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This template is used to mark up text transliterated or romanised from a non-Latin alphabet script to Latin alphabet script.
This template should only be used for the transliterations of non-Latin scripts; for non-English language text displayed in its native script (such as Greek, Cyrillic and Arabic), {{lang}} should be used, which tags non-transliterated text (written in original script). Transliteration is often used alongside that template, to allow non-readers of the script to interpret the text.
This template adds a tooltip label naming the transliteration scheme, and renders text in italics by default. This template is important for MOS:ACCESSIBILITY, as it invisibly tags text with the correct language, allowing for screenreaders to use the correct style of pronunciation.
It also displays text in an appropriate font; romanisations marked up in {{lang}} may display in fonts designed for that language's native text, whereas the transl template displays text in the same font as the rest of the article.
Some languages, such as Chinese, have more than one style of transliteration (such as Wade–Giles, pinyin, etc). This template can be used for these different transliteration schemes, though Wikipedia has a number of language-specific templates, some of which support more than one transliteration styles in their parameters, that may be better suited for marking up transliterations.
Example
The following code tags a Ukrainian name and its transliteration according to the Ukrainian National scheme.
Markup | Renders as |
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{{lang|uk|Ярослав Рудницький}} ({{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Yaroslav Rudnytskyi}}) |
Ярослав Рудницький (Yaroslav Rudnytskyi) |
Rationale
This template is intended to unify all "transliteration" templates, such as {{IAST}} and {{ISOtranslit}}. These templates are still usable, but they just transclude or are redirected back to {{transl}}. For example, (e.g. {{IAST|saṃskṛtam}}
is a shortcut for {{transliteration|sa|IAST|saṃskṛtam}}
. Other transliteration templates that once existed, such as {{ArabDIN}}, are now handled natively by this template: {{transliteration|ar|DIN|...}}
).
This template is kept separate from {{lang}} to address formatting issues (via CSS classes) and identification of transliteration schemes used. Ultimately, if these concerns are smartly addressed in the CSS file and/or in {{lang}}, using {{transliteration|xx|...}}
should be equivalent to using {{lang|xx-Latn|...}}
.
Usage
There are two ways of using this template: with or without specifying the transliteration scheme used:
- two parameters, with ISO 639 language code:
{{transliteration|ar|al-Khwarizmi}}
means that "al-Khwarizmi" is a transliteration from the Arabic in a loose or unspecified scheme. - two parameters, with ISO 15924 script code:
{{transliteration|Ogam|MAQI}}
means that "MAQI" transliterates an Ogham inscription without specifying the language. Potentially useful when writing systems themselves are under discussion, e.g.{{transliteration|Cyrl|š}}
, not{{transliteration|cu|š}}
or{{transliteration|ru|š}}
when discussing the letter Ш. - three parameters, with ISO 639 language code:
{{transliteration|ar|DIN|al-Ḫawārizmī}} / {{transliteration|ar|ALA|al-Khawārizmī}}
the second parameter specifies the scheme used (DIN vs. ALA). - three parameters, with ISO 15924 script code:
{{transliteration|Arab|DIN|Ḫ}} vs {{transliteration|Arab|ALA|Kh}}
for ﺥ.
|italic=no
can be added to suppress the default italicization of Latin scripts; however, proper nouns – the names of people and places – are typically not italicized, and as such, generally do not require the use of a transliteration template. Note that there is no need to add italic markup (''
) to transliteration templates.
Note: the language code is ISO 639 or IETF private-use tag (see Template:Lang#Private-use language tags); other forms of IETF BCP 47 language tags are not supported.
Transliteration scheme codes
Codes for supported transliteration schemes can be seen by viewing the source of Module:Lang/data – the translit_title_table
data-structure lists for each such code the corresponding transliteration schemes. These may vary by language – e.g. code "ISO" means scheme ISO 233 for Arabic but ISO 11940 for Thai.
