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{{Unicode_scripts}}

In [[Unicode]], a '''script''' is a collection of letters and other written signs used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems.<ref>[http://unicode.org/glossary/ GlosaryGlossary of Unicode Terms]</ref>

For example the [[Latin characters in Unicode|Latin]] script supports alphabets such as: [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and many others. Some scripts support one and only one writing system and language, for example: [[Armenian language|Armenian]]. Other scripts, like [[Latin characters in Unicode|Latin]], support many different writing systems: [[English alphabet|English]], [[French alphabet|French]], [[German alphabet|German]], [[Italian alphabet|Italian]], and [[Latin alphabet|Latin]] to name just some of the alphabets supported by the Latin script. Some languages also make use of multiple alternate writing systems. [[Turkish language|Turkish]], for example, used [[Ottoman Turkish alphabet|Arabic]] script before the 20th century and transitioned to Latin in the early part of the 20th century. For a list of languages supported by each script see the [[list of languages by writing system]].