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Writing system
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Convention of symbols representing language
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Cyrillic script
Writing system used for various Eurasian languages
ISO 15924:Hanb
mixed script system which may alternate between the Han ideographic script and the Bopomofo semi-syllabary
Latin script
Writing system based on the alphabet used by the Romans
Hebrew script based alphabet
writing system used to write most Jewish languages
Old Italic scripts
Family of writing systems in ancient Italy
Etruscan alphabet
Alphabet used by the Etruscans of central and northern Italy
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Abbreviation
Shortened form of a word or phrase
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Latin-script alphabet
Alphabet using Latin letters
Georgian scripts
Three related alphabets used to write Georgian
Semi-syllabary
Writing system that behaves partly as an alphabet and partly as a syllabary
numeric writing system
writing system for numbers
phonetic writing system
writing system that represents sounds
Constructed writing system
Writing system specifically created by an individual or group
Featural writing system
Writing system whose symbols encode phonological features of the phonemes that they represent
Undeciphered writing systems
Writing systems that are yet to be understood
Alphabet
Set of letters used to write a given language
Syllabary
Set of written symbols that represent the syllables or moras which make up spoken words
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A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. Writing systems can generally be classified according to how symbols function according to these rules, with the most common types being alphabets, syllabaries, and logographies. Alphabets use...

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