Examples
Inputting:
{{transliteration|ar|[[al-Khwarizmi]]}} / [[DIN 31635]]: {{transliteration|ar|DIN|al-Ḫawārizmī}} / [[ISO 233]]: {{transliteration|ar|ISO|al-H̱awārizmī}} / [[ALA-LC Romanization|ALA]]: {{transliteration|ar|ALA|al-Khawārizmī}}
[[Royal Thai General System of Transcription|RTGS]]: {{transliteration|th|phasa thai}} / [[ISO 11940]]: {{transliteration|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}}
{{cuneiform|[[Sumerian language|𒅴𒂠]]}} {{transliteration|sux|EME.GIR<sub>15</sub>}} / {{cuneiform|6|[[Hittite language|𒉈𒅆𒇷]]}} {{transliteration|hit|ne-ši-li}}
Results in:
- al-Khwarizmi / DIN 31635: al-Ḫawārizmī / ISO 233: al-H̱awārizmī / ALA: al-Khawārizmī
- RTGS: phasa thai / ISO 11940: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy
- 𒅴𒂠 EME.GIR15 / 𒉈𒅆𒇷 ne-ši-li
ISO:
- русский
{{transliteration|ru|ISO|russkij}}
: russkij - Аҧсуа
{{transliteration|ab|ISO|aṗsua}}
: aṗsua - عربي
{{transliteration|ar|ISO|ʿarabī}}
: ʿarabī- ISO has huge issues transliterating alif, so it's better to use the Library of Congress transliteration, the German Institute for Standardization or Hans Wehr transliteration; see Arabic transliteration and MOS:APOSTROPHE
- தமிழ்
{{transliteration|ta|ISO|tamiḻ}}
: tamiḻ - বাংলা
{{transliteration|bn|ISO|baṅla}}
: baṅla - ελληνικά
{{transliteration|el|ISO|ellēniká}}
: ellēniká - ქართული
{{transliteration|ka|ISO|k'art'uli}}
: k'art'uli - 漢語拼音
{{transliteration|zh|ISO|hànyǔ pīnyīn}}
: hànyǔ pīnyīn - ภาษาไทย
{{transliteration|th|ISO|p̣hās̄ʹāthịy}}
: p̣hās̄ʹāthịy
CSS
In order to apply a style to all text marked as transliteration, use a CSS selector that chooses all text with transliteration
in the title attribute (tooltip). For instance, if you add the following to your common.css, all transliterations will be colored teal:
[title~=transliteration] { color: teal; }
Tracking category
TemplateData
TemplateData for Transliteration
Marks a text span transliterated from a particular language or writing system, and, optionally, according to a specific transliteration system.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Language or script code | 1 | ISO 639 language code (e.g., uk) or ISO 15924 script code (e.g., Cyrl) | Line | required |
Text or transliteration scheme | 2 | Source text to be transliterated, or, optionally, transliteration scheme (e.g., bgn/pcgn) | String | required |
Text | 3 | Source text to be transliterated (required if a transliteration scheme is entered above) | String | suggested |
See also
- {{lang}}, {{language}}
- {{script}}
- {{trans}}, {{translation}}
- Romanization
- List of ISO transliterations
ISO 15924 | Script in Unicode[e] | |||||||
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Code | ISO number | ISO formal name | Directionality | Unicode Alias[f] | Version | Characters | Notes | Description |
Adlm | 166 | Adlam | right-to-left script ![]() |
Adlam | 9.0 | 88 | Ch 19.9 | |
Afak | 439 | Afaka | varies | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Aghb | 239 | Caucasian Albanian | left-to-right ![]() |
Caucasian Albanian | 7.0 | 53 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.11 |
Ahom | 338 | Ahom, Tai Ahom | left-to-right ![]() |
Ahom | 8.0 | 65 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.16 |
Arab | 160 | Arabic | right-to-left script ![]() |
Arabic | 1.0 | 1,368 | Ch 9.2 | |
Aran | 161 | Arabic (Nastaliq variant) | mixed | § Arab) | — Typographic variant of Arabic (see||||
Armi | 124 | Imperial Aramaic | right-to-left script ![]() |
Imperial Aramaic | 5.2 | 31 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.4 |
Armn | 230 | Armenian | left-to-right ![]() |
Armenian | 1.0 | 96 | Ch 7.6 | |
Avst | 134 | Avestan | right-to-left script ![]() |
Avestan | 5.2 | 61 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.7 |
Bali | 360 | Balinese | left-to-right ![]() |
