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Home > Resources > Localization Resources > Writing systems

Writing systems around the World


Latin alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet
Chinese script
Arabic alphabet
Hebrew alphabet
Greek alphabet

 

Latin alphabet:

Roman or Latin alphabet is the most used writing system around the World (North and South America, Europe, Australia, parts of Africa, etc)

English (26 letters)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Bosnian and Croatian
Ć Č Đ Š Ž   ( ć č đ š ž)

Czech
A Á B C Č D Ď E É Ě F G H Ch I Í J K L M N Ň O Ó P Q R Ř S Š T Ť U Ú Ů V W X Y Ý Z Ž
a á b c č d ď e é ě f g h ch i í j k l m n ň o ó p q r ř s š t ť u ú ů v w x y ý z ž

French - same as English plus ligatures and diacritic marks
Œ
( œ), Æ (æ)
À Â Ç É È Ê Ë Ô Û Ù  (à â ç é è ê ë ô û ù)

  Danish and Norwegian
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Æ Ø Å    
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z æ ø å

  Lithuanian
A Ą B C Č D E Ę Ė F G H I Į Y J K L M N O P R S Š T U Ų Ū V Z Ž
a ą b c č d e ę ė f g h i į y j k l m n o p r s š t u ų ū v z ž

  Polish
A Ą B C Ć D E Ę F G H I J K L Ł M N Ń O Ó P R S Ś T U W Y Z Ź Ż
a ą b c ć d e ę f g h i j k l ł m n ń o ó p r s ś t u w y z ź ż

Romanian
A
Ă Â B C D E F G H I Ž J K L M N O P R S ž T Ţ U V X Y
a ă â b c d e f g h i î j k l m n o p r s ş t ţ u v x z

Swedish
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Å Ä Ö
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z å ä ö

Turkish
A B C Ç D E F G ž H I I J K L M N O Ö P R S ž T U Ü V Y Z
a b c ç d e f g ğ h ı i j k l m n o ö p r s ş t u ü v y z


Cyrillic alphabet:
Used in Belaruss, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukrainia, Kazakhtan, Uzbekistan and other former Soviet Union republics
A Б В Г Д Е Ё Ж З И Й К Л М O П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

 

Chinese characters
Chinese is not an alphabetic script. Here are some of the most used characters.
Sample Simplified characters:
丒 丗 丟 丠 両 丣 並 丩 丮 丯 丱 丳 丵 丼 乀 乁 乂乄 乆 乊 乑 乕 乗 乚 乛乢 乣 乤 乥 乧 乨 乪 乫乬 乭 乮 乯 乲 乴

Sample Traditional Characters:
忌 志 忍 忱 快 忸 忪 戒 我抄 抗 抖 技 扶 抉 扭 把 扼 找 批 扳 抒 扯 折 扮 投 抓 抑 抆 改 攻攸 旱 更 束 李 杏 材 村 杜

 

Arabic alphabet:
The Arabic alphabet has 28 basic letters. Most of the Arabic letters are directly connected to the letter that immediately follows. Each individual letter can have up to four distinct forms, based on its position within in the word.
Sample Arabic letters:

ص ث ق ف غ ع ه خ خ ح ج ش س ي ب ل ا ت ن م ك ط ئ ء ر لا ى ة


Greek alphabet
Sample Greek characters:

ς ε ρ τ υ θ ι ο π α σ δ φ γ η ξ κ λ χ ψ ω β μ Θ Ι Ο Σ Δ Φ Γ Ξ Λ Ψ Ω

Hebrew
Sample Hebrew characters:

ק ר א ט ו ן ם פ ש ד ג כ ע י ח ל ך ף ז ס ב ה נ מ צ ת ץ ײ ױ

 

 



 

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