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Top 5 most-used writing systems in the world

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The 5 most-used writing systems in the world by number of users: Latin alphabet, Chinese characters (Hanzi/Kanji), Arabic script, Devanagari, and more.

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  1. 1

    Latin alphabet

    ~5,500 million users

  2. 2

    Chinese characters (Hanzi/Kanji)

    ~1,467 million users

  3. 3

    Arabic script

    ~1,022 million users

  4. 4

    Devanagari

    ~742 million users

  5. 5

    Bengali-Assamese

    ~320 million users