Balinese | 5.0 | 124 | Ch 17.3 | |
Bamu | 435 | Bamum | left-to-right ![]() |
Bamum | 5.2 | 657 | Ch 19.6 | |
Bass | 259 | Bassa Vah | left-to-right ![]() |
Bassa Vah | 7.0 | 36 | Ancient/historic | Ch 19.7 |
Batk | 365 | Batak | left-to-right ![]() |
Batak | 6.0 | 56 | Ch 17.6 | |
Beng | 325 | Bengali (Bangla) | left-to-right ![]() |
Bengali | 1.0 | 96 | Ch 12.2 | |
Bhks | 334 | Bhaiksuki | left-to-right ![]() |
Bhaiksuki | 9.0 | 97 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.3 |
Blis | 550 | Blissymbols | varies | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Bopo | 285 | Bopomofo | left-to-right, right-to-left script ![]() |
Bopomofo | 1.0 | 77 | Ch 18.3 | |
Brah | 300 | Brahmi | left-to-right ![]() |
Brahmi | 6.0 | 115 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.1 |
Brai | 570 | Braille | left-to-right ![]() |
Braille | 3.0 | 256 | Ch 21.1 | |
Bugi | 367 | Buginese | left-to-right ![]() |
Buginese | 4.1 | 30 | Ch 17.2 | |
Buhd | 372 | Buhid | left-to-right ![]() |
Buhid | 3.2 | 20 | Ch 17.1 | |
Cakm | 349 | Chakma | left-to-right ![]() |
Chakma | 6.1 | 71 | Ch 13.11 | |
Cans | 440 | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics | left-to-right ![]() |
Canadian Aboriginal | 3.0 | 726 | Ch 20.2 | |
Cari | 201 | Carian | left-to-right, right-to-left script ![]() |
Carian | 5.1 | 49 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.5 |
Cham | 358 | Cham | left-to-right ![]() |
Cham | 5.1 | 83 | Ch 16.10 | |
Cher | 445 | Cherokee | left-to-right ![]() |
Cherokee | 3.0 | 172 | Ch 20.1 | |
Chis | 298 | Chisoi | left-to-right | [ii] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is mature||||
Chrs | 109 | Chorasmian | right-to-left script, top-to-bottom ![]() |
Chorasmian | 13.0 | 28 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.8 |
Cirt | 291 | Cirth | varies | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Copt | 204 | Coptic | left-to-right ![]() |
Coptic | 1.0 | 137 | Ancient/historic, disunified from Greek in 4.1 | Ch 7.3 |
Cpmn | 402 | Cypro-Minoan | left-to-right | Cypro Minoan | 14.0 | 99 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.4 |
Cprt | 403 | Cypriot syllabary | right-to-left script ![]() |
Cypriot | 4.0 | 55 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.3 |
Cyrl | 220 | Cyrillic | left-to-right ![]() |
Cyrillic | 1.0 | 506 | Includes typographic variant Old Church Slavonic (see § Cyrs) | Ch 7.4 |
Cyrs | 221 | Cyrillic (Old Church Slavonic variant) | varies | § Cyrl); Ancient/historic | — Typographic variant of Cyrillic (see||||
Deva | 315 | Devanagari (Nagari) | left-to-right ![]() |
Devanagari | 1.0 | 164 | Ch 12.1 | |
Diak | 342 | Dives Akuru | left-to-right ![]() |
Dives Akuru | 13.0 | 72 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.15 |
Dogr | 328 | Dogra | left-to-right ![]() |
Dogra | 11.0 | 60 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.18 |
Dsrt | 250 | Deseret (Mormon) | left-to-right ![]() |
Deseret | 3.1 | 80 | Ch 20.4 | |
Dupl | 755 | Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography | left-to-right ![]() |
Duployan | 7.0 | 143 | Ch 21.6 | |
Egyd | 070 | Egyptian demotic | mixed | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Egyh | 060 | Egyptian hieratic | mixed | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Egyp | 050 | Egyptian hieroglyphs | right-to-left script, left-to-right ![]() |
Egyptian Hieroglyphs | 5.2 | 1,110 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.4 |
Elba | 226 | Elbasan | left-to-right ![]() |
Elbasan | 7.0 | 40 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.10 |
Elym | 128 | Elymaic | right-to-left script ![]() |
Elymaic | 12.0 | 23 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.9 |
Ethi | 430 | Ethiopic (Geʻez) | left-to-right ![]() |
Ethiopic | 3.0 | 523 | Ch 19.1 | |
