Documenting 69 known languages in the database.
Language | Script | Family | Visual Clue | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Latin | Germanic | "The 'N' Double"Daughter of Dutch. Look for 'n' (a) and double vowels 'aa', 'ee'. 'Nie' is 'not'. | Goeie more, hoe gaan dit? |
| Albanian | Latin | Indo-European | "The 'Ë' Everywhere"The letter 'ë' is extremely frequent. also uses 'ç' and 'q'. | Përshëndetje, si jeni? |
| Amharic | Ge'ez | Semitic | "The Alien Runes"Looks like stylized stick figures, pitchforks, and bubbles. | ሰላም (Selam) |
| Arabic | Arabic | Semitic | "The Stream"Right-to-Left. Cursive, flowing script where letters connect. Dots above/below. | مرحبا (Marhaba) |
| Armenian | Armenian | Indo-European | "The Arches"Letters look like rows of arches (u, n, h shapes). | Բարեւ (Barev) |
| Belarusian | Cyrillic | Slavic | "The 'Ў' Breve"Cyrillic script with the unique short U (ў). Lots of 'a' and 'i'. | Дзень добры, як справы? |
| Bengali | Bengali | Indo-European | "The Jagged Line"Similar to Hindi's top line, but the letters are more angular, spiky, and triangular. | নমস্কার, আপনি কেমন আছেন? |
| Bulgarian | Cyrillic | Slavic | "The Frequent 'Ъ'"Frequent use of 'ъ' (the hard sign) as a vowel sound. | България, път. |
| Burmese | Burmese | Sino-Tibetan | "The Bubbles"Script made almost entirely of circles and partial circles. | မင်္ဂလာပါ, နေကောင်းလား |
| Chinese | Hanzi | Sino-Tibetan | "The Dense Wall"Uniformly dense, complex square blocks. No circles or simple curves. | 你好 (Ni hao) |
| Croatian | Latin | Slavic | "The Checkerboard"Almost identical to Serbian but uses Latin script exclusively. Look for 'ije' vs 'e' (mlijeko vs mleko). | Dobar dan, sve je u redu. |
| Czech | Latin | Slavic | "The Hooked R"The only language with 'ř' (r with a hook). Also uses č, š, ž. | Dobrý den, řeka. |
| Danish | Latin | Nordic | "The Slash"Uses the slashed O (ø) and the ash (æ). No dots on O or A. | Brød og æble. |
| Dutch | Latin | Germanic | "The 'IJ' Combo"Look for the digraph 'ij' (often looks like 'y' with dots) and double vowels (aa, ee). | Ik schrijf op het ijs. |
| Dzongkha | Tibetan | Sino-Tibetan | "The Fortress Voice"Similar to Tibetan script. 'Dzong' means fortress. Vertical stacks of letters. | Kuzuzangpo la (Good health) |
| English | Latin | Germanic | "The 'Th' & 'W'"Look for frequent 'th', 'wh', 'ea', 'ou'. Almost no diacritics (accents) on native words. | The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. |
| Estonian | Latin | Finno-Ugric | "The Tilde 'O'"Looks like Finnish but uses the Tilde-O (õ). | Jõgeva, õhtu. |
| Finnish | Latin | Finno-Ugric | "The Double Vowel"Long words with many double vowels (aa, ii, yy, oo). Uses ä and ö. | Hyvää huomenta. |
| French | Latin | Romance | "The Apostrophe Flow"Lots of apostrophes (l', d', c') and the ligature 'œ'. Words flow together. | C'est l'œuvre d'art. |
| Georgian | Mkhedruli | Kartvelian | "The Curly Script"Extremely round, bubbly letters. Looks like hooks and hearts. | გამარჯობა (Gamarjoba) |
| German | Latin | Germanic | "The Capitalizer"All Nouns are Capitalized. Look for the sharp S (ß) and umlauts (ä, ö, ü). | Der Junge isst den Apfel. |
| Greek | Greek | Hellenic | "The Physics Class"Letters look like math symbols: Triangle (Δ), Lambda (Λ), Sigma (Σ). | Ελλάδα, Αθήνα. |
| Greenlandic | Latin | Eskimo-Aleut | "The Mega Word"Polysynthetic. One word can be an entire sentence. Lots of 'q's and double vowels. | Qujanaq (Thank you) |
