World of Alphabets

Learn to read world alphabets & scripts with flashcards and quizzes.

Learn alphabets, scripts, symbols, and writing systems from around the world in one app.

World of Alphabets helps you recognize and remember letters through flashcards, quizzes, pronunciation hints, and illustrated character forms. Study modern alphabets like Cyrillic, Hangul, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, and Thai, or explore ancient and symbolic systems including runes, hieroglyphs, cuneiform, Morse code, Braille, and semaphore.

With 267 writing systems in one place, the app is designed for travelers, language learners, students, linguistics enthusiasts, and anyone curious about how humans represent language visually.

Learn to recognize scripts used across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and historical civilizations. Train your memory through repetition and active recall instead of passively reading charts or cheat sheets.

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN

• Modern alphabets and scripts
• Ancient writing systems and historical scripts
• Syllabaries and symbolic systems
• Sign-based and tactile communication systems
• Fictional and constructed alphabets

Examples include:
Cyrillic, Hangul, Hiragana, Katakana, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Devanagari, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Phoenician, Glagolitic, Elder Futhark, Tengwar, Aurebesh, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Cuneiform, Morse code, Braille, semaphore, and many more.

HOW THE APP WORKS

Each writing system includes its own study set.

Flashcards introduce characters using typed forms together with handwritten, illustrated, or signed variants where available. Quizzes reinforce recognition and recall using the same symbols you just studied.

Many systems also include pronunciation guidance, native names, and sound-focused learning cues to help connect symbols with language.

FEATURES

• 267 writing systems from around the world
• Flashcards for letters, symbols, syllables, and signs
• Quizzes for character recognition and memorization
• Typed and illustrated character forms where available
• Pronunciation hints for supported systems
• English and native-script naming support
• Ancient, modern, fictional, tactile, and symbolic systems in one catalog
• Works well for travel preparation, language study, and curiosity-driven learning

WHO THIS APP IS FOR

• Travelers and expats learning unfamiliar scripts
• Students preparing for language classes
• Teachers introducing alphabets and orthographies
• Polyglots and linguistics enthusiasts
• Fans of historical scripts, runes, and fictional alphabets
• Curious learners exploring global writing systems

WHY START WITH THE SCRIPT?

Learning letters first makes vocabulary and grammar easier later. Once a writing system becomes familiar, reading words stops feeling like decoding symbols and starts feeling natural.

WORLD OF ALPHABETS INCLUDES

Modern national scripts, historical alphabets, syllabaries, sign systems, tactile systems, and fictional writing systems.

64 writing systems that include illustrated or sign-style character forms:
American Sign Language, Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Asomtavruli, Aurebesh, Avestan, Avoiuli, Bamum, Bangla, Baybayin, Braille, Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, Cherokee syllabary, Coptic, Cuneiform, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Eastern Syriac, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Elder Futhark, Flag semaphore, Futhorc, Ge'ez, Glagolitic, Gothic, Greek, Hangul, Hebrew, Hiragana, Javanese, Katakana, Khmer, Lao, Latin, Leet, Linear B, Lontara, Lycian, Lydian, Malayalam, Mandaic, Mayan hieroglyphs, Mkhedruli, Mongolian, Morse code, N'Ko, Neo-Tifinagh, Nuskhuri, Ogham, Old Hungarian, Old Italic, Old Turkic, Phoenician, PIqaD, Standard Galactic Alphabet, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tibetan, Younger Futhark.

IMPORTANT

World of Alphabets teaches script and symbol recognition. It is not a full language-learning course and does not teach conversation, grammar, or vocabulary.

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