Orthography

An orthography (orthographe en français ; ortografia em português) is the set of characters (and other marks) in a particular writing system that are used to write a language(s), and the rules for their proper use (spelling, etc.).

It is reported that about 80% of African languages do not have formal orthographies (UNESCO).

Metasites with information on alphabets/orthographies

(Note, these sites may not be accurate for one reason or another.)

• Emerging Orthographies - http://orthographyclearinghouse.org/
• Geonames - https://www.geonames.de/
• Omniglot - https://www.omniglot.com/writing/
• Systèmes alphabétiques - http://sumale.vjf.cnrs.fr/phono/
• Emerging Orthographies

The Language Museum site used to have samples of alphabets but apparently no longer features this information (old access page: www.language-museum.com/a/index.php )

References & other links

• UNESCO, "Safeguarding endangered languages," http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=EN&pg=00136 (page offline)
• Wikipedia
  • AF https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortografie
  • AR https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/قواعد الكتابة
  • EN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthography
  • FR https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographe
  • LG https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essomampandiika
  • PT https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortografia
  • SW https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahajia