The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

Hundreds of people gathered to lay flowers at the base of the statue of Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Glagolitic ...

The Malaysian language can be written with the Latin alphabet or in Jawi, a form of Arabic script. Here a group of cuties sings the Jawi “Alif Ba Ta.” Written Thai has a complex relationship ...

A written form of Tagalog ... forced the local people to learn the Spanish language and alphabet. Many of the native tongues and scripts across the nation’s 7,000 islands eventually faded ...

South and Southeast Asia There are many languages in Indian and Southeast Asia that have distinctive writing systems, but they're all descended from the Brahmi script of some 2,300 years ago ...

“Nasta’liq is really the visual embodiment of the Persian language and still today it is the most revered form ... scripts tied to any particular languages using the Latin alphabet.