▁and ▁those ▁introduced . ▁ ▁Today , ▁the ▁Latin ▁script ▁is ▁commonly ▁encountered ▁across ▁Africa , ▁especially ▁Sub - S ah aran ▁Africa . ▁Arab ic ▁script ▁is ▁mainly ▁used ▁in ▁North ▁Africa ▁and ▁ ▁Ge ' ez / E th iop ic ▁script ▁is ▁dominant ▁in ▁the ▁Horn ▁of ▁Africa . ▁Region ally ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁local ities , ▁other ▁scripts ▁may ▁be ▁of ▁significant ▁importance . ▁ ▁Ind igen ous ▁writing ▁systems ▁ ▁An cient ▁African ▁orth ograph ies ▁ ▁An cient ▁Egypt ian ▁Perhaps ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁African ▁writing ▁system ▁is ▁ancient ▁Egypt ian ▁hier og lyph s . ▁These ▁developed ▁later ▁into ▁forms ▁known ▁as ▁Hier atic , ▁Dem otic ▁and , ▁through ▁Pho en ician ▁and ▁Greek , ▁Co ptic . ▁The ▁Co ptic ▁language ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁today ▁as ▁the ▁lit urg ical ▁language ▁in ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁of ▁Alexand ria ▁and ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁of ▁Alexand ria . ▁The ▁Boh air ic ▁dialect ▁of ▁Co ptic ▁is ▁used ▁currently ▁in ▁the ▁Co ptic ▁church . ▁Other ▁dialect s ▁include ▁Sah id ic , ▁Ak hm im ic , ▁Ly cop ol itan , ▁F ay y um ic , ▁and ▁O xy rh yn ch ite . ▁ ▁An cient ▁M ero it ic ▁▁ ▁The ▁M ero it ic ▁language ▁and ▁its ▁writing ▁system ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁M ero ë ▁and ▁the ▁wider ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁K ush ▁( in ▁modern ▁day ▁Sud an ) ▁during ▁the ▁M ero it ic