List of shorthand systems

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 nameISO 15924Year createdCreatorPrimary languagesNotes
Abbreviated Longhand[1]1908Angus WeaverEnglishShort forms based around longhand writing.
Abbreviatrix1945William Paul Mishkin
Abernethy shorthand[2]1907Larkin Samuel AbernethyEnglish
Aimé Paris Shorthand[3]1820Aimé ParisFrench
Alpha Hand[4]
AgiliWriting[5]
Bezenšek Shorthand[6]1923Anton BezenšekBulgarian
Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand[7]1903Robert BoydEnglish
Brachygraphie (Folkingham)[8]1622William FolkinghamEnglish
Brachygraphy (Bales)[9]1590Peter BalesEnglish
Brachygraphy (Dix)[10]1641Henry DixEnglish
Brachygraphy (Shelton)[11]1672Samuel SheltonEnglishBased on Thomas Shelton's Tachygraphy from whom he first learned shorthand.
Burmese Shorthand 1952 Zwe Ohn Chein Burmese
Burnz' Fonic Shorthand1896Eliza Boardman BurnzEnglish
Carissimi Shorthand[12]1940Juan Antonio CarissimiSpanish
Caton Scientific Shorthand[13][14]Thomas Jasper Caton
Century 21 Shorthand[15]
Characterie[16]1588Timothy BrightEnglish
Conen de Prépean Shorthand[17]1813Louis Félix Conen de PrépeanFrench
Coulon de Thévenot Shorthand[18]1776Jean Coulon de ThévenotFrench
Current Shorthand[19]1892Henry SweetEnglish
Cursive Shorthand[20]1889Hugh Longbourne CallendarEnglish
Dacomb Shorthand[21]1934Beatrice Eliza DacombEnglish
Dement's Aristography[22]1896Isaac Strange Dement
Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift[23]1924GermanUsed in Germany.
Dickinson Shorthand[24]1928Joseph Bryan DickinsonEnglish
Duployé Shorthand[25]Dupl 7551868Émile DuployéFrench, Romanian, English, Chinook Jargon
Dutton Speedwords[26]1922Reginald J. G. DuttonEnglish, French, German, LatinIntended as an International auxiliary language
EasyScript Speed Writing[27]
Eclectic Shorthand[28]1878J.G. CrossEnglish
Edmond Willis's Shorthand[29]1627Edmond WillisEnglish
Faulmann Shorthand[30]1875Carl FaulmannGerman
Forkner shorthand[31]1952Hamden L. ForknerEnglish
Gabelsberger shorthand[32]1817 (approx.)Franz Xaver GabelsbergerGerman
Graham shorthand[33]Andrew J. Graham
Gregg Shorthand[34]1888John Robert GreggEnglish, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Gregg Computer Shorthand /
Productivity Plus[35]
Groote[36]1899Arnold Willem GrooteDutchUsed in the Netherlands
Herout-Mikulík[37]Alois Herout and Svojmír MikulíkCzechUsed in the Czech parliament.
Homographie[38] 1831 Sophie Scott German
Hy-Speed Longhand[39]1932Andrew Graham Sexton and R. B. SextonEnglish
Karundeng Shorthand[40] 1925 Eliezer Karundeng Indonesian
Larralde Shorthand[41]Gabriel Hilario LarraldeSpanishUsed in the Argentine congress.
Legible Shorthand[42]1882Edward PocknellEnglish
Leite Alves Shorthand[43]1929Oscar Leite AlvesPortuguese
Lightning Legible Shorthand[44] 1906 David Rose Glass English
Malone Shorthand[45]
Maron Shorthand[43]1932Afonso MaronPortuguese
Melin Shorthand[46]1880Olof Werling MelinSwedishDominant Shorthand system in Sweden.
Merrill Shorthand[47][48]1942Albert MerrillEnglishAlso called ABC shorthand.
Michela Shorthand[49]1862Antonio Michela ZuccoItalianUsed in the Italian Senate and the Regional Council of Piedmont.
Moat's Short-hand Standard[50]1833Thomas MoatEnglish
Munson Shorthand[51]1867James Eugene MunsonEnglish
National Simplex Shorthand[52]1919Rev. Percival Hubert ChaseEnglish
Natural Shorthand[53]1917August MengelkampEnglish
New Art of Real Shorthand[54]1919John Malham-DemblebyEnglish
New Rapid[55]1890C.E. McKee
Notescript[56]1964Laurence F. HawkinsEnglish
Paragon Shorthand[57]1895A. Lichtentag
Personal Shorthand[58]Carl W. Salser, C. Theo Yerian and Mark R. SalserEnglishOriginally called "Briefhand."
Pitman Shorthand[59]1837Isaac PitmanEnglish
Polygraphy[60]1747Aulay MacaulayEnglish
Prévost-Delaunay Shorthand[61]1878Hippolyte Prévost and Albert DelaunayFrench
Reformed Phonetic Short-Hand[62]1868Andrew J. MarshEnglish
Scheithauer Shorthand1896Karl Friedrich ScheithauerGermanUsed in Germany.
Scheithauer/Steinmetz Shorthand[63]2020Markus SteinmetzGermanUsed in Germany.
Short-Writing [64]1690Theophilus MetcalfeEnglish
Simson Shorthand[65]1881James SimsonEnglish
Speedwriting[66]1924Emma DearbornEnglish
State Unified Stenography System (GESS)[67]1937Nikolai Nikolaevich SokolovRussianUsed in the Soviet Union; also adapted for English, French, and some of the languages of the Soviet Union.
Stenographie[68]1618John WillisEnglish
Stenography Compleated[69]1727James WestonEnglish
Stenoscript1950Manuel C. AvancenaEnglish
Stiefografie[70]1966Helmut StiefGermanUsed in Germany.
SuperWrite[71]
Swiftograph[72] 1893Fant Abbott

English

Tachygraphy[73]1626Thomas SheltonEnglish, French, GermanOriginally called "Short-Writing."
Taylor shorthand[74]1786Samuel TaylorEnglishAlso known as Universal Stenography
Teeline Shorthand[75]1968James HillEnglish
Thomas Natural Shorthand[76]1935Charles A. ThomasEnglish
Tironian notes[77]63 BCMarcus Tullius TiroLatin
Typed Shorthand[78]1917William BainesEnglishAlso known as Baines' Typed Shorthand.
Universal English Shorthand[79]about 1740John ByromEnglish
Wang-Krogdahl's system[80]1936Leif Wang and Olav KrogdahlNorwegianUsed in the Norwegian parliament.
Weston's Short-hand[81]1727James WestonEnglish
Zeiglographia1650Thomas SheltonEnglish
Phillips Code[82]1879Walter P. PhillipsEnglishIntended for English transmitted over Telegraph in Morse code.
Evans Basic English Code[83]1947John EvansEnglishBased on the earlier Phillips Code but for more general use.

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