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Script Family Tree
49 of 131
scripts belong to Brahmic
64 families
spanning 10 clusters
3 → 49
scripts in smallest to largest node
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Brahmic / Indic
Brahmic / Southeast A…
Brahmic / Aramaic
Brahmic (Ancestor)
Tibetan-derived
Brahmic / Philippine
Brahmic / Tibeto-Burm…
Tibeto-Burman (Indige…
Brahmic / Bengali
Semitic / Aramaic
Semitic / Phoenician
Ethiopic / South Semi…
Semitic / Derived
Semitic / Proto-Sinai…
South Semitic
Arabic-derived
Korean
East Asian / Han
Japanese / Kana
Chinese Phonetic
Sino-Tibetan / Yi
Sino-Tibetan / Southe…
Sino-Tibetan (Logogra…
East Asian (Logograph…
Chinese (Script isola…
Latin
Cyrillic / Greek
Kartvelian
Armenian
Greek
Greek / Egyptian
Celtic / Latin-derived
Germanic / Latin
Slavic / Greek
Germanic / Greek
Cyrillic-derived
Albanian (historical)
Berber / Afro-Asiatic
West African
Central African
East African
Egyptian / African
Mongolian / Uyghur
Iranian / Aramaic
Aramaic / Silk Road
Old Turkic
Turkic / Runic
Old Italic / Etruscan
Cuneiform / Semitic
Cuneiform
Egyptian
Aegean / Prehistoric
Anatolian Hieroglyphic
Anatolian / Phoenician
Indigenous North Amer…
Latin-derived (Constr…
Constructed
Southeast Asian (Crea…
Sino-Tibetan (Created)
Indo-Burmese (Created)
Tibeto-Burman (Create…
Indo-Aryan (Created)
Shorthand
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Gurmukhi
Gujarati
Oriya (Odia)
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Sinhala
Tibetan
Kaithi
Sharada, Śāradā
Grantha
Takri, Ṭākrī, Ṭāṅkrī
Dogra
Khudawadi, Sindhi
Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi
Tirhuta
Saurashtra
Thai
Lao
Khmer
Myanmar (Burmese)
Tai Tham (Lanna)
Buginese
Javanese
Balinese
Batak
Sundanese
Cham
Tai Viet
Kayah Li
Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga)
Tai Le
New Tai Lue
Kharoshthi
Brahmi
Phags-pa
Zanabazar Square (Zanabazarin Dörböljin Useg, Xewtee Dörböljin Bicig, Horizontal Square Script)
Soyombo
Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata)
Hanunoo (Hanunóo)
Buhid
Tagbanwa
Lepcha (Róng)
Limbu
Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)
Syloti Nagri
Arabic
Syriac
Mandaic, Mandaean
Imperial Aramaic
Nabataean
Palmyrene
Hebrew
Samaritan
Ethiopic (Geʻez)
Thaana
Phoenician
Old South Arabian
Hanifi Rohingya
Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul)
Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)
Hiragana
Katakana
Bopomofo
Yi
Lisu (Fraser)
Tangut
Khitan small script
Nüshu
Latin
Cyrillic
Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli)
Armenian
Greek
Coptic
Ogham
Runic
Glagolitic
Gothic
Old Permic
Elbasan
Tifinagh (Berber)
N’Ko
Adlam
Vai
Mende Kikakui
Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime, Oberi Ɔkaimɛ)
Bassa Vah
Bamum
Osmanya
Meroitic Hieroglyphs
Meroitic Cursive
Mongolian
Avestan
Inscriptional Parthian
Inscriptional Pahlavi
Psalter Pahlavi
Chorasmian
Manichaean
Sogdian
Old Sogdian
Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic
Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic)
Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)
Ugaritic
Old Persian
Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Linear B
Cypriot syllabary
Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs)
Lydian
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Cherokee
Osage
Deseret (Mormon)
Shavian (Shaw)
Pahawh Hmong
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
Miao (Pollard)
Toto
Tangsa
Wancho
Mro, Mru
Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali)
Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti)
Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography
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