Concept
An official script is a writing system that is specifically designated to be official in the constitutions or other applicable laws of countries, states, and other jurisdictions. Akin to an official language, an official script is much rarer. It is used primarily where an official language is in practice written with two or more scripts. As, in these languages, use of script often has cultural or political connotations, proclamation of an official script is sometimes criticized as having a goal of influencing culture or politics or both. Desired effects also may include easing education, communication and some other aspects of life. Below is a partial list of official scripts used in different countries. Those in italics are states that have limited international recognition. Azerbaijan – Azeri Latin alphabet Bangladesh – Bengali script Brunei – Rumi script (Latin) and Jawi script (Arabic) Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska – Cyrillic and Latin Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyrillic and Latin Bulgaria – Cyrillic (Bulgarian alphabet) Cambodia – Khmer script China, People's Republic of (mainland China) – Simplified Chinese Hong Kong SAR – Traditional Chinese (de facto), Latin script Macau SAR – Traditional Chinese (de facto), Latin script Inner Mongolia region – Mongolian alphabet, Simplified Chinese Tibet region – Tibetan alphabet, Simplified Chinese Xinjiang region – Uyghur Ereb Yéziqi, Simplified Chinese Guangxi region – Zhuang Latin alphabet, Simplified Chinese Croatia – Croatian alphabet Ethiopia – Ge'ez script Eritrea – Ge'ez script Georgia – Georgian alphabet Greece - Greek alphabet India: Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Nepali, Maithili, Boro, Sanskrit, Dogri – Devanagari Assamese – Assamese alphabet Bengali – Bengali alphabet Gujarati – Gujarati script Kannada – Kannada script Kashmiri – Perso-Arabic script Malayalam – Malayalam script Meitei – Meitei Mayek script Odia – Odia script Punjabi – Gurmukhi Santali – Ol Chiki script Sindhi – Perso-Arabic script, Devanagari Tamil – Tamil script Telugu – Telugu script Urdu – Perso-Arabic script Indonesia – Rumi script (Latin) Iran – Perso-Arabic alphabet Japan – mixed of Kana (Hiragana, Katakana) and Kanji (Shinjitai) Kazakhstan – Cyrillic (Kazakh, Russian) and Latin (Kazakh) Korea (both) – Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul (Hanja is sometime used in South Korea, not used in North Korea) Laos – Lao script Malaysia – Rumi script (Latin); Jawi script (Arabic) is recognized.