List of Inventors of Writing Systems - S

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• Saint Clement of Ohrid - Archbishop, ascribed invention of Cyrillic c. 900, according to tradition.
• Saint Mesrob - Armenian monk, created the Armenian alphabet in c. 405.
• Saint Cyril - Greek monk, believed to have created Glagolitic alphabet c. 863.
• Saint Shahjalal - Bengali, ascribed invention of Syloti Nagri alphabet c. 1300, according to tradition.
• Sam Pollard - British missionary, invented Pollard script in 1905.
• Samuel F. B. Morse - American inventor, invented Morse code c. 1835.
• Samuel Taylor - American, invented Universal Stenography system of shorthand in 1792.
• Sejong the Great of Joseon - Korean king, invented Hangul writing in c. 1443, promulgated in 1446.
• Sequoyah, Cherokee silversmith, invented Cherokee syllabary c. 1819.
• Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur - Somali, invented Borama script c. 1933.
• Shong Lue Yang - Laotian, created Pahawh Hmong alphabet in 1959.
• Sirijonga - Nepalese king, ascribed invention of Limbu alphabet c. 880, according to tradition.
• Stephen of Perm - Russian missionary, invented the Old Permic script alphabet in 1372.
• Sol Chong - inventor of the Korean Idu script and Gugyeol script (c.650 - c.730), according to tradition.
• Solomana Kante - Guinean author, invented the N'Ko alphabet in 1949.