Writing Systems - INI

[item.latin-alphabet]
code=01
slug=latin-alphabet
name=Latin Alphabet
description=The most widely used alphabet in the world.
direction=LTR
regions=Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania
type=Alphabet
users=4.9 billion+

[item.chinese-characters]
code=02
slug=chinese-characters
name=Chinese Characters (Hanzi)
description=A logographic writing system and the main script for Chinese.
direction=LTR/TTB
regions=China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Japan, Korea
type=Logography
users=1.5 billion+

[item.arabic-script]
code=03
slug=arabic-script
name=Arabic Script
description=An abjad (consonant alphabet) written from right to left.
direction=RTL
regions=Middle East, North Africa, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia
type=Abjad
users=828 million+

[item.cyrillic-script]
code=04
slug=cyrillic-script
name=Cyrillic Script
description=An alphabet primarily used for Slavic languages.
direction=LTR
regions=Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Central Asia
type=Alphabet
users=350 million+

[item.devanagari]
code=05
slug=devanagari
name=Devanagari
description=An abugida (syllabic alphabet) widely used in the Indian subcontinent.
direction=LTR
regions=India, Nepal
type=Abugida
users=480 million+

[item.bengali-script]
code=06
slug=bengali-script
name=Bengali Script
description=An abugida used for Bengali and Assamese languages.
direction=LTR
regions=Bangladesh, India (West Bengal, Assam)
type=Abugida
users=300 million+

[item.japanese-writing]
code=07
slug=japanese-writing
name=Japanese Writing (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana)
description=A mixed writing system combining kanji and two types of syllabaries.
direction=LTR/TTB
regions=Japan
type=Mixed (Logographic + Syllabic)
users=123 million+

[item.korean-hangul]
code=08
slug=korean-hangul
name=Korean Hangul
description=A unique alphabet used on the Korean Peninsula.
direction=LTR
regions=South Korea, North Korea, China (Yanbian)
type=Alphabet (Featural)
users=82 million+

[item.greek-alphabet]
code=09
slug=greek-alphabet
name=Greek Alphabet
description=The oldest alphabet in Europe, also used for scientific notation.
direction=LTR
regions=Greece, Cyprus
type=Alphabet
users=13 million+

[item.hebrew-script]
code=10
slug=hebrew-script
name=Hebrew Script
description=An abjad used to write Hebrew, the liturgical language of Judaism.
direction=RTL
regions=Israel, Jewish communities worldwide
type=Abjad
users=9 million+

[item.thai-script]
code=11
slug=thai-script
name=Thai Script
description=An abugida used to write the Thai language.
direction=LTR
regions=Thailand
type=Abugida
users=60 million+

[item.tamil-script]
code=12
slug=tamil-script
name=Tamil Script
description=An abugida used to write Tamil in southern India.
direction=LTR
regions=India (Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia
type=Abugida
users=75 million+

[item.georgian-script]
code=13
slug=georgian-script
name=Georgian Script (Mkhedruli)
description=A unique alphabet used to write the Georgian language.
direction=LTR
regions=Georgia
type=Alphabet
users=4 million+

[item.armenian-alphabet]
code=14
slug=armenian-alphabet
name=Armenian Alphabet
description=A unique alphabet used to write the Armenian language.
direction=LTR
regions=Armenia, Armenian diaspora
type=Alphabet
users=6 million+

[item.ethiopic-script]
code=15
slug=ethiopic-script
name=Ethiopic Script (Ge'ez)
description=An abugida used to write Amharic and other languages.
direction=LTR
regions=Ethiopia, Eritrea
type=Abugida
users=57 million+

[item.burmese-script]
code=16
slug=burmese-script
name=Burmese Script
description=An abugida used to write the Burmese language.
direction=LTR
regions=Myanmar
type=Abugida
users=38 million+

[item.khmer-script]
code=17
slug=khmer-script
name=Khmer Script
description=An abugida used to write Khmer in Cambodia.
direction=LTR
regions=Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
type=Abugida
users=16 million+

[item.lao-script]
code=18
slug=lao-script
name=Lao Script
description=An abugida used to write the Lao language.
direction=LTR
regions=Laos, Thailand (Isan region)
type=Abugida
users=25 million+

[item.tibetan-script]
code=19
slug=tibetan-script
name=Tibetan Script
description=An abugida used to write the Tibetan language.
direction=LTR
regions=China (Tibet), Bhutan, India (Ladakh, Sikkim)
type=Abugida
users=8 million+

[item.mongolian-script]
code=20
slug=mongolian-script
name=Mongolian Script
description=A vertically written alphabet for the Mongolian language.
direction=TTB
regions=China (Inner Mongolia), Mongolia (traditional)
type=Alphabet (Vertical)
users=5 million+