A writingsystem comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. Writing...
examples of actual writing. The difficulty in deciphering these systems can arise from a lack of known language descendants or from the languages being entirely...
needed] This is a small listof examples of featural writingsystemsby date of creation. The languages for which each system was developed are also shown...
constructed writingsystem or a neography is a writingsystem specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of a language or...
can distinguish one word from another in a given language. Not all writingsystems represent language in this way: a syllabary assigns symbols to spoken...
Japanese writingsystem uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries:...
of a text is called a "reader". In general, writingsystems do not constitute languages in and of themselves, but rather a means of encoding language...
above in the phonetic English writingsystem—while also potentially representing the same idea across several languages, as they do not correspond to...
code Listof Unicode characters Listofwritingsystems Punctuation Listof typographical symbols and punctuation marks The remainder of this list focuses...
This is a listof notable programming languages, grouped by type. There is no overarching classification scheme for programming languages. Thus, in many...
history ofwriting traces the development ofwritingsystems and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use ofwriting prefigures...
languages in China. The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages,...
Languages recorded in Mesoamerican writing include Classical Maya, Classical Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and various other languages, particularly of the...
page is a listof lists oflanguages. SIL International's Ethnologue: Languagesof the World lists over 7,100 spoken and signed languages. The International...
is historically the native writingsystemof the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writingsystem that has been substantially...
alphabetical listof any individuals, legendary or real, who are purported by traditions to have invented alphabets or other writingsystems, whether this...
necessary. Some systems provide katakana language conversion. Languages that use syllabic writing include Japanese, Cherokee, Vai, the Yi languagesof eastern...
Various Mongolian writingsystems have been devised for the Mongolian language over the centuries, and from a variety of scripts. The oldest and native...
addition of a phonetic component to pure ideographs is considered to be a key innovation in enabling the writingsystem to adequately encode human language. Logographic...
Written Chinese is a writingsystem that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly...
A numeral system is a writingsystem for expressing numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using digits or...
range of influences from the orthographic practices of other languages. Writingsystems associated with particular dialects have been developed by adapting...
Second languagewriting is the study ofwriting performed by non-native speakers/writers of a language as a second or foreign language. According to Oxford...
Ryukyuan languages. It is thus plausible to assume a borrowed term.[verification needed] (See Classification of the Japonic languages or Comparison of Japanese...
following listof notable constructed languages is divided into auxiliary, ritual, engineered, and artistic (including fictional) languages, and their...
Vietnamese traditional writingsystem) and an archaic form of the chữ Nôm (writingsystem for vernacular Vietnamese language using Chinese characters)...
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