What language's alphabet has the most letters?

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What language's alphabet has the most letters?

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Last updated Aug 26 2016.

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Tamil has 247 letters in it. 12 vowels, 18 consonants, 18x12 vowel-consonants and 1 special letter.
See the alphabet at:

http://ottawatamilschool.org/arissuvadi1.pdf

Oct 15 2009, 8:21 AM

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Cambodian. It has 74 letters !!!

Jan 01 2004, 7:08 PM

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If you include vowel forms and tone markers, then Thai has 76 letters, 44 consonants, 28 vowel forms and 4 tone markers.

Response last updated by LadyNym on Aug 26 2016.
Jan 02 2004, 9:21 AM

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The alphabet proper with the most letters is the Georgian alphabet with 33 distinct letters. The Georgian Alphabet is primarily used in the country of Georgia.

The abjad alphabet with the most letters is Sindhi with 51 letters. Sindhi is used in Pakistan and India.

The abugida alphabet with the most letters is Khmer with a total of 74 letters. This alphabet is used in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand and in Australia and the USA by Khmer speaking people.

http://www.vistawide.com/languages/language_statistics.htm

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