Unicode Explained

Code Property value alias Explanations

Latn Latin Used for a wide range of European and other languages

Lepc Lepcha (Róng), used to write a Tibeto-Burman

language

Limb Limbu Used for Limbu, a Tibeto-Burman language

Lina Linear A, an ancient script used on Crete

Linb Linear_B Linear B, an ancient script used to write a form of Greek

Mand Mandaean, used for Mandaic, a Semitic language

Maya Mayan hieroglyphs

Mero Meroïtic, used for a now-extinct language in Egypt

Mlym Malayalam Used for Malayalam in southern India

Mong Mongolian Used for Mongolian; a cursive script, complex shaping

Mymr Myanmar Used for Burmese in Burma (Myanmar)

Nkoo N’Ko, used for Mandekan languages in western Africa

Ogam Ogham Was used in the fifth and sixth centuries for early Irish

Orkh Orkhon, used to write Uyghur, a Turkic language in China

Orya Oriya Used for the Oriya language in eastern India

Osma Osmanya Used for the Somali language in Africa

Perm Old Permic (Abur), previously used for the Komi

language

Phag ‘Phags-pa, was used for Mongolian and other

languages

Phnx Phoenician, an ancient consonantal alphabet

Plrd Pollard Phonetic, used to write the Miao language in China

Qaaa Reserved for private use (start)

Qabx Reserved for private use (end)

Roro Rongorongo, was used on the Easter Island

Runr Runic A historic European script

Sara Sarati, a “Middle Earth” script invented by J.R.R. Tolkien

Shaw Shavian ...