[{"n": "Cuneiform", "u": "/e/writing-systems/cuneiform/", "s": "One of the oldest known writing systems, used for over three millennia."}, {"n": "Cyrillic script", "u": "/e/writing-systems/cyrillic-script/", "s": "Third official script of the European Union."}, {"n": "Devanagari", "u": "/e/writing-systems/devanagari/", "s": "Devanagari is a left-to-right abugida used for over 120 languages."}, {"n": "Egyptian hieroglyphs", "u": "/e/writing-systems/egyptian-hieroglyphs/", "s": "Ancient Egyptian sacred writing system, influential on later scripts through intermediaries."}, {"n": "Hangul", "u": "/e/writing-systems/hangul/", "s": "The Korean alphabet, created by King Sejong the Great."}, {"n": "Greek alphabet", "u": "/e/writing-systems/greek-alphabet/", "s": "Earliest alphabet to systematically write vowels and consonants."}, {"n": "Hebrew script", "u": "/e/writing-systems/hebrew-script/", "s": "A 22-letter, right-to-left abjad for Hebrew and other Jewish languages."}, {"n": "Abjad", "u": "/e/writing-systems/abjad/", "s": "A consonantal writing system where vowels are implied."}, {"n": "Abugida", "u": "/e/writing-systems/abugida/", "s": "A segmental writing system with consonant-based units and secondary vowel notation."}, {"n": "Alphabet", "u": "/e/writing-systems/alphabet/", "s": "A writing system where letters represent phonemes."}, {"n": "Artificial language", "u": "/e/writing-systems/artificial-language/", "s": "Languages emerging from conventionalisation, not conscious design."}, {"n": "Constructed language", "u": "/e/writing-systems/constructed-language/", "s": "Languages devised by humans for specific purposes, not naturally emerging."}, {"n": "Arabic alphabet", "u": "/e/writing-systems/arabic-alphabet/", "s": "A 28-letter cursive abjad written right-to-left."}, {"n": "Armenian alphabet", "u": "/e/writing-systems/armenian-alphabet/", "s": "Alphabetic script created for Armenian, used since the 5th century."}, {"n": "Blackletter", "u": "/e/writing-systems/blackletter/", "s": "Medieval Gothic script family used in manuscripts and typefaces."}, {"n": "Brahmi script", "u": "/e/writing-systems/brahmi-script/", "s": "Ancient Indian script, ancestor of many modern South Asian writing systems."}, {"n": "Brahmic scripts", "u": "/e/writing-systems/brahmic-scripts/", "s": "Family of abugida scripts descended from ancient Brahmi."}, {"n": "Braille", "u": "/e/writing-systems/braille/", "s": "Tactile writing system for blind and visually impaired people."}, {"n": "Canadian Aboriginal syllabics", "u": "/e/writing-systems/canadian-aboriginal-syllabics/", "s": "A family of abugidas for Indigenous Canadian languages."}, {"n": "Cursive", "u": "/e/writing-systems/cursive/", "s": "A flowing penmanship style for faster writing."}, {"n": "Georgian scripts", "u": "/e/writing-systems/georgian-scripts/", "s": "Three scripts for the Georgian language, with a unique alphabet order."}, {"n": "Geʽez script", "u": "/e/writing-systems/ge-ez-script/", "s": "An abugida used for Ethiopian and Eritrean languages."}, {"n": "Glagolitic script", "u": "/e/writing-systems/glagolitic-script/", "s": "Oldest-known Slavic alphabet, created for liturgical translation."}, {"n": "Hanja", "u": "/e/writing-systems/hanja/", "s": "Chinese characters adapted to write the Korean language."}, {"n": "Hiragana", "u": "/e/writing-systems/hiragana/", "s": "A Japanese syllabary used for phonetic writing."}, {"n": "Indus script", "u": "/e/writing-systems/indus-script/", "s": "Undeciphered script of the Indus Valley Civilisation."}]