Krillion prompt · September 30, 2026
Name a real-life language that uses a non-Latin writing system
Krillion accepted 770 answers for this prompt in Dive #77. They’re all below, starting at the trench floor with the gem and rising to the Plankton everyone thinks of first.
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Notes on this prompt
- With 770 accepted answers, this prompt is about 1.9 times wider than a typical Krillion prompt (about 405).
- 697 answers (91%) are Deep Cuts and 58 are Rare, while 7 sit at Plankton.
Quick picks
The shortest Rare or deeper answers, easy to type before the timer runs out.
Lao +60 Maya +60 Urdu +60
Also accepted elsewhere
The same answer counted for a different prompt in the archive.
Every accepted answer
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Vai
Written in a syllabary Momolu Bukele invented in Liberia around 1833.
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- A-Hmao
- Aari
- Abaza
- Abkhaz
- Achomi
- Adyghe
- Aer
- Aghul
- Ahom
- Ainu
- Aiton
- Aleut
- Altai
- Alutor
- Amami
- Amdo Tibetan
- Ammonite
- Amorite
- Ancient Macedonian
- Andh
- Angika
- Anuak
- Apabhramsha
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
- Argobba
- Arvanitika
- Assamese
- Asur
- Athpare
- Atong
- Avar
- Avestan
- Awadhi
- Awngi
- Bactrian
- Badaga
- Baekje language
- Bagheli
- Bagri
- Bahing
- Bai
- Bailang
- Bajjika
- Balinese
- Balochi
- Balti
- Bambara
- Bangani
- Bantawa
- Baram
- Bashkir
- Basketo
- Batak Angkola
- Batak Karo
- Batak Mandailing
- Batak Pakpak
- Batak Simalungun
- Batak Toba
- Beary
- Beja
- Belhare
- Betta Kurumba
- Bhadrawahi
- Bharia
- Bhateali
- Bhatri
- Bhilali
- Bhili
- Bhojpuri
- Bhujel
- Bhumij
- Bilaspuri
- Birhor
- Bishnupriya Manipuri
- Bisu
- Blang
- Blin
- Bodo
- Bohtan Neo-Aramaic
- Bonda
- Bote
- Bouyei
- Brahui
- Braj
- Brao
- Brokpa
- Bru
- Buginese
- Buhid
- Bukhori
- Bumthang
- Bunan
- Bundeli
- Burushaski
- Buryat
- Byangsi
- Camunic
- Canaano-Akkadian
- Cappadocian Greek
- Carian
- Caribbean Hindustani
- Caucasian Albanian
- Celtiberian
- Chagatai
- Chakma
- Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
- Cham
- Chambeali
- Chamling
- Chantyal
- Chaouia
- Chepang
- Chhattisgarhi
- Chinali
- Chittagonian
- Chocha Ngacha
- Chong
- Choni
- Chukchi
- Chulym
- Churahi
- Church Slavonic
- Chuvash
- Cia-Cia
- Cirebonese
- Classical Armenian
- Classical Tibetan
- Comorian
- Coptic
- Cree
- Crimean Tatar
- Cypriot Maronite Arabic
- Dadanitic
- Dangaura Tharu
- Danwar
- Darai
- Dargwa
- Deir Alla language
- Deori
- Dhatki
- Dhimal
- Dhivehi
- Dhundari
- Dimasa
- Dizin
- Dogri
- Dolgan
- Dolpo
- Dong
- Dongolawi
- Dongxiang
- Doteli
- Dungan
- Dungra Bhil
- Duruwa
- Dyula
- Dzongkha
- Eblaite
- Edomite
- Elamite
- Elu
- Elymian
- Enets
- Epi-Olmec
- Erzya
- Eteocretan
- Eteocypriot
- Etruscan
- Even
- Evenki
- Faliscan
- Fiji Hindi
- Fula
- Fuzhounese
- Gaddi
- Gamit
- Gamo-Gofa-Dawro
- Gan
- Gandhari
- Garhwali
- Garo
- Gaulish
- Ge'ez
- Geba Karen
- Gilaki
- Goguryeo language
- Gondi
- Gongduk
- Gorani
- Gothic
- Griko
- Guanche
- Gujari
- Gumuz
- Gurung
- Gutob
- Hachijo
- Hadauti
- Hadramautic
- Hainanese
- Hajong
- Hakka
- Halbi
- Hanunó'o
- Harari
- Haryanvi
- Hattic
- Hausa
- Hayu
- Hertevin
- Hill Mari
- Hindko
- Hinduri
- Hismaic
- Hittite
- Ho
- Hui Chinese
- Hurrian
- Iazychie
- Iberian
- Indus Kohistani
- Ingush
- Irula
- Isan
- Itelmen
- Ithkuil
- Iu Mien
- Jaunsari
- Javanese
- Jeju
- Jin
- Jirel
- Jola-Fonyi
- Juang
- Judeo-Arabic
- Judeo-Aragonese
- Judeo-Aramaic
- Judeo-Berber
- Judeo-Catalan
- Judeo-French
- Judeo-Georgian
- Judeo-Italian
- Judeo-Malayalam
- Judeo-Marathi
- Judeo-Persian
- Judeo-Portuguese
- Juhuri
