List of constructed scripts explained

This list of constructed scripts is in alphabetical order. ISO 15924 codes are provided where assigned. This list includes neither shorthand systems nor ciphers of existing scripts.

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style=width:8.6emScript name !ISO 15924 data-sort-type=textYear created !Creator Comments (click to sort by category)
Adlm 1989 Ibrahima & Abdoulaye Barry data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1989Proposed alphabet used to write the Fula language
Afak 1910 Afáka Atumisidata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1910Syllabary used to write the Ndyuka language, an English-based creole of Surinam
Aihadata-sort-value=Zzzz1985 data-sort-value=￮1fiction￮0novel￮1985LeGuinAlphabet of the fictional Kesh language in her novel Always Coming Home
Invented to transcribe Pali, the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism, and inspired by the Greek and Burmese-Mon scripts
Armn data-sort-value=0405ca. 405 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮0boGreek￮0405Alphabet thought to have been based on Greek used to write Armenian
Athdata-sort-value=Zzzz1996Hiroyuki Moriokadata-sort-value=￮1fiction￮0novel￮1996Alphabet of the fictional Baronh language in his novel Crest of the Stars
data-sort-value=Zzzz1962John W. Weilgart data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1962Language and alphabet attempting to unify sound and meaning
data-sort-value=Zzzz1993 Stephen Cranedata-sort-value=￮1fiction￮2tvfilm￮1993Alphabet originally for Star Wars Miniatures Battles Companion based on glyphs by Joe Johnston, subsequently used for other media in the franchise[1]
data-sort-value=Zzzz1990s Viraleo Boborenvanua data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1990sAlphabet used by the Turaga indigenous movement for some languages in Vanuatu
Bagamdata-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=1900ca. 1900King Pufongdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮3logographic￮1900Largely lost logosyllabic script used for letters and records in the Mengaka language
BamumBamudata-sort-value=19101896–1910Ibrahim Njoyadata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1910Syllabary for Bamum developed from what initially was a pictographic system
Bharati[2] 2016-*Prof. V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and othersAlternative common script of major Indian languages (both Indo-Aryan and Dravidian) to facilitate easy communication
Blis 1949 data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1949Conceived as a non-spoken (soundless), purely ideographic script
BopomofoBopo1913Zhang Binglindata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1913Semisyllabary to transcribe spoken Mandarin, Holo, &c., mainly for teaching
Brai1821 data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1821Tactile alphabet for the blind using embossed dots; dozens of derived scripts
Cans 1840s data-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1840Family of abugidas used to write a number of Aboriginal Canadian languages of the Algonquian, Inuit, and (formerly) Athabaskan language families
Caucasian AlbanianAghbdata-sort-value=0408ca. 408Mesrop Mashtotsdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮0boGreek￮0408Alphabet used to write the now extinct Caucasian Albanian language
Cher 1819 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1819Syllabary inspired by Latin glyph shapes used to write the Cherokee language
Chữ Việt Trí data-sort-value=Zzzz2012 Tôn Thất Chương data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮￮Vietnamese￮2012Alphabet designed for the Vietnamese language
Cirt 1930s[3] data-sort-value=￮1fiction￮0novel￮1910Tolkien￮2Runic elven script, mainly for dwarven writing in his novel The Lord of the Rings
data-sort-value=Zzzz1648 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1648Alphabet used to write the Oirat language; based on Mongolian script
data-sort-value=Zzzz2005 Gregg M. Cox data-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮2005A proposed abugida for the Kodava language
Cyrl / Cyrs data-sort-value=0940ca. 940 Saint Cyril or his studentsdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮0boGreek￮0940Alphabet mainly used to write Slavic languages; based primarily on Greek
Dsrt data-sort-value=1868mid-19th century data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮￮English￮1868A phonemic alphabet designed for the English language
data-sort-value=DniD'nidata-sort-value=Zzzz1997Richard A. Watsondata-sort-value=￮1fiction￮1game￮1997Alphabet for the fictional language in the game Riven and its sequels
