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This article is about writing systems found in Unicode. For the "Script" style of Latin letters in Unicode, see Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols and Script typeface.
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In Unicode, a script is a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems.[1] Some scripts support only one writing system and language, for example, Armenian. Other scripts support many different writing systems; for example, the Latin script supports English, French, German, Italian, Vietnamese, Latin itself, and several other languages. Some languages make use of multiple alternate writing systems and thus also use several scripts; for example, in Turkish, the Arabic script was used before the 20th century but transitioned to Latin in the early part of the 20th century. More or less complementary to scripts are symbols and Unicode control characters.

The unified diacritical characters and unified punctuation characters frequently have the "common" or "inherited" script property. However, the individual scripts often have their own punctuation and diacritics, so that many scripts include not only letters but also diacritic and other marks, punctuation, numerals and even their own idiosyncratic symbols and space characters.

Unicode 17.0 defines 172 separate scripts, including 102 modern scripts and 70 ancient or historic scripts.[2][3] More scripts are in the process for encoding or have been tentatively allocated for encoding in roadmaps.[4]

Definition and classification

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When multiple languages make use of the same script, there are frequently some differences, particularly in diacritics and other marks. For example, Swedish and English both use the Latin script. However, Swedish includes the character å (sometimes called a Swedish O), while English has no such character. Nor does English make use of the diacritic combining ring above for any character. In general, the languages sharing the same scripts share many of the same characters. Despite these peripheral differences in the Swedish and English writing systems, they are said to use the same Latin script. Thus, the Unicode abstraction of scripts is a basic organizing technique. The differences among different alphabets or writing systems remain and are supported through Unicode’s flexible scripts, combining marks and collation algorithms.

Script versus writing system

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Writing system is sometimes treated as a synonym for "script". However, it also can be used as the specific concrete writing system supported by a script. For example, the Vietnamese writing system is supported by the Latin script. A writing system may also cover more than one script; for example, the Japanese writing system makes use of the kanji, hiragana and katakana scripts.

Most writing systems can be broadly divided into several categories: logographic, syllabic, alphabetic (or segmental), abugida, abjad and featural; however, all features of any of these may be found in any given writing system in varying proportions, often making it difficult to purely categorize a system. The term complex system is sometimes used to describe those where the admixture makes classification problematic.

Unicode supports all of these types of writing systems through its numerous scripts. Unicode also adds further properties to characters to help differentiate the various characters and the ways they behave within Unicode text-processing algorithms.

Special script property values

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In addition to explicit or specific script properties, Unicode uses three special values:[5]

Common
Unicode can assign a character in the UCS to a single script only. However, many characters—those that are not part of a formal natural-language writing system or are unified across many writing systems—may be used in more than one script (for example, currency signs, symbols, numerals and punctuation marks). In these cases Unicode defines them as belonging to the "common" script (ISO 15924 code "Zyyy").
Inherited
Many diacritics and non-spacing combining characters may be applied to characters from more than one script. In these cases Unicode assigns them to the "inherited" script (ISO 15924 code Zinh), which means that they have the same script class as the base character with which they combine, and so in different contexts they may be treated as belonging to different scripts. For example, U+0308 ◌̈ <reserved-0308> may combine either with U+0065 e <reserved-0065> to create a Latin ë or with U+0435 е <reserved-0435> for the Cyrillic ё. In the former case, it inherits the Latin script of the base character, whereas in the latter case, it inherits the Cyrillic script of the base character.
Unknown
The value of "unknown" script (ISO 15924 code Zzzz) is given to unassigned, private-use, noncharacter, and surrogate code points.

Character categories within scripts

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Unicode provides a general category property for each character. So in addition to belonging to a script every character also has a general category. Typically scripts include letter characters including: uppercase letters, lowercase letters and modifier letters. Some characters are considered titlecase letters for a few precomposed ligatures such as Dz (U+01F2). Such titlecase ligatures are all in the Latin and Greek scripts and are all compatibility characters, and therefore Unicode discourages their use by authors. It is unlikely that new titlecase letters will be added in the future.

Most writing systems do not differentiate between uppercase and lowercase letters. For those scripts all letters are categorized as "other letter" or "modifier letter". Ideographs such as Unihan ideographs are also categorized as "other letters". A few scripts do differentiate between uppercase and lowercase however: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian, Georgian, and Deseret. Even for these scripts there are some letters that are neither uppercase nor lowercase.

