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What are the alphabets of languages on planet Earth?

Updated: 4/29/2024
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There are over 20 pure alphabets in use and hundreds of semi-alphabets (such as the alpha-syllabaries of India).

The most common pure alphabets are:

  • Latin
  • Cyrillic
  • Greek
  • Armenian
  • Georgian
  • Korean
  • Mongolian

The most common abjads (consonant-only alphabets) are:

  • Arabic
  • Hebrew
  • Syriac

The most common abugidas (alpha-syllabaries) are:

  • Bengali
  • Burmese
  • Devanagari (Hindi)
  • Ge'ez
  • Gujarati
  • Gurmukhi
  • Kannada
  • Khmer
  • Lao
  • Malayalam
  • Oriya
  • Sinhala
  • Thai
  • Tibetan

(Please add to this list of alphabets)

English alphabet

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

Greek alphabetΑα Alpha

Ββ Beta

Γγ Gamma

Δδ Delta

Εε Epsilon

Ζζ Zeta

Ηη Eta

Θθ Theta

Ιι Iota

Κκ Kappa

Λλ Lambda

Μμ Mu

Νν Nu

Ξξ Xi

Οο Omicron

Ππ Pi

Ρρ Rho

Σσς Sigma

Ττ Tau

Υυ Upsilon

Φφ Phi

Χχ Chi

Ψψ Psi

Ωω Omega

Other Greek characters

Digamma Heta Qoppa Stigma San Sampi

Russian alphabetА /a/

Б /b/

В /v/

Г /ɡ/

Д /d/

Е /je/

Ё /jo/

Ж /ʐ/

З/z/

И/i/

Й/j/

К/k/

Л/l/

М/m/

Н/n/

О/o/

П/p/

Р/r/

С/s/

Т/t/

У/u/

Ф/f/

Х/x/

Ц/ts/

Ч/tɕ/

Ш/ʂ/

Щ/ɕɕ/

Ъ/-/

Ы[ɨ]

Ь/-/

Э/e/

Ю/ju/

Я/ja/

Hindi alphabet (incomplete)

अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ऐ ई ओ औ

क ख ग घ

च छ ज झ

ट ड न थ

प फ ब भ म य र ल व् श स ह क्ष त्र ज्ञ

Telugu alphabetVowels అచ్చులు (Achchulu)

అ ఆ ఇ ఈ ఉ ఊ ఋ ౠ ఎ ఏ ఐ ఒ ఓ ఔ అం అః

/a/ /ɑː/ /ɪ/ /iː/ /u/ /uː/ /ru/ /ruː/ /e/ /eː/ /ai/ /o/ /oː/ /au/ /um/ /aha/

Consonants Hallulu హల్లులు (Achchulu)

క(ka) ఖ(kha) గ(ga) ఘ(gha) ఙ

చ(cha) ఛ(chaa) జ(ja) ఝ(jha) ఞ

ట(ta) ఠ(tha) డ(da) ఢ(dha) ణ

త(ta) థ(tha) ద(da) ధ(dha) న(na)

ప(pa) ఫ(pha) బ()ba భ(bha) మ(ma)

య(ya) ర(ra) ల(la) వ(va) శ(shw) ష(sha) స(sa) హ(ha) ళ(hala) క్ష(ksha) ఱ(bandira)

Tamil alphabet (incomplete)

ஆ இ ஈ உ ஊ எ ஏ ஐ ஒ

க ச ஜ ட த ந ப ம ய ர ல் வ ச ஷ ஹ ண ன

Tamil Numerals represented by alphabet

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 100 1000

௦ ௧ ௨ ௩ ௪ ௫ ௬ ௭ ௮ ௯ ௰ ௱ ௲

Hebrew

א alef

ב bet

ג gimel

ד dalet

ה heh

ו vav

ז zayin

ח het

ט tet

י yod

כ, ך kaf

ל lamed

מ, ם mem

נ, ן nun

ס samekh

ע 'ayin

פ, ף peh

צ, ץ tsadi

ק qof

ר resh

ש shin, sin

ת tav

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There are various alphabets used for different languages on Earth, such as Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, and Chinese characters. Each alphabet has its own set of symbols representing sounds in the language it is used for.

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