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LANGUAGE
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Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
This list features the most commonly used writing systems in the world.
RANK | SCRIPT | TYPE | POPULATION USING |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Latin Latin | Alphabet | 4.9 billion |
2 | Chinese 汉字 漢字 | Logographic | 1.34 billion |
3 | Arabic العربية | Abjad | 660 million |
4 | Devanagari देवनागरी | Abugida | 608 million |
5 | Bengali-Assamese বাংলা-অসমীয়া | Abugida | 300 million |
6 | Cyrillic Кириллица | Alphabet | 250 million |
7 | Kana かな カナ | Syllabary | 120 million |
8 | Javanese | Abugida | 80 million |
9 | Hangul 한글 조선글 | Alphabet, featural | 78.7 million |
10 | Telugu తెలుగు | Abugida | 74 million |
References
World Atlas, 2023. The world’s most popular writing scripts. [online] Available at: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-most-popular-writing-scripts.html [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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