Gara | 164 | Garay | right-to-left | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Geok | 241 | Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri) | left-to-right ![]() |
Georgian | Unicode groups Khutsori, Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri into 'Georgian' (see § Geok). Similarly, Mkhedruli and Mtavruli are 'Georgian' (see § Geor) | Ch 7.7 | ||
Geor | 240 | Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli) | left-to-right ![]() |
Georgian | 1.0 | 173 | In Unicode this also includes Nuskhuri (Geok) | Ch 7.7 |
Glag | 225 | Glagolitic | left-to-right ![]() |
Glagolitic | 4.1 | 134 | Ancient/historic | Ch 7.5 |
Gong | 312 | Gunjala Gondi | left-to-right ![]() |
Gunjala Gondi | 11.0 | 63 | Ch 13.15 | |
Gonm | 313 | Masaram Gondi | left-to-right ![]() |
Masaram Gondi | 10.0 | 75 | Ch 13.14 | |
Goth | 206 | Gothic | left-to-right ![]() |
Gothic | 3.1 | 27 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.9 |
Gran | 343 | Grantha | left-to-right ![]() |
Grantha | 7.0 | 85 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.14 |
Grek | 200 | Greek | left-to-right ![]() |
Greek | 1.0 | 518 | Directionality sometimes as boustrophedon | Ch 7.2 |
Gujr | 320 | Gujarati | left-to-right ![]() |
Gujarati | 1.0 | 91 | Ch 12.4 | |
Gukh | 397 | Gurung Khema | left-to-right | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Guru | 310 | Gurmukhi | left-to-right ![]() |
Gurmukhi | 1.0 | 80 | Ch 12.3 | |
Hanb | 503 | Han with Bopomofo (alias for Han + Bopomofo) | mixed | § Hani, § Bopo | — See||||
Hang | 286 | Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul) | left-to-right, vertical right-to-left ![]() |
Hangul | 1.0 | 11,739 | Hangul syllables relocated in 2.0 | Ch 18.6 |
Hani | 500 | Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) | top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left (historically) | Han | 1.0 | 99,030 | Ch 18.1 | |
Hano | 371 | Hanunoo (Hanunóo) | left-to-right, bottom-to-top ![]() |
Hanunoo | 3.2 | 21 | Ch 17.1 | |
Hans | 501 | Han (Simplified variant) | varies | § Hani) | — Subset of Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) (see||||
Hant | 502 | Han (Traditional variant) | varies | § Hani | — Subset of||||
Hatr | 127 | Hatran | right-to-left script ![]() |
Hatran | 8.0 | 26 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.12 |
Hebr | 125 | Hebrew | right-to-left script ![]() |
Hebrew | 1.0 | 134 | Ch 9.1 | |
Hira | 410 | Hiragana | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right ![]() |
Hiragana | 1.0 | 381 | Ch 18.4 | |
Hluw | 080 | Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs) | left-to-right ![]() |
Anatolian Hieroglyphs | 8.0 | 583 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.6 |
Hmng | 450 | Pahawh Hmong | left-to-right ![]() |
Pahawh Hmong | 7.0 | 127 | Ch 16.11 | |
Hmnp | 451 | Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong | left-to-right ![]() |
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong | 12.0 | 71 | Ch 16.12 | |
Hrkt | 412 | Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana) | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right ![]() |
Katakana or Hiragana | See § Hira, § Kana | Ch 18.4 | ||
Hung | 176 | Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic) | right-to-left script ![]() |
Old Hungarian | 8.0 | 108 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.8 |
Inds | 610 | Indus (Harappan) | mixed | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Ital | 210 | Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.) | right-to-left script, left-to-right ![]() |
Old Italic | 3.1 | 39 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.6 |
Jamo | 284 | Jamo (alias for Jamo subset of Hangul) | varies | § Hang | — Subset of||||
Java | 361 | Javanese | left-to-right ![]() |
Javanese | 5.2 | 90 | Ch 17.4 | |
