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:
The most common abjads (consonant-only alphabets) are:
The most common abugidas (alpha-syllabaries) are:
(Please add to this list of alphabets)
English alphabetA 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 AlphaΒβ 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
Yes, some languages such as Chinese and Japanese do not have alphabets. Instead, these languages use characters that represent words or concepts.
Languages with alphabets, usually have only one alphabet. There are a few exceptions, when a language is used in more than one country, for example: Hindi is written with the Devanāgarī alphabet in India, and with the Arabic alphabet in Pakistan (where it's called Urdu).
There are roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. However, many of these languages are endangered and at risk of disappearing.
There are around 7,000 languages spoken on Earth today.
There are approximately 7,117 languages spoken on Earth today.
There is no language on Earth that uses 12 different alphabets. Most languages use only 1 alphabet, and a few use 2.
Alphabets generally only represent the sounds of one single language. IPA represents the sounds of ALL languages on Earth, and includes hundreds of symbols.
Every distinct alphabet on the planet is different from all other alphabets.
India is the country with the most alphabets, though technically speaking, most of the languages of India are written with Abugidas, not alphabets.
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The different alphabets of the world, are produced by the people who use them. Numbers are produced by those same people. Numbers are also used in languages that do not have alphabets.
This planet has many names, in various languages. Most of them translate as "Dirt". Earth; Terra; Tellus. All different words for "soil" or "dirt".
There are hundreds of alphabets and non-alphabetic writing systems in current use on the planet. Go to Omniglot to see them.
Most languages of the south pacific have short alphabets of around 13 letters, such as Hawaiian and Tahitian. Rotokas has the shortest, with only 12 letters.
This is called Unicode. For a great website that shows the alphabets, click here
Languages that use the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets are written from right to left.
In English our world is called Earth, but it has many names in many languages.