| नगर, विद्यालय, पुलिस | India / Devanagari | Strong horizontal headline. |
| রাস্তা, বাজার, ঢাকা | Bangladesh / Bengali | Curvier headline with hanging letterforms. |
| ถนน, โรงเรียน, วัด | Thailand / Thai | Small loops and compact strokes. |
| ຖະໜົນ, ວັດ | Laos / Lao | More open and simpler than Thai. |
| ផ្លូវ, សាលា, វត្ត | Cambodia / Khmer | Ornamental and dense. |
| පාසල, පොලිසිය | Sri Lanka / Sinhala | Large round loops. |
| Jalan, Kedai, Masjid | Malaysia / Malay | Latin script with key Malay vocabulary. |
| Аԥсны,ҟәа, Абхазия, Сухум | Abkhazia / Black Sea coast | Russian + Abkhaz with special letters like Ҟ/ҩ = Abkhazia. |
| Հայաստան, Երևան, փողոց, դեղատուն, ելք | Armenia / Armenian | Angular hooked letters; Երևան and Հայաստան are direct clues. |
| Azərbaycan, Bakı, Gəncə, küçə, çıxış, məktəb | Azerbaijan / Azerbaijani Latin | The letter ə + ı/ş/ç strongly points to Azerbaijan. |
| ГӀалгӀай, Дагъистан, Нохчийн, Ирыстон | Caucasian languages in extended Cyrillic | Palochka Ӏ/ӏ and combinations гъ/къ/хь are signs of local Caucasian languages. |
| საქართველო, თბილისი, ქუჩა, გზა, აფთიაქი | Georgia / Georgian | Unique rounded curves, not looking Cyrillic or Armenian. |
| حلال, مسجد, Дагестан, Грозный, Bakı | Muslim Caucasus | Arabic halal/mosque is religious context; confirm with Azerbaijani Latin or Caucasian Cyrillic. |
| Грозный, Махачкала, Владикавказ, Нальчик, Дагестан | Russian North Caucasus | Russian Cyrillic with place names like Грозный or Махачкала = North Caucasus. |
| Gvangjsih, Nanzningz, 广西, 南宁 | Guangxi / Zhuang | Odd Latin with final z beside simplified Chinese = Zhuang. |
| 清真, 清真寺, حلال, مسجد | Islam in China / Hui-Xinjiang-Northwest | 清真 indicates halal/Islamic; Arabic can appear on Chinese restaurants and mosques. |
| 中国, 北京, 上海, 出口, 入口, 禁止, 危险 | Mainland China / Simplified Chinese | Heavy simplified Han + pinyin/English below text = mainland China. |
| ᠦᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ, ᠵᠠᠮ, 内蒙古 | Inner Mongolia | Vertical cursive column text beside Chinese = Inner Mongolia. |
| 路, 街, 大道, 公路, 高速公路, 国道, 省道 | Chinese road signage | 路/街 are urban suffixes; 高速公路 and 国道 are key road clues. |
| 国, 车, 门, 药, 场, 铁, 机 | Simplified, not traditional | These characters have more complex traditional forms: 國, 車, 門, 藥, 場, 鐵, 機. |
| བོད་, ལྷ་ས་, ལམ་, 拉萨 | Tibet / Tibetan areas of China | Tibetan headline script + simplified Chinese = Xizang/Qinghai/Sichuan/Gansu/Yunnan Tibetan areas. |
| شىنجاڭ, ئۈرۈمچى, يول, 乌鲁木齐 | Xinjiang / Uyghur | Uyghur Arabic on official signs beside Chinese = Xinjiang. |
| 연변, 연길, 학교, 延边, 延吉 | Yanbian / Korean in China | Hangul + simplified Chinese is not always Korea: it can be Yanbian/Jilin. |
| ꆈꌠ, ꆃꎭ | Yi / southwest China | Odd square symbols beside Chinese in Sichuan/Yunnan/Guizhou = possible Yi. |
| 한국, 서울, 부산, 길, 도로, 정지 | Korea / Hangul | Geometric blocks with ㅇ circles and bars; no kana and no headline. |
| 약국, 은행, 식당, 호텔, 편의점 | Korean urban storefronts | 약국 pharmacy, 은행 bank, 식당 restaurant: good street-level anchors. |
