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All languages using the Arabic alphabet are written right-to-left. A number of other languages have been written in the Arabic alphabet in the past, but now are more commonly written in Latin characters; examples include Turkish, Somali and Swahili.
This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters. For other languages and symbol sets (especially in mathematics and science), see below
British Sign Language – Sign Language, Breetish Sign Leid, Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Cànan Soidhnidh Bhreatainn, Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine Signed in: the United Kingdom; Budukh – Budad mez Spoken in: Azerbaijan; Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia; Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ
Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according to certain common features. The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the languages in which the script is written follows (in brackets), particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name. Other informative or qualifying ...
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are also listed. See also: List of alternative country names. Please format entries as follows: for languages written in the Latin alphabet, write "Name (language)", for example, "Afeganistão (Portuguese
Mordovia (state language; with Moksha and Russian) [80] Even: Sakha (local official language; in localities with Even population) [78] Evenki: Sakha (local official language; in localities with Evenki population) [78] Faroese: Faroe Islands (with Danish) Finnish: Karelia (authorized language; with Karelian and Veps) [81] French: parts of Canada
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ISO 639 is a standardized nomenclature used to classify languages. [1] Each language is assigned a two-letter (set 1) and three-letter lowercase abbreviation (sets 2–5). [ 2 ] Part 1 of the standard, ISO 639-1 defines the two-letter codes, and Part 3 (2007), ISO 639-3 , defines the three-letter codes, aiming to cover all known natural ...