diff --git a/scripts/geodata/language_id/disambiguation.py b/scripts/geodata/language_id/disambiguation.py
index 6ba20ae0..c01e7fb5 100644
--- a/scripts/geodata/language_id/disambiguation.py
+++ b/scripts/geodata/language_id/disambiguation.py
@@ -163,9 +163,10 @@ def get_string_script(s):
     is_ascii = True
     script_len = 0
     for c in s:
-        if (ord(c)) >= len(char_scripts):
-            continue
-        script = char_scripts[ord(c)]
+        if (ord(c)) < len(char_scripts):
+            script = char_scripts[ord(c)]
+        else:
+            script = UNKNOWN_SCRIPT
         if script == COMMON_SCRIPT and last_script != UNKNOWN_SCRIPT:
             script = last_script
         if last_script != script and last_script != UNKNOWN_SCRIPT and last_script != COMMON_SCRIPT: