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Scripts can also contain any other general category character such as '''marks''' (diacritic and otherwise), '''numbers''' (numerals), '''punctuation''', '''separators''' (word separators such as spaces), '''symbols''' and non-graphical '''format''' characters. These are included in a particular script when they are unique to that script. Other such characters are generally unified and included in the punctuation or diacritic blocks. However, the bulk of characters in any script (other than the common and inherited scripts) are letters.

== <span class="anchor" id="List of scripts in Unicode"></span> List of encoded scripts ==

{{As of|version 16.0}}, Unicode defines 168 scripts (called "Alias" or "Property value alias") based on the ISO 15924 list. In addition, Unicode assigns the name "Common" to ISO 15924's {{code|Zyyy}} code for undetermined scripts, "Inherited" to ISO 15924's {{code|Zinh}} code for inherited scripts, and "Unknown" to ISO 15924's {{code|Zzzz}} code for uncoded scripts. There are script codes defined by ISO 15924 but are not used in Unicode, including {{code|Zsym}} (Symbols) and {{code|Zmth}} (Mathematical notation).

Unicode defines over a hundred script names (called "Alias" or "Property value alias"), based on the ISO 15924 list.

Unicode uses the "Common" script name for ISO 15924's Zyyy (code for undetermined script), "Inherited" for ISO 15924's Zinh (code for inherited script), and "Unknown" for ISO 15924's Zzzz (code for uncoded script). Not used are, among others, the ISO 15924 script codes: Zsym (Symbols) and Zmth (Mathematical notation). These are considered not to be scripts in Unicode sense.

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