- Jumli
- Jurchen
- Kabardian
- Kabyle
- Kafa
- Kagate
- Kalami
- Kalasha
- Kalasmaic
- Kalmyk
- Kamkata-viri
- Kangri
- Kanikkaran
- Kanjari
- Kannauji
- Kanuri
- Karachay-Balkar
- Karaim
- Karakalpak
- Karakhanid
- Karen
- Kashmiri
- Kassite
- Kataang
- Kathoriya Tharu
- Katu
- Kayah
- Kayan
- Kesh
- Ket
- Khakas
- Khaling
- Kham
- Khamnigan Mongol
- Khams Tibetan
- Khamti
- Khandeshi
- Khanty
- Kharia
- Khazar
- Khengkha
- Khitan
- Khmu
- Khorasani Turkic
- Khortha
- Khowar
- Khun
- Khwarezmian
- Khwarezmian Turkic
- Kikai
- Kildin Sami
- Kinnauri
- Kipchak
- Kisan
- Knaanic
- Koch
- Kochila Tharu
- Koda
- Kodava
- Kokborok
- Kolami
- Komi
- Komi-Permyak
- Komi-Yazva
- Konda
- Konkani
- Korku
- Korwa
- Koryak
- Kota
- Koy Sanjaq Surat
- Koya
- Koyra Chiini
- Koyraboro Senni
- Krymchak
- Kui
- Kukna
- Kullui
- Kulung
- Kumal
- Kumaoni
- Kumyk
- Kunigami
- Kupia
- Kurmali
- Kurtöp
- Kurukh
- Kusunda
- Kutchi
- Kuvi
- Kuy
- Kyirong
- Ladakhi
- Ladino
- Lahuli
- Lak
- Laki
- Lambadi
- Lamet
- Lampung
- Lawa
- Laz
- Lemnian
- Lepcha
- Lepontic
- Lezgian
- Lhomi
- Limbu
- Lipo
- Lomavren
- Lowa
- Luri
- Luwian
- Lycian
- Lydian
- Madurese
- Magadhi Prakrit
- Magahi
- Magar
- Maguindanao
- Maharashtri Prakrit
- Mahasu Pahari
- Maithili
- Majang
- Majhi (Nepal)
- Makassarese
- Mal Paharia
- Malto
- Malvi
- Mamluk-Kipchak
- Manchu
- Manda
- Mandaic
- Mandar
- Mandeali
- Mandinka
- Maninka
- Mansi
- Maranao
- Mari
- Mariupol Greek
- Marma
- Marwari
- Mawchi
- Mazanderani
- Me'en
- Medefaidrin
- Medny Aleut
- Mehri
- Meitei
- Memba
- Memoni
- Meroitic
- Mesqan
- Messapic
- Mewari
- Mewati
- Middle Armenian
- Middle Chinese
- Middle Georgian
- Middle Khmer
- Middle Mongolian
- Middle Persian
- Middle Russian
- Min Bei
- Minaean
- Mingrelian
- Minoan
- Miyako
- Mlahsô
- Mnong
- Moabite
- Moghol
- Moken
- Moksha
- Mon
- Montenegrin
- Mozabite
- Mozarabic
- Mru
- Mundari
- Munji
- Mycenaean Greek
- Mysian
- Nabataean
- Nafusi
- Nagpuri
- Naiki
- Nanai
- Naskapi
- Nasu
- Naukan Yupik
- Naxi
- Negidal
- Nenets
- Newar
- Nganasan
- Ngeq
- Nimadi
- Nivkh
- Nobiin
- Nogai
- North Picene
- Northern Khmer
- Northern Thai
- Nubri
- Numidian
- Nyah Kur
- Odia
- Oenotrian
- Oji-Cree
- Ojibwe
- Okinoerabu
- Old Arabic
- Old Azeri
- Old Chinese
- Old Church Slavonic
- Old East Slavic
- Old Georgian
- Old High German
- Old Hungarian
- Old Javanese
- Old Khmer
- Old Malay
- Old Mon
- Old Nubian
- Old Ossetic
- Old Permic
- Old Ruthenian
- Old Tamil
- Old Tibetan
- Old Turkic
- Old Uyghur
- Old Vietnamese
- Ormuri
- Oroch
- Orok
- Osage
- Oscan
- Ossetian
- Ottoman Turkish
- Pa'O
- Pacoh
- Pahari Kinnauri
- Pahari-Pothwari
- Palaic
- Palaung
- Palawano
- Pali
- Palula
- Pangwali
- Paniya
- Parachi
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Akkadian
- Amharic
- Ancient Greek
- Aramaic
- Armenian
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
- Azerbaijani
- Belarusian
- Bengali
- Bosnian
- Bulgarian
- Burmese
- Chechen
- Cherokee
- Classical Chinese
- Classical Nahuatl
- Georgian
- Gujarati
- Harappan
- Hmong
- Hokkien
- Inuktitut
- Kannada
- Kazakh
- Khmer
- Kurdish
- Kyrgyz
- Lao
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Maya
- Medieval Greek
- Mongolian
- Nepali
- Okinawan
- Old English
- Old Japanese
- Old Norse
- Old Persian
- Pashto
- Phoenician
- Punjabi
- Romani
- Romanian
- Serbian
- Sinhala
- Sumerian
- Tajik
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Tibetan
- Turkmen
- Urdu
- Uyghur
- Uzbek
- Yiddish
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Ancient Egyptian
- Cantonese
- Hindi
- Persian
- Sanskrit
- Thai
- Ukrainian
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Japanese
- Korean
- Russian