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Languages Supported by the XTNS System

The XTNS System supports tens of different language scripts and
alphabets which are used in thousands of languages around the world.


For a sample list of languages in alphabetic order, click here.


ROMAN CHARACTERS

Extended Latin Alphabet including accents

Used in hundreds of languages around the globe, such as:
Abaza, Afrikaans, Adyghe, Algonquin, Amis, Azerbaijani, Bai, Basque, Bini, Bouyei, Breton, Catalan, Chinese (Pinyin Romanization), Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Edo, Esperanto, Estonian, Faeroese, Finnish, Flemish, French, Frisian, Gaelic, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Huron, Icelandic, Igbo, Irish, Iroquoian, Italian, Jingpo, Kurmanji, Lango, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Livonian, Malay, Maltese, Middle English, Middle-High-German, Norse, Norwegian, Old English, Old Icelandic, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Pan-Nigerian, Polish, Portuguese, Provencal, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romanian, Romany, Saxon, Scots, Serbo-Croation, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Walloon, Welsh, Yoruba, Zulu.


ASIAN

Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji Scripts
Used in Japanese

Simplified & Traditional Chinese Scripts
Used in over 30 languages (all varieties of Chinese, plus 20 other Asian languages), including:
CHINESE: Gan, hakka, Huizhou, Jinyu, Mandarin, Min Bei, Min Dong, Min Nan, Min Zhong, Pu-Xian, Wu, Xiang, Yue (Cantonese)
OTHER ASIAN LANGUAGES: Bonan, Bouyei, Daur, Dongxiang, Evenki, Hanni, Hlai, Inner-Mongolian, Iu Mien, Manchu, Maonan, Mulam, Nanai, Naxi, Qiang, She, Sichuan Yi, Sui, Tujia, Yugur.

Hangul & Hanja Scripts
Used in Korean

Thai Script
Kuy, Lavna (Lawa), Northeastern Tai, Northern Tai, Pali, Thai.

Lao Script
Used in the Lao (Laotian) Language (Laos).

Tibetan Script
Dzongkha, Ladakhi, Tibetan, Zangskari.

Khmer Script
Used in the Khmer (Cambodian) Language (Cambodia).

Myanmar Script
Burmese, Mon, Pali, Shan.

Mongolian Script
Evenki, Inner Mongolian, Mongolian.

Bopofomo Script
Phonetic Script used in teaching Mandarine Chinese.

Yi Script
Used in the Yi Language (China).


INDIAN AND SOUTH ASIAN

Devanagari Script
Used in over 35 Indian and South Asian languages, including:
Awadhi, Bagheli, Bhatneri, Bhili, Bhojpuri, Bihari, Braj Bhasha, Chhattisgarhi, Duruwa, Garhwali, Gondi, Harauti, Helambu Sherpa, Hindi, Ho, Kachchhi, Kanauji, Konkani, Koya, Kukna, Kului (Kullu Pahari), Kumaoni, Kurku, Kurukh, Lamani (Maharashtra), Limbu, Maithili, Magahi, Marathi, Marwari (Jaipuri), Mundari, Nepali, Newari, Palpa, Sadri, Sanskrit, Santali, Wagdi.

Gurmukhi Script
Used in the Punjabi and Sindhi Languages (India).

Bengali Script
Assamese, Bengali, Daphla, Garo, Hallam, Khasi, Manipuri, Mizo, Munda, Naga, Rian, Santali.

Gujarati Script
Used in the Gujarati Language (India).

Oriya Script
Adivasi Oriya, Duruwa, Ho (Orissa), Khondi (Kui), Koya, Oriya, Santali.

Malayalam Script
Used in the Malayalam Language (India).

Telugu Script
Adivasi Oriya (Andhra Pradesh), Gondi, Koya, Lamani/Lambadi (Andhra Pradesh), Telugu.

Tamil Script
Badaga, Saurashtra, Tamil.

Sinhala Script
Used in the Pali and Sinhala Languages (Sri Lanka).

Kannada Script
Used in 3 Indian languages, including:
Kannada, Lamani (Karnatak), Tulu.


MIDDLE EASTERN

Arabic Script
Arabic, Balochi, Balti, Farsi (Persian), Jahanka, Kazakh, Kenuzi-Dongola, Kirghiz, Kurdi, Kurdish, Kurmanji, Mandinka, Mwani, Nobiin, Pashto, Persian, Purik, Sindhi, Southern Azerbaijani, Southern Uzbek, Turkmen, Urdu, Uyghur, Wolio.

Hebrew Script
Bukharic, Hebrew, Hulaulá, Judeo-Berber, Judeo-Iraqi Arabic, Judeo-Morroccan Arabic, Judeo-Tripolitanian-Arabic, Judeo-Tunisian Arabic, Judeo-Yemeni Arabic, Judezmo, Karaim, Lishana Deni, Lishanán, Lishanid-Noshan, Samaritan, Yiddish.

Syriac Script
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Swadaya), Chaldean Neo-Aramaic, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Garshuni, Hértevin, Koi-Sanjaaq Sooret, Senaya, Syriac, Turoyo.


EUROPEAN

Greek Alphabet
Used in Greek and Coptic languages (Greece & Middle East)

Armenian Alphabet
Used in Armenian and Old Kurmanji languages (Armenia & Middle East)

Georgian Alphabet
Used in the Georgian Language (Georgia)

Runic Alphabet
"Runes" used in 7 ancient Germanic languages of Northern Europe, including:
Old English, Old Frisian, Old High German, Old Icelandic, Old Low Franconian, Old Norse, Old Saxon.

Ogham Alphabet
Used in the ancient Old Irish Language.


EASTERN EUROPEAN/RUSSIAN

Cyrillic Alphabet
Used in over 50 European and Asian languages, including:
Abaza, Abkhasian, Adyghe, Altai, Avar, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belorussian, Bulharian, Buriat, Chechen, Chuckchi, Chuvash, Crimean Turkish, Dargwa, Dolgan, Dungan, Gagauz, Ingush, Judeo-Tat, Kabardian, Kalmyk-Oirat, Karachay-Balkar, Karaim, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Khakas, Khanty, Kildin Sámi, Kirghiz, Kumyk, Kurmanji, Lak, Kezgi, Macedonian, Mari, Moldavian, Mongolian, Nenets, Nogai, Old-Ukranian, Osetin, Russian, Serbian, Slavonic, Tabassaran, Tajikik, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvin, Ukrainian, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut.


AFRICAN

Ethiopic Script
Amharic, Ethiopic (Geez), Oromo, Tigre, Tigrinya.


NORTH AMERICAN

Cherokee Alphabet
Used by the Cherokee Language.

Canadian Aboriginal Symbols
Developed for over 25 Native American languages in Canada, including:
Algonquin, Atikamekw, Babine, Beaver, Blackfoot, Carrier, Chilcotin, Chepewyan, Cree, Gogrib, Eastern- Canadian-Inuktitut, Gwich'in, Han, Kaska, Malecite-Passamaquody, Micmac, Mantagnais, Munsee, Naskapi, North Alaskan Inuktitut, Ojibwa, Sarsi, Sekani, Slavey, Tagish, Tahltan, Tutchone, Western-Canadian-Inuktitut.


OTHER

Thanna Script
Used in the Divehi (Maldivian) Language (the Maldives).








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