Scripts can also contain any other general category character such as marks (diacritic and otherwise), numbers (numerals), punctuation, separators (word separators such as spaces), symbols and non-graphical format characters. These are included in a particular script when they are unique to that script. Other such characters are generally unified and included in the punctuation or diacritic blocks. However, the bulk of characters in any script (other than the common and inherited scripts) are letters.

List of encoded scripts

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As of version 17.0, Unicode defines 175 script aliases ("property value aliases") for codes in the ISO 15924 list. Unicode assigns the alias "Common" for ISO 15924's Zyyy code for undetermined scripts, "Inherited" for ISO 15924's Zinh code for inherited scripts, and "Unknown" for ISO 15924's Zzzz code for uncoded scripts. There are script codes defined by ISO 15924 that are not used in Unicode, including Zsym (Symbols) and Zmth (Mathematical notation).

Scripts in ISO 15924[a][b] and in Unicode[c][d]
ISO 15924 Script in Unicode[e]
Code ISO number ISO formal name Directionality Unicode Alias[f] Version Characters Notes Description
Adlm 166 Adlam Adlam 9.0 88 Ch 19.9
Afak 439 Afaka ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Aghb 239 Caucasian Albanian Caucasian Albanian 7.0 53 Ancient/historic Ch 8.11
Ahom 338 Ahom, Tai Ahom Ahom 8.0 65 Ancient/historic Ch 15.16
Arab 160 Arabic Arabic 1.0 1,413 Ch 9.2
Aran 161 Arabic (Nastaliq variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Arabic (see § Arab)
Armi 124 Imperial Aramaic Imperial Aramaic 5.2 31 Ancient/historic Ch 10.4
Armn 230 Armenian Armenian 1.0 96 Ch 7.6
Avst 134 Avestan Avestan 5.2 61 Ancient/historic Ch 10.7
Bali 360 Balinese Balinese 5.0 127 Ch 17.3
Bamu 435 Bamum Bamum 5.2 657 Ch 19.6
Bass 259 Bassa Vah Bassa Vah 7.0 36 Ancient/historic Ch 19.7
Batk 365 Batak Batak 6.0 56 Ch 17.6
Beng 325 Bengali (Bangla) Bengali 1.0 96 Ch 12.2
Berf 258 Beria Erfe Beria Erfe 17.0 50
Bhks 334 Bhaiksuki Bhaiksuki 9.0 97 Ancient/historic Ch 14.3
Blis 550 Blissymbols varies ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Bopo 285 Bopomofo Bopomofo 1.0 77 Ch 18.3
Brah 300 Brahmi Brahmi 6.0 115 Ancient/historic Ch 14.1
Brai 570 Braille Braille 3.0 256 Ch 21.1
Bugi 367 Buginese Buginese 4.1 30 Ch 17.2
Buhd 372 Buhid Buhid 3.2 20 Ch 17.1
Cakm 349 Chakma Chakma 6.1 71 Ch 13.11
Cans 440 Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Canadian Aboriginal 3.0 726 Ch 20.2
Cari 201 Carian Carian 5.1 49 Ancient/historic Ch 8.5
Cham 358 Cham Cham 5.1 83 Ch 16.10
Cher 445 Cherokee Cherokee 3.0 172 Ch 20.1
Chis 298 Chisoi ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is mature[ii]
Chrs 109 Chorasmian Chorasmian 13.0 28 Ancient/historic Ch 10.8
Cirt 291 Cirth varies ZZ— Not in Unicode
Copt 204 Coptic Coptic 1.0 137 Ancient/historic, disunified from Greek in 4.1 Ch 7.3
Cpmn 402 Cypro-Minoan Cypro Minoan 14.0 99 Ancient/historic Ch 8.4
Cprt 403 Cypriot syllabary Cypriot 4.0 55 Ancient/historic Ch 8.3
Cyrl 220 Cyrillic Cyrillic 1.0 508 Includes typographic variant Old Church Slavonic (see § Cyrs) Ch 7.4
Cyrs 221 Cyrillic (Old Church Slavonic variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Cyrillic (see § Cyrl); Ancient/historic
Deva 315 Devanagari (Nagari) Devanagari 1.0 164 Ch 12.1
Diak 342 Dives Akuru Dives Akuru 13.0 72 Ancient/historic Ch 15.15
