Is there a list of endangered writing systems? I couldn't find any.
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Hi, welcome to LL.SE. Could you be more explicit about how your question is related to learning languages?– TommiCommented Apr 27, 2021 at 14:42
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It isn't that related but I couldn't find any other stack exchanges which were better.– MayankCommented Apr 27, 2021 at 15:07
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1"Endangered" in terms of number of users? The difficulty here is that there's no real difference between "native/L1 speakers" and "secondary/L2 speakers" for a writing system, and that's an important difference when talking about endangered languages. But the number of people who use a particular writing system should be measurable.– Draconis ♦Commented Apr 27, 2021 at 16:31
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for endangered i meant where "L1+L2 < people needed for it to not be endangered"– MayankCommented Apr 27, 2021 at 21:43
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Something approximating such a list is this map. It includes traditional writing as well as modern inventions that don't have a long historical tradition. The Klingon alphabet (and various conlang scripts) are not included, nor (apparently) are extinct systems like Egyptian hieroglyphics, but it does include Coptic since there are still people who use the writing system.
