A writing system comprises a set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. The earliest writing...

The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists...

undeciphered writing systems exist today; most date back several thousand years, although some more modern examples do exist. The term "writing systems" is used...

A constructed writing system or a neography is a writing system specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of...

rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according...

Writing is the act of creating a persistent representation of language. A writing system includes a particular set of symbols called a script, as well...

The writing systems of Africa are the current and historical writing systems used on the African continent, both those which are indigenous and those which...

In a featural writing system, the shapes of the symbols (such as letters) are not arbitrary but encode phonological features of the phonemes that they...

of writing traces the development of writing systems and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use of writing prefigures...

can distinguish one word from another in a given language. Not all writing systems represent language in this way: a syllabary assigns symbols to spoken...

A numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using digits or...

where writing is thought to have developed independently. Mesoamerican scripts deciphered to date are a combination of logographic and syllabic systems. They...

is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially...

A number of writing systems have been used to transcribe the Somali language. Of these, the Somali Latin alphabet is the most widely used. It has been...

Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly...

considered the most prestigious or most prominent, and no standard writing system used to represent all dialects. Ojibwe dialects have been written in...

Various Mongolian writing systems have been devised for the Mongolian language over the centuries, and from a variety of scripts. The oldest and native...

Southeast Asia uses various non-Latin-based writing systems. The writing systems below are listed by language family. Khmer script (for Khmer language)...

Akuru" was used historically by Maldivians to distinguish their own writing system from foreign scripts. Foreign scripts were learned and introduced at...

physical object. Pictograms are used in systems of writing and visual communication. A pictography is a writing system which uses pictograms. Some pictograms...

end of syllables), are also found in syllabaries.[citation needed] A writing system using a syllabary is complete when it covers all syllables in the corresponding...

The following is a list of writing systems that are used in Indonesia. ^Status: Active: writing systems that are still in use, managed, and actively taught...

hieroglyphs (/ˈhaɪroʊˌɡlɪfs/ HY-roh-glifs) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined ideographic...

characters in cuneiform script. A writing system that primarily uses logograms is called a logography. Non-logographic writing systems, such as alphabets and syllabaries...

Proto-writing consists of visible marks communicating limited information. Such systems emerged from earlier traditions of symbol systems in the early...

> ɗ s > ts > t tʃ > ɕ a merger j > ð The writing system used for Vietnamese is based closely on the system developed by Alexandre de Rhodes for his 1651...

century King Sejong the Great personally developed an alphabetic featural writing system, known today as Hangul, to promote literacy among the common people...

'idea' + gráphō 'to write') is a symbol that is used within a given writing system to represent an idea or concept in a given language. (Ideograms are...

The Moon System of Embossed Reading (commonly known as the Moon writing, Moon alphabet, Moon script, Moon type, or Moon code) is a writing system for the...

Alphabet only uses lowercase, but uppercase forms are used in some other writing systems: ⟨Ɑ ɑ⟩: Latin alpha, represents an open back unrounded vowel in the...