Arabic language uses a cursive alphabet {Arabic alphabet}, with words written right to left. Persian language uses Arabic alphabet plus four characters.
Aramaic language developed an early alphabet {Aramaic alphabet}.
In Bulgaria, Cyril and Methodius derived a new alphabet {Cyrillic alphabet} from Greek, as they translated Bible from Greek into local languages in 9th century. Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Ukraine use Cyrillic alphabet.
In India, Sanskrit and Hindi in India use a script {Devanagaii script}.
Ethiopian language has a distinctive alphabet {Ethiopian alphabet}.
German language uses Roman alphabet {Germanic alphabet} plus special letters, such as ß.
Early Slavic languages used an alphabet {Glagolitic alphabet}.
In Bulgaria [300 to 400], bishop Ulfilas invented an alphabet {Gothic alphabet}.
Alphabet {Greek alphabet} letters [-800] can be alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omicron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega. Letters have uppercase and lowercase. Though a non-Indo-European language, Etruscan used Greek alphabet.
Hebrew language uses a distinctive alphabet {Hebrew alphabet}.
Minoan syllabary {Linear A alphabet} had syllable symbols.
Mycenae syllabary {Linear B alphabet} symbols were syllables with one consonant and one vowel. Mycenaeans introduced Linear B writing after they conquered Crete.
In Ireland [300 to 400], alphabet {ogham} was linear.
Old Persian [-200] used a script {Pehlevi alphabet}.
Phoenicia had first linear alphabet {Phoenician alphabet} {West-Semitic alphabet} [-1700].
In Italy [-700 to -600], alphabet {Roman alphabet} {Etruscan alphabet} was linear.
Early Germanic tribes developed signs {rune, letter}|. First six runic-alphabet letters are f, u, th, a, r, and k {futhark}.
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