| 대로, 로, 길, 고속도로, 방면 | South Korean road signage | Road suffixes -daero, -ro, -gil are key in South Korean addresses. |
| 韓國, 大韓, 首爾 | Hanja or Han in Korean context | Chinese characters are not enough: look for Hangul, Korean romanization or multilingual signage. |
| রাস্তা, কলকাতা, অসম | West Bengal, Tripura or Assam | Has a headline, but letters are curvier than Devanagari. |
| सड़क, पुलिस, अस्पताल, पुणे | North/central India; Hindi or Marathi | Continuous horizontal headline. |
| રસ્તો, પોલીસ, અમદાવાદ | Gujarat | Looks like Devanagari without the top headline. |
| ਸੜਕ, ਪੁਲਿਸ, ਪੰਜਾਬ | Indian Punjab | Has a headline, but letters are simple and wide. |
| ರಸ್ತೆ, ಬೀದಿ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು | Karnataka / Bengaluru | Rounded like Telugu, but more compact. |
| Road, Police, Hospital, No Parking | India only if paired with a regional script | English does not decide; check the local script next to it. |
| റോഡ്, പോലീസ്, തിരുവനന്തപുരം | Kerala | Many dense circles, ovals and curls. |
| ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ, ꯏꯝꯐꯥꯜ, ꯃꯩꯇꯩ | Manipur / Northeast India | Separate geometric signs; low street frequency. |
| ରାସ୍ତା, ପୋଲିସ, ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର | Odisha | Round bubbles/circles, no long headline. |
| சாலை, தெரு, சென்னை | Tamil Nadu / Puducherry | Simple rounded curves, no headline. |
| రహదారి, వీధి, హైదరాబాద్ | Andhra Pradesh / Telangana | Rounded with small upper hooks and ornamental loops. |
| سڑک, بازار, پولیس, دہلی | Urdu in India: Delhi, Hyderabad, UP, J&K | Right-to-left cursive with dots. |
| 止まれ, 通り, 駅, 入口, 出口 | Standard Japan / road and transport signage | Kanji mixed with rounded hiragana or angular katakana = Japan. |
| の, し, ま, り, る, お | Japanese hiragana | Soft rounded symbols with no square blocks and no headline. |
| ホテル, レストラン, コンビニ, タクシー | Japanese commercial katakana | Angular, with long vowel mark ー; many English loanwords. |
| 東京, 大阪, 京都, 札幌, 沖縄 | Japanese place names | City kanji; look for rōmaji below to confirm the region. |
| 国道, 県道, 駐車場, 交番, 郵便局 | Japanese institutions and roads | Very repeated Japanese street words; 交番 and 〒 are strong clues. |
| めんそーれ, はいさい, 沖縄そば | Okinawa / Ryukyu | Local phrases + tropical climate/palms = Okinawa. |
| アイヌモシㇼ, ウポポイ, サッポロ | Hokkaido / Ainu | Special katakana or Ainu place names in a northern setting = Hokkaido. |
| 입구, 출구, 出口, 车站 | Japanese multilingual signage | Korean/Chinese next to Japanese and English in stations/airports does not rule out Japan. |
| Shinjuku, Dori, Ekimae, Chuo, Kita | Japanese rōmaji | Romanized suffixes and directions with kanji/kana: urban Japan. |
| 조선, 평양, 주체, 려관 | North Korea / official context | 조선 and 주체 are strong clues; initial 려- contrasts with South Korean 여- forms. |
| Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Gangnam-daero, Sejong-daero | Korean romanization | Latin with Korean place names and -ro/-gil/-daero suffixes usually accompanies Hangul. |
| 首尔站, ソウル駅, ホテル | Multilingual tourist signage in South Korea | Chinese/Japanese in Korea usually comes with Hangul; do not jump to China or Japan without context. |