Dogr 328 Dogra Dogra 11.0 60 Ancient/historic Ch 15.18
Dsrt 250 Deseret (Mormon) Deseret 3.1 80 Ch 20.4
Dupl 755 Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography Duployan 7.0 143 Ch 21.6
Egyd 070 Egyptian demotic mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode
Egyh 060 Egyptian hieratic mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode
Egyp 050 Egyptian hieroglyphs Egyptian Hieroglyphs 5.2 5,105 Ancient/historic Ch 11.4
Elba 226 Elbasan Elbasan 7.0 40 Ancient/historic Ch 8.10
Elym 128 Elymaic Elymaic 12.0 23 Ancient/historic Ch 10.9
Ethi 430 Ethiopic (Geʻez) Ethiopic 3.0 523 Ch 19.1
Gara 164 Garay Garay 16.0 69
Geok 241 Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri) Georgian Unicode groups Khutsori, Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri into 'Georgian' (see § Geok). Similarly, Mkhedruli and Mtavruli are 'Georgian' (see § Geor) Ch 7.7
Geor 240 Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli) Georgian 1.0 173 In Unicode this also includes Nuskhuri (Geok) Ch 7.7
Glag 225 Glagolitic Glagolitic 4.1 134 Ancient/historic Ch 7.5
Gong 312 Gunjala Gondi Gunjala Gondi 11.0 63 Ch 13.15
Gonm 313 Masaram Gondi Masaram Gondi 10.0 75 Ch 13.14
Goth 206 Gothic Gothic 3.1 27 Ancient/historic Ch 8.9
Gran 343 Grantha Grantha 7.0 85 Ancient/historic Ch 15.14
Grek 200 Greek Greek 1.0 518 Directionality sometimes as boustrophedon Ch 7.2
Gujr 320 Gujarati Gujarati 1.0 91 Ch 12.4
Gukh 397 Gurung Khema Gurung Khema 16.0 58
Guru 310 Gurmukhi Gurmukhi 1.0 80 Ch 12.3
Hanb 503 Han with Bopomofo (alias for Han + Bopomofo) mixed ZZ— See § Hani, § Bopo
Hang 286 Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul) Hangul 1.0 11,739 Hangul syllables relocated in 2.0 Ch 18.6
Hani 500 Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left (historically) Han 1.0 103,351 Ch 18.1
Hano 371 Hanunoo (Hanunóo) Hanunoo 3.2 21 Ch 17.1
Hans 501 Han (Simplified variant) varies ZZ— Subset of Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) (see § Hani)
Hant 502 Han (Traditional variant) varies ZZ— Subset of § Hani
Hatr 127 Hatran Hatran 8.0 26 Ancient/historic Ch 10.12
Hebr 125 Hebrew Hebrew 1.0 134 Ch 9.1
Hira 410 Hiragana Hiragana 1.0 381 Ch 18.4
Hluw 080 Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs) Anatolian Hieroglyphs 8.0 583 Ancient/historic Ch 11.6
Hmng 450 Pahawh Hmong Pahawh Hmong 7.0 127 Ch 16.11
Hmnp 451 Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong 12.0 71 Ch 16.12
Hntl 504 Han (Traditional variant) with Latin (alias for Hant + Latn) ZZ— See § Hant and § Latn
Hrkt 412 Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana) Katakana or Hiragana See § Hira, § Kana Ch 18.4
Hung 176 Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic) Old Hungarian 8.0 108 Ancient/historic Ch 8.8
Inds 610 Indus (Harappan) ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Ital 210 Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.) Old Italic 3.1 39 Ancient/historic Ch 8.6
Jamo 284 Jamo (alias for Jamo subset of Hangul) varies ZZ— Subset of § Hang
Java 361 Javanese Javanese 5.2 90 Ch 17.4
Jpan 413 Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) varies ZZ— See § Hani, § Hira and § Kana
Jurc 510 Jurchen ZZ— Not in Unicode
Kali 357 Kayah Li Kayah Li 5.1 47 Ch 16.9
Kana 411 Katakana Katakana 1.0 321 Ch 18.4
Kawi 368 Kawi Kawi 15.0 87 Ancient/historic Ch 17.9
Khar 305 Kharoshthi Kharoshthi 4.1 68 Ancient/historic Ch 14.2
Khmr 355 Khmer Khmer 3.0 146 Ch 16.4