Duployan shorthandDupl1891Jean-Marie Le Jeunedata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1891Historically used as the main (non-shorthand) script for Chinook Jargon
ElbasanElba1761data-sort-value=zzddisputeddata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1761Alphabet for Albanian used to write the Elbasan Gospel Manuscript
data-sort-value=Zzzz1940s data-sort-value=￮1fiction￮1game￮1940Abugida used in the Empire of the Petal Throne role-playing game
data-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=1928ca. 1920–1937Mariano Datahandata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1928Syllabary based on cursive Latin script for the auxiliary Eskayan language
Extensions to the IPA (extIPA) Latn 1990–*data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1990 A set of letters and diacritics to augment the International Phonetic Alphabet for the phonetic transcription of disordered speech
Lisu1915 Sara Ba Thawdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1915
data-sort-value=Zzzz1990 Herman Miller data-sort-value=￮1fiction￮1game￮1990Alphabet for the fictional Gargish language in
Glag data-sort-value=0862862–863 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮0boGreek￮0862Historically used to write Slavic languages, before Cyrillic became dominant
GothicGothdata-sort-value=0350ca. 350Ulfilasdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮0boGreek￮0350Alphabet based primarily on Greek historically used to write the Gothic language
data-sort-value=Zzzz1985 University of Hamburgdata-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1985General phonetic transcription system for all sign languages
Hang data-sort-value=Sejongdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1443Alphabet written in syllable blocks used to write the Korean language; the oldest and most widespread featural script in use
iConjidata-sort-value=Zzzz2010Kai Staatsdata-sort-value=￮￮misc￮2010Pictographic writing system for messenging
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Latn data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1888Regarded as being an extension of the Latin script
Ithkuildata-sort-value=Zzzz2004John Quijadadata-sort-value=￮￮misc￮2004Script for the constructed Ithkuil language
JurchenJurcdata-sort-value=1119ca. 1119Wanyan Xiyindata-sort-value=￮0natural￮3logographic￮1119Largely undeciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for Jurchen
data-sort-value=Kelendata-sort-value=Zzzz1980 Sylvia Sotomayor data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1980Alphabet for a fictional alien language without verbs
Khitan large scriptKitldata-sort-value=0920920data-sort-value=Abaojiby order of Abaojidata-sort-value=￮0natural￮3logographic￮0920Largely undeciphered logographic script for the Khitan language
Khitan small scriptKitsdata-sort-value=0924ca. 924Yelü Dieladata-sort-value=￮0natural￮3logographic￮0924Partially deciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for Khitan
Khomdata-sort-value=Zzzz1924Ong Kommandamdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1924Semi-syllabary used for secret communication among dissidents in French Laos
KikakuiMenddata-sort-value=1917ca. 1917Mohammed Turaydata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1917Syllabary used to write the Mende language of Sierra Leone
Piqd data-sort-value=1990ca. 1990data-sort-value=zzaanonymousdata-sort-value=￮1fiction￮2tvfilm￮1990Glyphs created for , later sent as a font to the KLI
LimbuLimbdata-sort-value=1740ca. 1740Te-ongsi Sirijunga Xin Thebedata-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1740Abugida derived from Tibetan to write the Limbu language
data-sort-value=Zzzz1924–1930 Ngua-ze-bodata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1924Syllabary of about 800 characters used to write the Lisu language
Manchudata-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=16321599; 1632Nurhaci
Dahai
data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1632Alphabet based on Mongolian script to write the nearly extinct Manchu language
Mandombedata-sort-value=Zzzz1978Wabeladio Payidata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1978Alphabet written in syllable blocks for Kikongo, Lingala, Ciluba and Kiswahili
Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writingdata-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=1675after 1675Chrestien Le Clercqdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮3logographic￮1675Logographic script used historically for the Miꞌkmaq language
Neomeroitic 2022-2023 Amundé Musango Proposed alphabet to write the Swahili language and other African languages using a non-indigenous script
data-sort-value=Zzzz1808data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1808Forerunner of Braille; tactile alphabet intended for communication in total darkness
