This is a list of shorthands, both modern and ancient. Currently, only one shorthand (Duployan) has been given an ISO code, in preparation for inclusion in the Unicode Standard, although the Tironian et has already been included in Unicode.

Script name ISO 15924 Year created Creator Primary languages NotesAbbreviated Longhand 1908 Angus Weaver English Short forms based around longhand writing.Abbreviatrix 1945 William Paul Mishkin Abernethy shorthand 1907 Larkin Samuel Abernethy English Aimé Paris Shorthand 1820 Aimé Paris French Alpha Hand AgiliWriting Bezenšek Shorthand 1923 Anton Bezenšek Bulgarian Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand 1903 Robert Boyd English Brachygraphie (Folkingham) 1622 William Folkingham English Brachygraphy (Bales) 1590 Peter Bales English Brachygraphy (Dix) 1641 Henry Dix English Brachygraphy (Shelton) 1672 Samuel Shelton English Based on Thomas Shelton's Tachygraphy from whom he first learned shorthand. Burmese Shorthand1952Zwe Ohn CheinBurmeseBurnz' Fonic Shorthand 1896 Eliza Boardman Burnz English Carissimi Shorthand 1940 Juan Antonio Carissimi Spanish Caton Scientific Shorthand Thomas Jasper Caton Century 21 Shorthand Characterie 1588 Timothy Bright English Conen de Prépean Shorthand 1813 Louis Félix Conen de Prépean French Coulon de Thévenot Shorthand 1776 Jean Coulon de Thévenot French Current Shorthand 1892 Henry Sweet English Cursive Shorthand 1889 Hugh Longbourne Callendar English Dacomb Shorthand 1934 Beatrice Eliza Dacomb English Dement's Aristography 1896 Isaac Strange Dement Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift 1924 German Used in Germany.Dickinson Shorthand 1928 Joseph Bryan Dickinson English Duployé Shorthand Dupl 755 1868 Émile Duployé French, Romanian, English, Chinook Jargon Dutton Speedwords 1922 Reginald J. G. Dutton English, French, German, Latin Intended as an International auxiliary languageEasyScript Speed Writing Eclectic Shorthand 1878 J.G. Cross English Edmond Willis's Shorthand 1627 Edmond Willis English Faulmann Shorthand 1875 Carl Faulmann German Forkner shorthand 1952 Hamden L. Forkner English Gabelsberger shorthand 1817 (approx.) Franz Xaver Gabelsberger German Graham shorthand Andrew J. Graham Gregg Shorthand 1888 John Robert Gregg English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish Gregg Computer Shorthand / Productivity Plus Groote 1899 Arnold Willem Groote Dutch Used in the Netherlands Herout-Mikulík Alois Herout and Svojmír Mikulík Czech Used in the Czech parliament.Homographie1831Sophie ScottGermanHy-Speed Longhand 1932 Andrew Graham Sexton and R. B. Sexton English Karundeng Shorthand1925Eliezer KarundengIndonesianLarralde Shorthand Gabriel Hilario Larralde Spanish Used in the Argentine congress.Legible Shorthand 1882 Edward Pocknell English Leite Alves Shorthand 1929 Oscar Leite Alves Portuguese Lightning Legible Shorthand1906David Rose GlassEnglish Malone Shorthand Maron Shorthand 1932 Afonso Maron Portuguese Melin Shorthand 1880 Olof Werling Melin Swedish Dominant Shorthand system in Sweden.Merrill Shorthand 1942 Albert Merrill English Also called ABC shorthand.Michela Shorthand 1862 Antonio Michela Zucco Italian Used in the Italian Senate and the Regional Council of Piedmont.Moat's Short-hand Standard 1833 Thomas Moat English Munson Shorthand 1867 James Eugene Munson English National Simplex Shorthand 1919 Rev. Percival Hubert Chase English Natural Shorthand 1917 August Mengelkamp English New Art of Real Shorthand 1919 John Malham-Dembleby English New Rapid 1890 C.E. McKee Notescript 1964 Laurence F. Hawkins English Paragon Shorthand 1895 A. Lichtentag Personal Shorthand Carl W. Salser, C. Theo Yerian and Mark R. Salser English Originally called "Briefhand."Pitman Shorthand 1837 Isaac Pitman English Polygraphy 1747 Aulay Macaulay English Prévost-Delaunay Shorthand 1878 Hippolyte Prévost and Albert Delaunay French Reformed Phonetic Short-Hand 1868 Andrew J. Marsh English Scheithauer Shorthand 1896 Karl Friedrich Scheithauer German Used in Germany.Scheithauer/Steinmetz Shorthand 2020 Markus Steinmetz German Used in Germany.Short-Writing 1690 Theophilus Metcalfe English Simson Shorthand 1881 James Simson English Speedwriting 1924 Emma Dearborn English State Unified Stenography System (GESS) 1937 Nikolai Nikolaevich Sokolov Russian Used in the Soviet Union; also adapted for English, French, and some of the languages of the Soviet Union.Stenographie 1618 John Willis English Stenography Compleated 1727 James Weston English Stenoscript 1950 Manuel C. Avancena English Stiefografie 1966 Helmut Stief German Used in Germany.SuperWrite Swiftograph 1893 Fant Abbott English Tachygraphy 1626 Thomas Shelton English, French, German Originally called "Short-Writing."Taylor shorthand 1786 Samuel Taylor English Also known as Universal StenographyTeeline Shorthand 1968 James Hill English Thomas Natural Shorthand 1935 Charles A. Thomas English Tironian notes 63 BC Marcus Tullius Tiro Latin Typed Shorthand 1917 William Baines English Also known as Baines' Typed Shorthand.Universal English Shorthand about 1740 John Byrom English Wang-Krogdahl's system 1936 Leif Wang and Olav Krogdahl Norwegian Used in the Norwegian parliament.Weston's Short-hand 1727 James Weston English Zeiglographia 1650 Thomas Shelton English Phillips Code 1879 Walter P. Phillips English Intended for English transmitted over Telegraph in Morse code.Evans Basic English Code 1947 John Evans English Based on the earlier Phillips Code but for more general use.

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