Khoj 322 Khojki Khojki 7.0 65 Ancient/historic Ch 15.7
Kitl 505 Khitan large script ZZ— Not in Unicode
Kits 288 Khitan small script Khitan Small Script 13.0 472 Ancient/historic Ch 18.12
Knda 345 Kannada Kannada 1.0 92 Ch 12.8
Kore 287 Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) left-to-right ZZ— See § Hani, § Hang
Kpel 436 Kpelle ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Krai 396 Kirat Rai Kirat Rai 16.0 58
Kthi 317 Kaithi Kaithi 5.2 68 Ancient/historic Ch 15.2
Lana 351 Tai Tham (Lanna) Tai Tham 5.2 127 Ch 16.7
Laoo 356 Lao Lao 1.0 83 Ch 16.2
Latf 217 Latin (Fraktur variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Latin (see § Latn)
Latg 216 Latin (Gaelic variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Latin (see § Latn)
Latn 215 Latin Latin 1.0 1,492 See also: Latin script in Unicode Ch 7.1
Leke 364 Leke ZZ— Not in Unicode
Lepc 335 Lepcha (Róng) Lepcha 5.1 74 Ch 13.12
Limb 336 Limbu Limbu 4.0 68 Ch 13.6
Lina 400 Linear A Linear A 7.0 341 Ancient/historic Ch 8.1
Linb 401 Linear B Linear B 4.0 211 Ancient/historic Ch 8.2
Lisu 399 Lisu (Fraser) Lisu 5.2 49 Ch 18.9
Loma 437 Loma ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Lyci 202 Lycian Lycian 5.1 29 Ancient/historic Ch 8.5
Lydi 116 Lydian Lydian 5.1 27 Ancient/historic Ch 8.5
Mahj 314 Mahajani Mahajani 7.0 39 Ancient/historic Ch 15.6
Maka 366 Makasar Makasar 11.0 25 Ancient/historic Ch 17.8
Mand 140 Mandaic, Mandaean Mandaic 6.0 29 Ch 9.5
Mani 139 Manichaean Manichaean 7.0 51 Ancient/historic Ch 10.5
Marc 332 Marchen Marchen 9.0 68 Ancient/historic Ch 14.5
Maya 090 Mayan hieroglyphs mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode
Medf 265 Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime, Oberi Ɔkaimɛ) Medefaidrin 11.0 91 Ch 19.10
Mend 438 Mende Kikakui Mende Kikakui 7.0 213 Ch 19.8
Merc 101 Meroitic Cursive Meroitic Cursive 6.1 90 Ancient/historic Ch 11.5
Mero 100 Meroitic Hieroglyphs Meroitic Hieroglyphs 6.1 32 Ancient/historic Ch 11.5
Mlym 347 Malayalam Malayalam 1.0 118 Ch 12.9
Modi 324 Modi, Moḍī Modi 7.0 79 Ancient/historic Ch 15.12
Mong 145 Mongolian Mongolian 3.0 168 Mong includes Clear and Manchu scripts Ch 13.5
Moon 218 Moon (Moon code, Moon script, Moon type) mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Mroo 264 Mro, Mru Mro 7.0 43 Ch 13.8
Mtei 337 Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) Meetei Mayek 5.2 79 Ch 13.7
Mult 323 Multani Multani 8.0 38 Ancient/historic Ch 15.10
Mymr 350 Myanmar (Burmese) Myanmar 3.0 243 Ch 16.3
Nagm 295 Nag Mundari Nag Mundari 15.0 42
Nand 311 Nandinagari Nandinagari 12.0 65 Ancient/historic Ch 15.13
Narb 106 Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian) Old North Arabian 7.0 32 Ancient/historic Ch 10.1
Nbat 159 Nabataean Nabataean 7.0 40 Ancient/historic Ch 10.10
Newa 333 Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi Newa 9.0 97 Ch 13.3
Nkdb 085 Naxi Dongba (na²¹ɕi³³ to³³ba²¹, Nakhi Tomba) ZZ— Not in Unicode
Nkgb 420 Naxi Geba (na²¹ɕi³³ gʌ²¹ba²¹, 'Na-'Khi ²Ggŏ-¹baw, Nakhi Geba) ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Nkoo 165 N’Ko NKo 5.0 62 Ch 19.4
Nshu 499 Nüshu Nushu 10.0 397 Ch 18.8
Ogam 212 Ogham Ogham 3.0 29 Ancient/historic Ch 8.14
Olck 261 Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) Ol Chiki 5.1 48 Ch 13.10
Onao 296 Ol Onal Ol Onal 16.0 44
Orkh 175 Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic Old Turkic 5.2 73 Ancient/historic Ch 14.8
