Home›Sources›Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and LanguagesSourcesOmniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and LanguagesOnline Writing Systems ReferenceCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLanguage Atlas. "Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/sources/omniglot.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLanguage Atlas. (n.d.). Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/sources/omniglotCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{languageatlas-omniglot-the-online-encyclopedia-of-writ, author = {Language Atlas}, title = {Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-language.interactiveatlas.org/sources/omniglot}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedOmniglot is an online reference cataloguing the writing systems and languages of the world, including scripts with no Unicode allocation, maintained since 1998 and widely used as an accessible general reference on scripts and their history.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (139 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsURLWell-attestedhttps://omniglot.comSource TypeWell-attestedReference WorkReliability TierWell-attested2General-audience online writing systems reference maintained by a specialist publisher; used for classification and historical framing across many scripts, not primary evidence.SourcesOmniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languagestier 2View the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (139 claims)This source backs 139 claims across the atlas. As facts: 68 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 35 connected, 1 held Differently. Plus 27 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicScripts, 111 claims: 56 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 7 holds, 27 connected, 1 held Differently, 19 general references.Articles, 24 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 connected, 8 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested68ArticlesA Script Outliving Its Language: Ge'ez TodayEaster Island's Silent TabletsFragments of Meaning: Monks, Sutras and the Birth of KatakanaFrom Sutra Margins to Neon Signs: Katakana's Changing JobThe Alphabet Built for a Mission: Cyril, Methodius and the Slavic BibleThe Letters of the Torah: Why Script Matters to ScriptureTwo Syllabaries, One Origin: Hiragana and Katakana ComparedWomen's Hand: How Hiragana Opened Japanese LiteratureScriptsAncient South Arabian ScriptArabic ScriptAramaic AlphabetBrahmiCuneiformCyrillic ScriptDevanagariEgyptian HieroglyphsGe'ez ScriptGlagolitic AlphabetGreek ScriptHan ScriptHangulHebrew Square ScriptHiraganaKatakanaLatin ScriptPhoenician ScriptRongorongoSourcesOmniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and LanguagesScholarly debate1ScriptsAramaic AlphabetHolds7ScriptsAncient South Arabian ScriptAramaic AlphabetEgyptian HieroglyphsGe'ez ScriptHangulHebrew Square ScriptConnected35ArticlesA Script Outliving Its Language: Ge'ez TodayEaster Island's Silent TabletsFragments of Meaning: Monks, Sutras and the Birth of KatakanaFrom Sutra Margins to Neon Signs: Katakana's Changing JobThe Alphabet Built for a Mission: Cyril, Methodius and the Slavic BibleThe Letters of the Torah: Why Script Matters to ScriptureTwo Syllabaries, One Origin: Hiragana and Katakana ComparedWomen's Hand: How Hiragana Opened Japanese LiteratureScriptsArabic ScriptCyrillic ScriptDevanagariGe'ez ScriptGlagolitic AlphabetGreek ScriptHan ScriptHangulHebrew Square ScriptHiraganaKatakanaLatin ScriptRongorongoHeld Differently1ScriptsGlagolitic AlphabetGeneral References27ArticlesA Script Outliving Its Language: Ge'ez TodayEaster Island's Silent TabletsFragments of Meaning: Monks, Sutras and the Birth of KatakanaFrom Sutra Margins to Neon Signs: Katakana's Changing JobThe Alphabet Built for a Mission: Cyril, Methodius and the Slavic BibleThe Letters of the Torah: Why Script Matters to ScriptureTwo Syllabaries, One Origin: Hiragana and Katakana ComparedWomen's Hand: How Hiragana Opened Japanese LiteratureScriptsAncient South Arabian ScriptArabic ScriptAramaic AlphabetBrahmiCuneiformCyrillic ScriptDevanagariEgyptian HieroglyphsGe'ez ScriptGlagolitic AlphabetGreek ScriptHan ScriptHangulHebrew Square ScriptHiraganaKatakanaLatin ScriptPhoenician ScriptRongorongoComments (0)No comments yet. 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