Jpan | 413 | Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) | varies | § Hani, § Hira and § Kana | — See||||
Jurc | 510 | Jurchen | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Kali | 357 | Kayah Li | left-to-right ![]() |
Kayah Li | 5.1 | 47 | Ch 16.9 | |
Kana | 411 | Katakana | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right ![]() |
Katakana | 1.0 | 321 | Ch 18.4 | |
Kawi | 368 | Kawi | left-to-right ![]() |
Kawi | 15.0 | 86 | Ancient/historic | Ch 17.9 |
Khar | 305 | Kharoshthi | right-to-left script ![]() |
Kharoshthi | 4.1 | 68 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.2 |
Khmr | 355 | Khmer | left-to-right ![]() |
Khmer | 3.0 | 146 | Ch 16.4 | |
Khoj | 322 | Khojki | left-to-right ![]() |
Khojki | 7.0 | 65 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.7 |
Kitl | 505 | Khitan large script | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Kits | 288 | Khitan small script | vertical right-to-left ![]() |
Khitan Small Script | 13.0 | 471 | Ancient/historic | Ch 18.12 |
Knda | 345 | Kannada | left-to-right ![]() |
Kannada | 1.0 | 91 | Ch 12.8 | |
Kore | 287 | Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) | left-to-right | § Hani, § Hang | — See||||
Kpel | 436 | Kpelle | left-to-right | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Krai | 396 | Kirat Rai | left-to-right | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Kthi | 317 | Kaithi | left-to-right ![]() |
Kaithi | 5.2 | 68 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.2 |
Lana | 351 | Tai Tham (Lanna) | left-to-right ![]() |
Tai Tham | 5.2 | 127 | Ch 16.7 | |
Laoo | 356 | Lao | left-to-right ![]() |
Lao | 1.0 | 83 | Ch 16.2 | |
Latf | 217 | Latin (Fraktur variant) | varies | § Latn) | — Typographic variant of Latin (see||||
Latg | 216 | Latin (Gaelic variant) | left-to-right | § Latn) | — Typographic variant of Latin (see||||
Latn | 215 | Latin | left-to-right ![]() |
Latin | 1.0 | 1,481 | See also: Latin script in Unicode | Ch 7.1 |
Leke | 364 | Leke | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Lepc | 335 | Lepcha (Róng) | left-to-right ![]() |
Lepcha | 5.1 | 74 | Ch 13.12 | |
Limb | 336 | Limbu | left-to-right ![]() |
Limbu | 4.0 | 68 | Ch 13.6 | |
Lina | 400 | Linear A | left-to-right ![]() |
Linear A | 7.0 | 341 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.1 |
Linb | 401 | Linear B | left-to-right ![]() |
Linear B | 4.0 | 211 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.2 |
Lisu | 399 | Lisu (Fraser) | left-to-right ![]() |
Lisu | 5.2 | 49 | Ch 18.9 | |
Loma | 437 | Loma | left-to-right | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Lyci | 202 | Lycian | left-to-right ![]() |
Lycian | 5.1 | 29 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.5 |
Lydi | 116 | Lydian | right-to-left script ![]() |
Lydian | 5.1 | 27 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.5 |
Mahj | 314 | Mahajani | left-to-right ![]() |
Mahajani | 7.0 | 39 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.6 |
Maka | 366 | Makasar | left-to-right ![]() |
Makasar | 11.0 | 25 | Ancient/historic | Ch 17.8 |
Mand | 140 | Mandaic, Mandaean | right-to-left script ![]() |
Mandaic | 6.0 | 29 | Ch 9.5 | |
Mani | 139 | Manichaean | right-to-left script ![]() |
Manichaean | 7.0 | 51 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.5 |
Marc | 332 | Marchen | left-to-right ![]() |
Marchen | 9.0 | 68 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.5 |
Maya | 090 | Mayan hieroglyphs | mixed | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Medf | 265 | Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime, Oberi Ɔkaimɛ) | left-to-right ![]() |
Medefaidrin | 11.0 | 91 | Ch 19.10 | |
Mend | 438 | Mende Kikakui | right-to-left script ![]() |
Mende Kikakui | 7.0 | 213 | Ch 19.8 | |
Merc | 101 | Meroitic Cursive | right-to-left script ![]() |
Meroitic Cursive | 6.1 | 90 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.5 |