Orya 327 Oriya (Odia) Oriya 1.0 91 Ch 12.5
Osge 219 Osage Osage 9.0 72 Ch 20.3
Osma 260 Osmanya Osmanya 4.0 40 Ch 19.2
Ougr 143 Old Uyghur mixed Old Uyghur 14.0 26 Ancient/historic Ch 14.11
Palm 126 Palmyrene Palmyrene 7.0 32 Ancient/historic Ch 10.11
Pauc 263 Pau Cin Hau Pau Cin Hau 7.0 57 Ch 16.13
Pcun 015 Proto-Cuneiform ZZ— Not in Unicode
Pelm 016 Proto-Elamite ZZ— Not in Unicode
Perm 227 Old Permic Old Permic 7.0 43 Ancient/historic Ch 8.13
Phag 331 Phags-pa Phags-pa 5.0 56 Ancient/historic Ch 14.4
Phli 131 Inscriptional Pahlavi Inscriptional Pahlavi 5.2 27 Ancient/historic Ch 10.6
Phlp 132 Psalter Pahlavi Psalter Pahlavi 7.0 29 Ancient/historic Ch 10.6
Phlv 133 Book Pahlavi mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode
Phnx 115 Phoenician Phoenician 5.0 29 Ancient/historic[g] Ch 10.3
Piqd 293 Klingon (KLI pIqaD) ZZ— Rejected for inclusion in Unicode[iii][iv]
Plrd 282 Miao (Pollard) Miao 6.1 149 Ch 18.10
Prti 130 Inscriptional Parthian Inscriptional Parthian 5.2 30 Ancient/historic Ch 10.6
Psin 103 Proto-Sinaitic mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode
Qaaa-Qabx 900-949 Reserved for private use (range) ZZ— Not in Unicode
Ranj 303 Ranjana ZZ— Not in Unicode
Rjng 363 Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga) Rejang 5.1 37 Ch 17.5
Rohg 167 Hanifi Rohingya Hanifi Rohingya 11.0 50 Ch 16.14
Roro 620 Rongorongo mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Runr 211 Runic Runic 3.0 86 Ancient/historic Ch 8.7
Samr 123 Samaritan Samaritan 5.2 61 Ch 9.4
Sara 292 Sarati mixed ZZ— Not in Unicode
Sarb 105 Old South Arabian Old South Arabian 5.2 32 Ancient/historic Ch 10.2
Saur 344 Saurashtra Saurashtra 5.1 82 Ch 13.13
Seal 590 (Small) Seal varies ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Sgnw 095 SignWriting SignWriting 8.0 672 Ch 21.7
Shaw 281 Shavian (Shaw) Shavian 4.0 48 Ch 8.15
Shrd 319 Sharada, Śāradā Sharada 6.1 104 Ch 15.3
Shui 530 Shuishu left-to-right ZZ— Not in Unicode
Sidd 302 Siddham, Siddhaṃ, Siddhamātṛkā Siddham 7.0 92 Ancient/historic Ch 15.5
Sidt 180 Sidetic Sidetic 17.0 26 Ancient/historic
Sind 318 Khudawadi, Sindhi Khudawadi 7.0 69 Ch 15.9
Sinh 348 Sinhala Sinhala 3.0 111 Ch 13.2
Sogd 141 Sogdian Sogdian 11.0 42 Ancient/historic Ch 14.10
Sogo 142 Old Sogdian Old Sogdian 11.0 40 Ancient/historic Ch 14.9
Sora 398 Sora Sompeng Sora Sompeng 6.1 35 Ch 15.17
Soyo 329 Soyombo Soyombo 10.0 83 Ancient/historic Ch 14.7
Sund 362 Sundanese Sundanese 5.1 72 Ch 17.7
Sunu 274 Sunuwar Sunuwar 16.0 44
Sylo 316 Syloti Nagri Syloti Nagri 4.1 45 Ancient/historic Ch 15.1
Syrc 135 Syriac Syriac 3.0 88 Includes typographic variants Estrangelo (see § Syre), Western (§ Syrj), and Eastern (§ Syrn) Ch 9.3
Syre 138 Syriac (Estrangelo variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Syriac (see § Syrc)
Syrj 137 Syriac (Western variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Syriac (see § Syrc)
Syrn 136 Syriac (Eastern variant) ZZ— Typographic variant of Syriac (see § Syrc)
Tagb 373 Tagbanwa Tagbanwa 3.2 18 Ch 17.1
Takr 321 Takri, Ṭākrī, Ṭāṅkrī Takri 6.1 68 Ch 15.4
Tale 353 Tai Le Tai Le 4.0 35 Ch 16.5
Talu 354 New Tai Lue New Tai Lue 4.1 83 Ch 16.6
Taml 346 Tamil Tamil 1.0 123 Ch 12.6
Tang 520 Tangut Tangut 9.0 7,059 Ancient/historic Ch 18.11
Tavt 359 Tai Viet Tai Viet 5.2 72 Ch 16.8
Tayo 380 Tai Yo Tai Yo 17.0 55
Telu 340 Telugu Telugu 1.0 101 Ch 12.7
Teng 290 Tengwar ZZ— Not in Unicode
Tfng 120 Tifinagh (Berber) Tifinagh 4.1 59 Ch 19.3
