The Unicode Standard encodes characters on a per script basis. So, for example, there is only one set of Latin characters defined, despite the fact that the Latin script is used for the alphabets of thousands of different languages.
What is Unicode?
Unicode is the universal character encoding, maintained by the Unicode Consortium. This encoding standard provides the basis for processing, storage and interchange of text data in any language in all modern software and information technology protocols. See "What is Unicode?" for a short explanation of what Unicode is all about. That page is translated into more than 50 languages, to illustrate the use of the standard. See for yourself!
oes Unicode encode scripts or languages?