Mero | 100 | Meroitic Hieroglyphs | right-to-left script ![]() |
Meroitic Hieroglyphs | 6.1 | 32 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.5 |
Mlym | 347 | Malayalam | left-to-right ![]() |
Malayalam | 1.0 | 118 | Ch 12.9 | |
Modi | 324 | Modi, Moḍī | left-to-right ![]() |
Modi | 7.0 | 79 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.12 |
Mong | 145 | Mongolian | vertical left-to-right, left-to-right ![]() |
Mongolian | 3.0 | 168 | Mong includes Clear and Manchu scripts | Ch 13.5 |
Moon | 218 | Moon (Moon code, Moon script, Moon type) | mixed | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Mroo | 264 | Mro, Mru | left-to-right ![]() |
Mro | 7.0 | 43 | Ch 13.8 | |
Mtei | 337 | Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) | left-to-right ![]() |
Meetei Mayek | 5.2 | 79 | Ch 13.7 | |
Mult | 323 | Multani | left-to-right ![]() |
Multani | 8.0 | 38 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.10 |
Mymr | 350 | Myanmar (Burmese) | left-to-right ![]() |
Myanmar | 3.0 | 223 | Ch 16.3 | |
Nagm | 295 | Nag Mundari | left-to-right ![]() |
Nag Mundari | 15.0 | 42 | ||
Nand | 311 | Nandinagari | left-to-right ![]() |
Nandinagari | 12.0 | 65 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.13 |
Narb | 106 | Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian) | right-to-left script ![]() |
Old North Arabian | 7.0 | 32 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.1 |
Nbat | 159 | Nabataean | right-to-left script ![]() |
Nabataean | 7.0 | 40 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.10 |
Newa | 333 | Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi | left-to-right ![]() |
Newa | 9.0 | 97 | Ch 13.3 | |
Nkdb | 085 | Naxi Dongba (na²¹ɕi³³ to³³ba²¹, Nakhi Tomba) | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Nkgb | 420 | Naxi Geba (na²¹ɕi³³ gʌ²¹ba²¹, 'Na-'Khi ²Ggŏ-¹baw, Nakhi Geba) | left-to-right | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Nkoo | 165 | N’Ko | right-to-left script ![]() |
NKo | 5.0 | 62 | Ch 19.4 | |
Nshu | 499 | Nüshu | vertical right-to-left ![]() |
Nushu | 10.0 | 397 | Ch 18.8 | |
Ogam | 212 | Ogham | bottom-to-top, left-to-right ![]() |
Ogham | 3.0 | 29 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.14 |
Olck | 261 | Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) | left-to-right ![]() |
Ol Chiki | 5.1 | 48 | Ch 13.10 | |
Onao | 296 | Ol Onal | left-to-right | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Orkh | 175 | Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic | right-to-left script ![]() |
Old Turkic | 5.2 | 73 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.8 |
Orya | 327 | Oriya (Odia) | left-to-right ![]() |
Oriya | 1.0 | 91 | Ch 12.5 | |
Osge | 219 | Osage | left-to-right ![]() |
Osage | 9.0 | 72 | Ch 20.3 | |
Osma | 260 | Osmanya | left-to-right ![]() |
Osmanya | 4.0 | 40 | Ch 19.2 | |
Ougr | 143 | Old Uyghur | mixed | Old Uyghur | 14.0 | 26 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.11 |
Palm | 126 | Palmyrene | right-to-left script ![]() |
Palmyrene | 7.0 | 32 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.11 |
Pauc | 263 | Pau Cin Hau | left-to-right ![]() |
Pau Cin Hau | 7.0 | 57 | Ch 16.13 | |
Pcun | 015 | Proto-Cuneiform | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Pelm | 016 | Proto-Elamite | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Perm | 227 | Old Permic | left-to-right ![]() |
Old Permic | 7.0 | 43 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.13 |
Phag | 331 | Phags-pa | vertical left-to-right ![]() |
Phags-pa | 5.0 | 56 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.4 |
Phli | 131 | Inscriptional Pahlavi | right-to-left script ![]() |
Inscriptional Pahlavi | 5.2 | 27 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.6 |
