From my experience, many languages with absolutely different alphabets colloquially use the same common punctuation marks, such as:
- the question mark (?), for inquiring/interrogatives
- exclamation mark (!), for excitement or emphasis
- period (.), for declaration
For example, asking a question in a couple different languages:
- What's your name?
- Как тебя зовут?
- ما اسمك؟
- 您貴姓大名?
Or exclaiming something:
- Cheers!
- За здоровье!
- Στην υγειά σου!
- 乾杯!
How have these stayed in common usage throughout the evolution of languages and their alphabets? Were they standardized at some point?