data-sort-value=NKoNkoo 1949 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1949Alphabet used to write the Manding languages, including a kind of koine
Ol ChikiOlck1925Raghunath Murmudata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1925Official alphabet for the Santali language
Old PermicPerm1372Stephen of Permdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮0boGreek￮1372Alphabet mainly based on Cyrillic and Greek once used to write mediaeval Komi
Phag 1269 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1269Used historically for the languages in the Yuan sector of the Mongolian Empire
Plrd 1936 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1936Abugida based on Cree used to write several minority languages in China
data-sort-value=Zzzz1966 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮￮English￮1966Phonemic alphabet designed to write the English language quickly and compactly
Sara 1910s data-sort-value=￮1fiction￮0novel￮1910Tolkien￮0Precursor of his elven Tengwar script
Shaw data-sort-value=1961ca. 1960 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮￮English￮1961Phonemic alphabet to write the English language; precursor to Quikscript
Sgnw 1974 Valerie Suttondata-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1974Proposed phonemic system of writing sign languages
data-sort-value=Zzzz2014 data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮2012Logographic writing system used in Toki Pona
data-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=2006ca. 2006 Jonathan Gabel data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮2012Non-linear writing system with both logographic and alphasyllabic characters, used in Toki Pona. Also known as Sitelen Suwi.
Soyo1686 data-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1686Abugida historically used to write the Mongolian language
data-sort-value=Zzzz1960 data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1960Proposed featural system of writing sign languages
TangutTang1036Yeli Renrongdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮3logographic￮1036Logographic script historically used to write the extinct Tangut language
Teng 1930s data-sort-value=￮1fiction￮0novel￮1910Tolkien￮1Elven script used for various languages in his novel The Lord of the Rings
Testeriandata-sort-value=Zzzz1529Jacobo de Testeradata-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1529Pictorial writing system used until the 19th century to teach Christian doctrine to the indigenous peoples of Mexico
ThaiThai1283Ram Khamhaengdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1283Abugida used to write Thai, Southern Thai and many others
TibetanTibtdata-sort-value=0650ca. 650Thonmi Sambhotadata-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮0650Abugida probably based on Gupta, a Brahmic script, for writing Tibetan
data-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=1955mid-1950s data-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮￮English￮1955Phonemic alphabet to write the English language, based on the Latin alphabet
Unker Non-Linear Writing System[4] 2010-*Alex Fink & SaiComplex script written and read in a nonlinear format
Universal Alphabetdata-sort-value=Zzzz1585Thomas Harriotdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮0alphabet￮1585Phonetic alphabet used to transcribe the extinct Carolina Algonquian language
VaiVaiidata-sort-value=1832ca. 1832Momolu Duwalu Bukeledata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1832Syllabary used to write the Vai language
Visp 1867 data-sort-value=￮￮misc￮1867System of phonetic symbols to represent the position of the speech organs
WarangWaradata-sort-value=1950ca. 1950Lako Bodradata-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1950Abugida, but with alphabet-like full vowel symbols, to write the Ho language
Yugtundata-sort-value=Zzzzdata-sort-value=1900ca. 1900Uyaquqdata-sort-value=￮0natural￮2syllabary￮1900Syllabary historically used to write the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language
Zanabazar squareZanbdata-sort-value=1685pre-1686Zanabazardata-sort-value=￮0natural￮1abugida￮1686Abugida based on a Brahmic script developed to write the Mongolian language
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Echo Station - Aurebesh Soup. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419143357/http://www.echostation.com/features/aurebesh.htm. 2016-04-19.
  2. Web site: Unified script of India - Bharati . 2022-09-29 . bharatiscript.com.
  3. Tolkien, C., editor, The Treason of Isengard, The History of Middle-Earth, Houghton Mifflin, 1989
  4. Web site: Unker Non-Linear Writing System . 2023-08-23 . s.ai.

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