All over the world people say “hello” – but they write it in very different ways. Look at the scripts and copy the greeting onto the line.
26 basic letters, used for English, German, Turkish and many other languages.
Writing direction: left to right · English
Used for Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and other languages.
Writing direction: left to right · Russian
24 letters – you may know some from maths, such as pi.
Writing direction: left to right · Greek
28 letters that are usually joined together within a word.
Writing direction: right to left · Arabic
Each character stands for a syllable with a meaning. Everyday reading needs a few thousand characters.
Writing direction: today mostly left to right · Chinese
A syllabary with 46 basic characters. Japanese mixes it with katakana and Chinese characters.
Writing direction: today mostly left to right · Japanese
Invented in the 15th century: letters are combined into syllable blocks.
Writing direction: left to right · Korean