| Hebrew | Hebrew | Semitic | "The Fire Blocks"Right-to-Left. Boxy, separated letters with 'flames' or serifs on top. | שלום (Shalom) |
| Hindi | Devanagari | Indo-European | "The Clothesline"Letters hang from a continuous horizontal line running across the top. Distinctive curves. | नमस्ते, आप कैसे हैं? |
| Hungarian | Latin | Finno-Ugric | "The Long Umlaut"Uses the 'double acute' accent (long lines leaning right) on vowels: ő, ű. | Gyönyörű szőlő. |
| Icelandic | Latin | Nordic | "The Thorn"Looks like Old English/Viking script. Unmistakable use of eth (ð) and thorn (þ). | Hvað segir þú gott? |
| Indonesian | Latin | Austronesian | "The Clean Latin"Latin script with almost NO diacritics. Lots of 'aa', 'uu', 'ng'. | Selamat pagi, apa kabar? |
| Irish (Gaeilge) | Latin | Celtic | "The Acute Accent"Vowels often have an acute accent (á, é, í, ó, ú). Words start with 'bh', 'ch'. | Dia duit, conas atá tú? |
| Italian | Latin | Romance | "The Vowel Ending"Words end in vowels. Double consonants (tt, zz, pp). | Tutti pizza formaggio. |
| Japanese | Mix | Japonic | "The Mix Rule"A visual mix of dense complex blocks (Kanji) and simple flowing curves (Hiragana). | こんにちは (Konnichiwa) |
| Kazakh | Cyrillic | Turkic | "The Wide Cyrillic"Cyrillic with many extra letters like 'Ә', 'Ғ', 'Қ', 'Ң', 'Ө', 'Ұ', 'Ү', 'Һ', 'І'. | Сәлеметсіз бе, қалайсыз? |
| Khmer | Khmer | Austroasiatic | "The Haircuts"Letters often have 'haircuts' (curlicues on top) and feet (subscripts) below. | សួស្តី, សុខសប្បាយទេ? |
| Korean | Hangul | Koreanic | "The Circle Rule"Distinctive use of circles (ㅇ) and ovals mixed with straight lines. | 안녕하세요 (Annyeong) |
| Kyrgyz | Cyrillic | Turkic | "The Vertical Bar"Cyrillic text. Look for the vertical bar through 'O' (Ө) and 'Y' (Ү). | Саламатсызбы, кандайсыз? |
| Latvian | Latin | Baltic | "The Flat Line"Vowels often have a flat line (macron) over them: ā, ē, ī, ū. | Labrīt, kā jums klājas? |
| Lithuanian | Latin | Baltic | "The Hook & Dot"Look for hooks (ogonek) under vowels (ą, ę) and the unique dotted e (ė). | Ačiū, viskas gerai. |
| Malay | Latin | Austronesian | "The Pure Latin"Almost identical to Indonesian but often uses 'dan' (and) and 'di' (at) frequently. | Selamat pagi, apa khabar? |
| Mandarin | Hanzi | Sino-Tibetan | "The Simplified Blocks"Standard Chinese. Simplified characters in Singapore/China. Fewer strokes. | 你好, 你怎么样? |
| Marathi | Devanagari | Indo-European | "The Clothesline (Modern)"Uses Devanagari (like Hindi). Look for 'ळ' (Lla) which Hindi doesn't use. | नमस्कार, तुम्ही कसे आहात? |
| Mongolian | Cyrillic | Mongolic | "The Extra Cyrillic"Cyrillic script with two unique letters: Ө (o with a bar) and Ү (straight U). | Сайн байна уу? |
| Nepali | Devanagari | Indo-European | "The Mount Everest"Uses Devanagari (like Hindi). Look for 'छ' (chha) and 'ण' (na). | नमस्ते, तपाईंलाई कस्तो छ? |
| Norwegian | Latin | Nordic | "The Slash"Uses the slashed O (ø) and the ash (æ). Similar to Danish. | Brød og æble. |
| Pashto | Perso-Arabic | Indo-European | "The Ringed Loop"Perso-Arabic script with unique letters like 'ښ' and 'ږ' (dots above/below loops). | سلام، څنګه يې؟ |
| Persian (Farsi) | Perso-Arabic | Indo-European | "The Four Extras"Looks like Arabic, but uses 4 extra letters: P, Ch, Zh, G (look for 3 dots). | سلام، حال شما چطور است؟ |
| Polish | Latin | Slavic | "The Z-Storm"Heavy consonant clusters (sz, cz, rz, szcz) and the unique slashed L (ł). | Szczęście, łódź. |