Phlp | 132 | Psalter Pahlavi | right-to-left script ![]() |
Psalter Pahlavi | 7.0 | 29 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.6 |
Phlv | 133 | Book Pahlavi | mixed | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Phnx | 115 | Phoenician | right-to-left script ![]() |
Phoenician | 5.0 | 29 | Ancient/historic[g] | Ch 10.3 |
Piqd | 293 | Klingon (KLI pIqaD) | left-to-right ![]() |
[iv][v] | — Rejected for inclusion in Unicode||||
Plrd | 282 | Miao (Pollard) | left-to-right ![]() |
Miao | 6.1 | 149 | Ch 18.10 | |
Prti | 130 | Inscriptional Parthian | right-to-left script ![]() |
Inscriptional Parthian | 5.2 | 30 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.6 |
Psin | 103 | Proto-Sinaitic | mixed | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Qaaa-Qabx | 900-949 | Reserved for private use (range) | — Not in Unicode | |||||
Ranj | 303 | Ranjana | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Rjng | 363 | Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga) | left-to-right ![]() |
Rejang | 5.1 | 37 | Ch 17.5 | |
Rohg | 167 | Hanifi Rohingya | right-to-left script ![]() |
Hanifi Rohingya | 11.0 | 50 | Ch 16.14 | |
Roro | 620 | Rongorongo | mixed | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Runr | 211 | Runic | left-to-right, boustrophedon ![]() |
Runic | 3.0 | 86 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.7 |
Samr | 123 | Samaritan | right-to-left script, top-to-bottom ![]() |
Samaritan | 5.2 | 61 | Ch 9.4 | |
Sara | 292 | Sarati | mixed | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Sarb | 105 | Old South Arabian | right-to-left script ![]() |
Old South Arabian | 5.2 | 32 | Ancient/historic | Ch 10.2 |
Saur | 344 | Saurashtra | left-to-right ![]() |
Saurashtra | 5.1 | 82 | Ch 13.13 | |
Sgnw | 095 | SignWriting | vertical left-to-right ![]() |
SignWriting | 8.0 | 672 | Ch 21.7 | |
Shaw | 281 | Shavian (Shaw) | left-to-right ![]() |
Shavian | 4.0 | 48 | Ch 8.15 | |
Shrd | 319 | Sharada, Śāradā | left-to-right ![]() |
Sharada | 6.1 | 96 | Ch 15.3 | |
Shui | 530 | Shuishu | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Sidd | 302 | Siddham, Siddhaṃ, Siddhamātṛkā | left-to-right ![]() |
Siddham | 7.0 | 92 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.5 |
Sidt | 180 | Sidetic | right-to-left | [ii] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is mature||||
Sind | 318 | Khudawadi, Sindhi | left-to-right ![]() |
Khudawadi | 7.0 | 69 | Ch 15.9 | |
Sinh | 348 | Sinhala | left-to-right ![]() |
Sinhala | 3.0 | 111 | Ch 13.2 | |
Sogd | 141 | Sogdian | horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts, top-to-bottom ![]() |
Sogdian | 11.0 | 42 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.10 |
Sogo | 142 | Old Sogdian | right-to-left script ![]() |
Old Sogdian | 11.0 | 40 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.9 |
Sora | 398 | Sora Sompeng | left-to-right ![]() |
Sora Sompeng | 6.1 | 35 | Ch 15.17 | |
Soyo | 329 | Soyombo | left-to-right ![]() |
Soyombo | 10.0 | 83 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.7 |
Sund | 362 | Sundanese | left-to-right ![]() |
Sundanese | 5.1 | 72 | Ch 17.7 | |
Sunu | 274 | Sunuwar | left-to-right | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Sylo | 316 | Syloti Nagri | left-to-right ![]() |
Syloti Nagri | 4.1 | 45 | Ancient/historic | Ch 15.1 |
Syrc | 135 | Syriac | right-to-left script ![]() |
Syriac | 3.0 | 88 | Includes typographic variants Estrangelo (see § Syre), Western (§ Syrj), and Eastern (§ Syrn) | Ch 9.3 |
Syre | 138 | Syriac (Estrangelo variant) | mixed | § Syrc) | — Typographic variant of Syriac (see||||
Syrj | 137 | Syriac (Western variant) | mixed | § Syrc) | — Typographic variant of Syriac (see||||
Syrn | 136 | Syriac (Eastern variant) | mixed | § Syrc) | — Typographic variant of Syriac (see||||
Tagb | 373 | Tagbanwa | left-to-right ![]() |
