#Hebrew and Burmese are the ones I’d write English in
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Ranking my favourite natural writing systems by sexual appeal
1. Burmese: မြန်မာအက္ခရာ
2. Tibetan: བོད་སྐད
3. Mkhedruli (Georgian): მხედრული
4. Baybayin (Tagalog): ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔
5. Devanagari (Sanskrit and Hindi): देवनागरी
6. Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי
7. Arabic: كتابة عربية
8. Javanese: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
9. Thai: ภาษาไทย
10. Bengali: বর্ণমালা
11. Sinhalese (Sri Lankan): සිංහල (yes this is the language with the ඞ character)
12. Greek: ελληνικά
13. Katakana (Japanese): カタカナ
14. Hangeul (Korean): 한글
15. Hiragana (Japanese): ひらがな
16. Amharic (Ethiopian): ኢትዮጵያ
17. Kanji (Japanese): 漢字
18. Syriac (Aramaic): ܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
19. Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑
20. Mandarin (Sorry, it’s the only Chinese language I’m semi-familiar with, I’m basic): 官话
21. Cyrillic (Slavic): кириллица
I LIKE ALL OF THESE, I JUST LIKE SOME EVEN MORE THAN OTHERS
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