Tglg 370 Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) Tagalog 3.2 23 Ch 17.1
Thaa 170 Thaana Thaana 3.0 50 Ch 13.1
Thai 352 Thai Thai 1.0 86 Ch 16.1
Tibt 330 Tibetan Tibetan 2.0 207 Added in 1.0, removed in 1.1 and reintroduced in 2.0 Ch 13.4
Tirh 326 Tirhuta Tirhuta 7.0 82 Ch 15.11
Tnsa 275 Tangsa Tangsa 14.0 89 Ch 13.18
Todr 229 Todhri Todhri 16.0 52 Ancient/historic
Tols 299 Tolong Siki Tolong Siki 17.0 54
Toto 294 Toto Toto 14.0 31 Ch 13.17
Tutg 341 Tulu-Tigalari Tulu Tigalari 16.0 80 Ancient/historic
Ugar 040 Ugaritic Ugaritic 4.0 31 Ancient/historic Ch 11.2
Vaii 470 Vai Vai 5.1 300 Ch 19.5
Visp 280 Visible Speech ZZ— Not in Unicode
Vith 228 Vithkuqi Vithkuqi 14.0 70 Ancient/historic Ch 8.12
Wara 262 Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti) Warang Citi 7.0 84 Ch 13.9
Wcho 283 Wancho Wancho 12.0 59 Ch 13.16
Wole 480 Woleai ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i]
Xpeo 030 Old Persian Old Persian 4.1 50 Ancient/historic Ch 11.3
Xsux 020 Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform 5.0 1,234 Ancient/historic Ch 11.1
Yezi 192 Yezidi Yezidi 13.0 47 Ancient/historic Ch 9.6
Yiii 460 Yi Yi 3.0 1,220 Ch 18.7
Zanb 339 Zanabazar Square (Zanabazarin Dörböljin Useg, Xewtee Dörböljin Bicig, Horizontal Square Script) Zanabazar Square 10.0 72 Ancient/historic Ch 14.6
Zinh 994 Code for inherited script Inherited 684
Zmth 995 Mathematical notation ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zsye 993 Symbols (emoji variant) ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zsym 996 Symbols ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zxxx 997 Code for unwritten documents ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode
Zyyy 998 Code for undetermined script Common 9,123
Zzzz 999 Code for uncoded script Unknown 954,246 In Unicode: All other code points
Notes
  1. ^
    ISO 15924 publications As of 24 April 2025
  2. ^
    ISO 15924 Normative text file As of 24 April 2025
  3. ^
    ISO 15924 Changes (including Aliases for Unicode; as of 24 April 2025)
  4. ^
    Unicode version 17.0
  5. ^
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    Unicode uses the "Property Value Alias" (Alias) as the script-name. These Alias names are part of Unicode and are published informatively next to ISO 15924. An alias script name may be used in a character name: Palm, Palmyrene → U+10860 𐡠 <reserved-10860>.
  7. ^
    In Unicode, the Phoenician script is intended for the representation of text in Paleo-Hebrew, Archaic Phoenician, Phoenician, Early Aramaic, Late Phoenician cursive, Phoenician papyri, Siloam Hebrew, Hebrew seals, Ammonite, Moabite, and Punic.[v]
References
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Missing scripts in Unicode

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The project Missing Scripts—with contributors from the Mainz University of Applied Sciences, the L’Atelier national de recherche typographique (ANRT) in Nancy, and the University of California, Berkeley—has compiled a list of 131 scripts that have not yet been encoded in The Unicode Standard, out of a total of 294 recognized scripts according to the current state of research.[6]

See also

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References

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  4. ^ https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/ Roadmaps to Unicode
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