| Portuguese | Latin | Romance | "The Nasal Tilde"Tilde on vowels (ã, õ) and cedilla (ç). Look for 'nh' and 'lh'. | Não, coração, lições. |
| Romanian | Latin | Romance | "The Latin Spike"Latin script with 'spikes' (commas) under S and T (ș, ț) and the 'bowl hat' on A (ă). | Mulțumesc, oară. |
| Russian | Cyrillic | Slavic | "The 'Ы' Feature"Uses the 'double stick' (ы) and 'э'. Does NOT use 'i' or 'j'. | Привет, мызыка. |
| Serbian | Cyrillic | Slavic | "The 'J' Intruder"The only Cyrillic script that includes the Latin letter 'j'. | Све је у реду. |
| Sinhala | Sinhala | Indo-European | "The Apple Script"Round, curly letters that often look like apples or hearts. | ආයුබෝවන්, කොහොමද? |
| Slovak | Latin | Slavic | "The 'Ô' Mark"Very similar to Czech but distinct. Look for the 'tent' over 'o' (ô) and 'ä'. | Dobrý deň, ako sa máte? |
| Slovenian | Latin | Slavic | "The Dual Number"One of the rare languages with a 'dual' grammatical number (for two things). Uses č, š, ž. | Dober dan, kako ste? |
| Spanish | Latin | Romance | "The Inverted Question"The only language using inverted punctuation (¿, ¡) and the letter ñ. | ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás? |
| Swahili | Latin | Niger-Congo | "The M & N Start"Many words start with 'm' or 'n' followed by a consonant (mtoto, nchi). | Hujambo, habari gani? |
| Swedish | Latin | Nordic | "The Circle 'A'"Uses the ringed A (å) and dotted vowels (ä, ö). No slashed O. | Jag åker tåg. |
| Tagalog | Latin | Austronesian | "The 'Ng' Everywhere"Latin script text full of 'ng', 'mga', and 'ang'. Prefixes like 'mag-' and 'pag-'. | Magandang umaga, kamusta ka? |
| Tamil | Tamil | Dravidian | "The Angular Loops" distinct script with many loops and sharp angles. '௧' look. Very old classical language. | வணக்கம், எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? |
| Telugu | Telugu | Dravidian | "The Checkmarks"Rounded script with many 'checkmark' (tick) shapes on top of letters. | నమస్కారం, ఎలా ఉన్నారు? |
| Thai | Thai | Tai-Kadai | "The Eyeballs"Flowing script where almost every letter has a small loop (eye) at the end. | สวัสดี (Sawatdee) |
| Tifinagh | Tifinagh | Afroasiatic | "The Shapes"Geometric circles, crosses, and dots. Looks like ancient symbols. | ⴰⵣⵓⵍ (Azul) |
| Turkish | Latin | Turkic | "The Ghost 'i'"Uses a dotless i (ı) alongside the dotted i. Look for 'ş' and 'ğ'. | Teşekkürler, balık. |
| Ukrainian | Cyrillic | Slavic | "The 'i' Rule"Cyrillic that uses Latin-like 'i' and 'ï' (two dots). Does NOT use 'ы'. | Україна, привіт. |
| Urdu | Perso-Arabic | Indo-European | "The Diagonal Flow"Similar to Persian/Arabic but with retroflex letters (ٹ, ڈ, ڑ). Deep, diagonall calligraphy. | السلام علیکم، آپ کیسے ہیں؟ |
| Uzbek | Latin | Turkic | "The Apostrophe Vowel"Uses 'oʻ' and 'gʻ' - letters followed by a turned comma (apostrophe). | Salom, qalaysiz? |
| Vietnamese | Latin | Austroasiatic | "The Accent Tower"Stacked diacritics (a hat + a dot on the same letter) and hooks on vowels. | Việt Nam, phở. |
| Xhosa | Latin | Niger-Congo | "The X Factor"Similar to Zulu but with even more distinct click consonants (x, c, q). | Molo, unjani? |
| Yoruba | Latin | Niger-Congo | "The Underdot"Dots under vowels (ẹ, ọ, ṣ) and heavy use of accents. | Ẹ ku aarọ. |
| Zulu | Latin | Niger-Congo | "The Clicks"Latin script text. Frequent use of 'h', 'l', and 'z'. Clicks represented by c, q, x. | Sawubona, unjani? |