designed for theEnglish language |
| D'ni | 1997 | Richard A. Watson | Alphabet for the fictional language in the gameRiven and its sequels | |
| Duployan shorthand | Dupl | 1891 | Jean-Marie Le Jeune | Historically used as the main (non-shorthand) script forChinook Jargon |
| Elbasan | Elba | 1761 | disputed | Alphabet forAlbanian used to write theElbasan Gospel Manuscript |
| Engsvanyáli | 1940s | M. A. R. Barker | Abugida used in theEmpire of the Petal Throne role-playing game | |
| Eskayan | ca. 1920–1937 | Mariano Datahan | Syllabary based on cursive Latin script for the auxiliaryEskayan language | |
| Extensions to the IPA (extIPA) | Latn | 1990–* | International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association | A set of letters and diacritics to augment theInternational Phonetic Alphabet for the phonetic transcription of disordered speech |
| Fraser | Lisu | 1915 | Sara Ba Thaw | Alphabet used to write theLisu language; improved byJames O. Fraser |
| Gargish | 1990 | Herman Miller | Alphabet for the fictional Gargish language inUltima VI: The False Prophet | |
| Glagolitic | Glag | 862–863 | Saints Cyril and Methodius | Historically used to write Slavic languages, before Cyrillic became dominant |
| Gothic | Goth | ca. 350 | Ulfilas | Alphabet based primarily on Greek historically used to write theGothic language |
| HamNoSys | 1985 | University of Hamburg | General phonetic transcription system for all sign languages | |
| Hangul | Hang | 1443 | Sejong the Great | Alphabet written in syllable blocks used to write theKorean language; the oldest and most widespreadfeatural script in use |
| iConji | 2010 | Kai Staats | Pictographic writing system for messenging | |
| International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) | Latn | 1888–* | International Phonetic Association | Regarded as being an extension of theLatin script |
| Ithkuil | 2004 | John Quijada | Script for the constructed Ithkuil language | |
| Jurchen | Jurc | ca. 1119 | Wanyan Xiyin | Largely undeciphered logographic script with phonetic elements forJurchen |
| Kēlen | 1980 | Sylvia Sotomayor | Alphabet for a fictional alien language without verbs | |
| Khitan large script | Kitl | 920 | by order ofAbaoji | Largely undeciphered logographic script for theKhitan language |
| Khitan small script | Kits | ca. 924 | Yelü Diela | Partially deciphered logographic script with phonetic elements forKhitan |
| Khom | 1924 | Ong Kommandam | Semi-syllabary used for secret communication among dissidents inFrench Laos | |
| Kikakui | Mend | ca. 1917 | Mohammed Turay | Syllabary used to write theMende language of Sierra Leone |
| KLI pIqaD | Piqd | ca. 1990 | anonymous | Glyphs created forStar Trek: The Next Generation, later sent as a font to the KLI |
| Limbu | Limb | ca. 1740 | Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebe | Abugida derived from Tibetan to write theLimbu language |
| Lisu syllabary | 1924–1930 | Ngua-ze-bo | Syllabary of about 800 characters used to write theLisu language | |
| Manchu | 1599; 1632 | Nurhaci;Dahai | Alphabet based on Mongolian script to write the nearly extinctManchu language | |
| Mandombe | 1978 | Wabeladio Payi | Alphabet written in syllable blocks forKikongo,Lingala,Ciluba andKiswahili | |
| Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing | after 1675 | Chrestien Le Clercq | Logographic script used historically for theMiꞌkmaq language | |
| Neomeroitic | 2022-2023 | Amundé Musango | Proposed alphabet to write theSwahili language and other African languages using a non-indigenous script | |
| Night writing | 1808 | Charles Barbier | Forerunner of Braille; tactile alphabet intended for communication in total darkness | |
| N'Ko | Nkoo | 1949 | Solomana Kante | Alphabet used to write theManding languages, including a kind of koine |
| Ol Chiki | Olck | 1925 | Raghunath Murmu | Official alphabet for theSantali language |
| Old Permic | Perm | 1372 | Stephen of Perm | Alphabet mainly based on Cyrillic and Greek once used to write mediaevalKomi |
| Phags-pa | Phag | 1269 | Drogön Chögyal Phagpa | Used historically for the languages in the Yuan sector of the Mongolian Empire |
| Pollard | Plrd | 1936 | Sam Pollard | Abugida based onCree used to write several minority languages in China |
| Quikscript | 1966 | Ronald Kingsley Read | Phonemic alphabet designed to write the English language quickly and compactly | |
| Real Character | 1668 | John Wilkins | Pasigraphy used to write Wilkins' proposedUniversal language | |
| Sarati | Sara | 1910s | J. R. R. Tolkien | Precursor of his elven Tengwar script |
| Shavian | Shaw | ca. 1960 | Ronald Kingsley Read | Phonemic alphabet to write the English language; precursor to Quikscript |
| SignWriting | Sgnw | 1974 | Valerie Sutton | Proposed phonemic system of writingsign languages |
| Sitelen Pona | 2014 | Sonja Lang | Logographic writing system used inToki Pona | |
| Sitelen Sitelen | ca. 2006 | Jonathan Gabel | Non-linear writing system with both logographic and alphasyllabic characters, used inToki Pona. Also known as Sitelen Suwi. | |
| Soyombo | Soyo | 1686 | Zanabazar | Abugida historically used to write theMongolian language |
| Stokoe notation | 1960 | William Stokoe | Proposed featural system of writing sign languages | |
| Tangut | Tang | 1036 | Yeli Renrong | Logographic script historically used to write the extinctTangut language |
| Tengwar | Teng | 1930s | J. R. R. Tolkien | Elven script used for various languages in his novelThe Lord of the Rings |
| Testerian | 1529 | Jacobo de Testera | Pictorial writing system used until the 19th century to teach Christian doctrine to the indigenous peoples of Mexico | |
| Thai | Thai | 1283 | Ram Khamhaeng | Abugida used to writeThai,Southern Thai and many others |
| Tibetan | Tibt | ca. 650 | Thonmi Sambhota | Abugida probably based on Gupta, a Brahmic script, for writingTibetan |
| Unifon | mid-1950s | John R. Malone | Phonemic alphabet to write the English language, based on the Latin alphabet | |
| Unker Non-Linear Writing System[4][independent source needed] | 2010-* | Alex Fink & Sai | Complex script written and read in a nonlinear format | |
| Universal Alphabet | 1585 | Thomas Harriot | Phonetic alphabet used to transcribe the extinctCarolina Algonquian language | |
| Vai | Vaii | ca. 1832 | Momolu Duwalu Bukele | Syllabary used to write theVai language |
| Visible Speech | Visp | 1867 | Alexander Melville Bell | System of phonetic symbols to represent the position of the speech organs |
| Warang | Wara | ca. 1950 | Lako Bodra | Abugida, but with alphabet-like full vowel symbols, to write theHo language |
| Yugtun | ca. 1900 | Uyaquq | Syllabary historically used to write theCentral Alaskan Yup'ik language | |
| Zanabazar square | Zanb | pre-1686 | Zanabazar | Abugida based on a Brahmic script developed to write theMongolian language |
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* Script in ongoing development.