Tagbanwa | 3.2 | 18 | Ch 17.1 | |
Takr | 321 | Takri, Ṭākrī, Ṭāṅkrī | left-to-right ![]() |
Takri | 6.1 | 68 | Ch 15.4 | |
Tale | 353 | Tai Le | left-to-right ![]() |
Tai Le | 4.0 | 35 | Ch 16.5 | |
Talu | 354 | New Tai Lue | left-to-right ![]() |
New Tai Lue | 4.1 | 83 | Ch 16.6 | |
Taml | 346 | Tamil | left-to-right ![]() |
Tamil | 1.0 | 123 | Ch 12.6 | |
Tang | 520 | Tangut | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right ![]() |
Tangut | 9.0 | 6,914 | Ancient/historic | Ch 18.11 |
Tavt | 359 | Tai Viet | left-to-right ![]() |
Tai Viet | 5.2 | 72 | Ch 16.8 | |
Tayo | 380 | Tai Yo | top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left | [ii] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is mature||||
Telu | 340 | Telugu | left-to-right ![]() |
Telugu | 1.0 | 100 | Ch 12.7 | |
Teng | 290 | Tengwar | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Tfng | 120 | Tifinagh (Berber) | left-to-right, right-to-left script, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top ![]() |
Tifinagh | 4.1 | 59 | Ch 19.3 | |
Tglg | 370 | Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) | left-to-right ![]() |
Tagalog | 3.2 | 23 | Ch 17.1 | |
Thaa | 170 | Thaana | right-to-left script ![]() |
Thaana | 3.0 | 50 | Ch 13.1 | |
Thai | 352 | Thai | left-to-right ![]() |
Thai | 1.0 | 86 | Ch 16.1 | |
Tibt | 330 | Tibetan | left-to-right ![]() |
Tibetan | 2.0 | 207 | Added in 1.0, removed in 1.1 and reintroduced in 2.0 | Ch 13.4 |
Tirh | 326 | Tirhuta | left-to-right ![]() |
Tirhuta | 7.0 | 82 | Ch 15.11 | |
Tnsa | 275 | Tangsa | left-to-right | Tangsa | 14.0 | 89 | Ch 13.18 | |
Todr | 229 | Todhri | right-to-left | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Tols | 299 | Tolong Siki | left-to-right | [ii] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is mature||||
Toto | 294 | Toto | left-to-right | Toto | 14.0 | 31 | Ch 13.17 | |
Tutg | 341 | Tulu-Tigalari | left-to-right | [iii] | — Not in Unicode, approved for version 16.0||||
Ugar | 040 | Ugaritic | left-to-right ![]() |
Ugaritic | 4.0 | 31 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.2 |
Vaii | 470 | Vai | left-to-right ![]() |
Vai | 5.1 | 300 | Ch 19.5 | |
Visp | 280 | Visible Speech | left-to-right | — Not in Unicode | ||||
Vith | 228 | Vithkuqi | left-to-right | Vithkuqi | 14.0 | 70 | Ancient/historic | Ch 8.12 |
Wara | 262 | Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti) | left-to-right ![]() |
Warang Citi | 7.0 | 84 | Ch 13.9 | |
Wcho | 283 | Wancho | left-to-right ![]() |
Wancho | 12.0 | 59 | Ch 13.16 | |
Wole | 480 | Woleai | mixed | [i] | — Not in Unicode, proposal is explored||||
Xpeo | 030 | Old Persian | left-to-right ![]() |
Old Persian | 4.1 | 50 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.3 |
Xsux | 020 | Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian | left-to-right ![]() |
Cuneiform | 5.0 | 1,234 | Ancient/historic | Ch 11.1 |
Yezi | 192 | Yezidi | right-to-left script ![]() |
Yezidi | 13.0 | 47 | Ancient/historic | Ch 9.6 |
Yiii | 460 | Yi | left-to-right ![]() |
Yi | 3.0 | 1,220 | Ch 18.7 | |
Zanb | 339 | Zanabazar Square (Zanabazarin Dörböljin Useg, Xewtee Dörböljin Bicig, Horizontal Square Script) | left-to-right ![]() |
Zanabazar Square | 10.0 | 72 | Ancient/historic | Ch 14.6 |
Zinh | 994 | Code for inherited script | Inherited | 657 | ||||
Zmth | 995 | Mathematical notation | — Not a 'script' in Unicode | |||||
Zsym | 996 | Symbols | — Not a 'script' in Unicode | |||||
Zsye | 993 | Symbols (emoji variant) | — Not a 'script' in Unicode | |||||
Zxxx | 997 | Code for unwritten documents | — Not a 'script' in Unicode | |||||
Zyyy | 998 | Code for undetermined script | Common | 8,306 | ||||
Zzzz | 999 | Code for uncoded script | Unknown | 964,234 | In Unicode: All other code points | |||
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