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Languages with the Longest Alphabets

This list features the languages with the longest alphabets in the world.

RANK

ALPHABET

NUMBER OF CHARACTERS

1

Khmer

74

2

Nepali

64

3

Sinhala

60

4

Malayalam

57

5

Telugu

52

6

Hindi

50

7

Japanese

46

8

Urdu

36

9

Russian

33

10

Tamil

31

11

Arabic

28

12

Spanish

27

13

English

26

14

French

26

15

German

26

16

Italian

21


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References

WordFinderX, 2023. Languages ranked by letters in alphabet. [online] Available at: https://wordfinderx.com/blog/languages-ranked-by-letters-in-alphabet/ [Accessed 1 December 2025]. HubPages, 2023. 10 longest alphabets in the world. [online] Available at: https://discover.hubpages.com/education/10-longest-alphabets-in-the-world [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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