Yapese – Yapese Spoken in: the Micronesian island of Yap Yakut – Саха тыла Official language in: Yakutia or Sakha in Russia Yanesha' – Yanešač̣ Spoken in: the Peruvian department of Pasco Yiddish – ייִדיש Official language in: the Russian Jewish Autonomous Oblast Recognised as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina , the State of Israel , the Netherlands , the Republic of Poland , Romania , the Kingdom of Sweden , and Ukraine Yoruba – Èdè Yorùbá Official language in: the Federal Republic of Nigeria Yuchi – Tsoyaha Spoken in: Oklahoma Yue – 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话 Spoken in: the Chinese province of Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi Z Zaghawa – Beria Spoken in: Sudan and Chad Zaza – Zazaki Spoken in: Tunceli , Bingöl and parts of Elazığ , Erzincan and Diyarbakır Zulu – isiZulu Official language in: the Republic of South Africa Zuni – Shiwi’ma Spoken in: New Mexico and Arizona in the United States Zuojiang Zhuang – 話僮 Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi Zyphe Chin – ? Spoken in: Chin State and India Alphabets and scripts † = Extinct dialect ' 'Phags-pa † – Formerly Used in: the People's Republic of China , the Republic of India , Mongolia , and Greater Tibet A–M Abkhaz – Aҧсшәа Used in: the Republic of Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia Anglo-Saxon † – ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England Armenian Alphabet – Հայկական Այբուբեն Used in: Armenia , the Republic of Cyprus , the Islamic Republic of Iran , Artsakh , the Republic of Poland , Romania , and the United States Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥 Spoken on: the Eastern Iranian Plateau Basahan † – Guhit Used in: Bicol Region, Philippines Baybayin † – ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔ Used in: the Philippines Bopomofo – ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ Used in: the People's Republic of China Borama – 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓 Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia Braille – ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑ Braille is a tactile writing system, versions of which are used for many different languages and also used for the blind. Carian – 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵 Formerly used in: Western Anatolia Deseret – 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻 The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script Glagolitic † – Кѷрїлловица, ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ Formerly used by: the Middle Age Slavic people Hanunó'o – ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ Used in: Mindoro, Philippines Kayah Li – ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ Used in: the Kayah, Republic of the Union of Myanmar