Omniglot (/ˈɒmnɪˌɡlɒt/) is an online encyclopedia focused on languages and writing systems.
The website was launched by British author Simon Ager in 1998, originally intended to be a web design and translation service.
As Ager collected and added more information about languages and various writing systems, the project evolved into an encyclopedia.
[3] It provides reference materials for some 300 written scripts used in different languages,[4][5] over 1,000 constructed, adapted and fictional scripts, and materials for learning languages.
[8] Its material was the source for a compendium of characters used for development of artificial intelligence, the Omniglot Challenge.