Writing Systems - HTML

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<thead><tr><th>code</th><th>slug</th><th>name</th><th>description</th><th>direction</th><th>regions</th><th>type</th><th>users</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>01</td><td>latin-alphabet</td><td>Latin Alphabet</td><td>The most widely used alphabet in the world.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania</td><td>Alphabet</td><td>4.9 billion+</td></tr>
<tr><td>02</td><td>chinese-characters</td><td>Chinese Characters (Hanzi)</td><td>A logographic writing system and the main script for Chinese.</td><td>LTR/TTB</td><td>China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Japan, Korea</td><td>Logography</td><td>1.5 billion+</td></tr>
<tr><td>03</td><td>arabic-script</td><td>Arabic Script</td><td>An abjad (consonant alphabet) written from right to left.</td><td>RTL</td><td>Middle East, North Africa, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia</td><td>Abjad</td><td>828 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>04</td><td>cyrillic-script</td><td>Cyrillic Script</td><td>An alphabet primarily used for Slavic languages.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Central Asia</td><td>Alphabet</td><td>350 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>05</td><td>devanagari</td><td>Devanagari</td><td>An abugida (syllabic alphabet) widely used in the Indian subcontinent.</td><td>LTR</td><td>India, Nepal</td><td>Abugida</td><td>480 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>06</td><td>bengali-script</td><td>Bengali Script</td><td>An abugida used for Bengali and Assamese languages.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Bangladesh, India (West Bengal, Assam)</td><td>Abugida</td><td>300 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>07</td><td>japanese-writing</td><td>Japanese Writing (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana)</td><td>A mixed writing system combining kanji and two types of syllabaries.</td><td>LTR/TTB</td><td>Japan</td><td>Mixed (Logographic + Syllabic)</td><td>123 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>08</td><td>korean-hangul</td><td>Korean Hangul</td><td>A unique alphabet used on the Korean Peninsula.</td><td>LTR</td><td>South Korea, North Korea, China (Yanbian)</td><td>Alphabet (Featural)</td><td>82 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>09</td><td>greek-alphabet</td><td>Greek Alphabet</td><td>The oldest alphabet in Europe, also used for scientific notation.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Greece, Cyprus</td><td>Alphabet</td><td>13 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>hebrew-script</td><td>Hebrew Script</td><td>An abjad used to write Hebrew, the liturgical language of Judaism.</td><td>RTL</td><td>Israel, Jewish communities worldwide</td><td>Abjad</td><td>9 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>thai-script</td><td>Thai Script</td><td>An abugida used to write the Thai language.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Thailand</td><td>Abugida</td><td>60 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>tamil-script</td><td>Tamil Script</td><td>An abugida used to write Tamil in southern India.</td><td>LTR</td><td>India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia</td><td>Abugida</td><td>75 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>georgian-script</td><td>Georgian Script (Mkhedruli)</td><td>A unique alphabet used to write the Georgian language.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Georgia</td><td>Alphabet</td><td>4 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>armenian-alphabet</td><td>Armenian Alphabet</td><td>A unique alphabet used to write the Armenian language.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Armenia, Armenian diaspora</td><td>Alphabet</td><td>6 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>ethiopic-script</td><td>Ethiopic Script (Ge'ez)</td><td>An abugida used to write Amharic and other languages.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Ethiopia, Eritrea</td><td>Abugida</td><td>57 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>burmese-script</td><td>Burmese Script</td><td>An abugida used to write the Burmese language.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Myanmar</td><td>Abugida</td><td>38 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>khmer-script</td><td>Khmer Script</td><td>An abugida used to write Khmer in Cambodia.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam</td><td>Abugida</td><td>16 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>lao-script</td><td>Lao Script</td><td>An abugida used to write the Lao language.</td><td>LTR</td><td>Laos, Thailand (Isan region)</td><td>Abugida</td><td>25 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>tibetan-script</td><td>Tibetan Script</td><td>An abugida used to write the Tibetan language.</td><td>LTR</td><td>China (Tibet), Bhutan, India (Ladakh, Sikkim)</td><td>Abugida</td><td>8 million+</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>mongolian-script</td><td>Mongolian Script</td><td>A vertically written alphabet for the Mongolian language.</td><td>TTB</td><td>China (Inner Mongolia), Mongolia (traditional)</td><td>Alphabet (Vertical)</td><td>5 million+</td></tr></tbody>
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