writing system

A writing system is an organized set of visual symbols and rules used to represent the elements of a language in a permanent, readable form.

Observed surface forms (35)

• abugida ×32
• Brahmic script ×22
• abjad ×11
• ancient script ×4
• orthographic standard ×4
• writing system family ×4
• Northwest Semitic script ×3
• writing system style ×3
• Brahmic-type script ×2
• Georgian script ×2

• Latin script ×2
• Philippine script ×2
• medieval script ×2
• numeral system ×2
• Arabic script ×1
• Cyrillic script variant ×1
• Indic script ×1
• Japanese syllabary ×1
• Korean script ×1
• Mongolic script ×1
• Polynesian writing system ×1
• Slavic script ×1
• consonantal alphabet ×1
• consonantal writing system ×1
• featural alphabet ×1
• indigenous script ×1
• logographic script ×1
• naming system ×1
• orthographic system ×1
• spelling system ×1
• syllabary ×1
• symbol system ×1
• undeciphered script ×1
• writing convention ×1
• writing system standard ×1

Instances (103)

• Domain Name System via concept surface "naming system"
• Royal Air Force heraldry via concept surface "symbol system"
• Oscan alphabet
• Gurmukhi via concept surface "abugida"
• Old Italic script via concept surface "writing system family"
• Vietnamese alphabet
• South Picene alphabet
• Runic alphabet
• Kawi script
• North Picene alphabet
• Venetic alphabet
• Balinese script via concept surface "abugida"
• Ortografía de la lengua española via concept surface "orthographic standard"
• GOC via concept surface "orthographic standard"
• Lepontic alphabet
• Paleo-Latin alphabet
• Hebrew alphabet via concept surface "abjad"
• Greek alphabet
• Brahmi script
• Bulgarian Sign Language (written form)
• Glagolitic script
• Sharada script via concept surface "abugida"
• Hangul
• Grantha script
• Bengali script via concept surface "abugida"
• Gujarati script via concept surface "abugida"
• Kannada script via concept surface "abugida"
• Telugu script via concept surface "abugida"
• Etruscan alphabet
• Aramaic alphabet (historically) via concept surface "abjad"
  surface form: Aramaic alphabet
• Eastern Arabic numerals via concept surface "numeral system"
• Gaelic Orthographic Conventions via concept surface "orthographic standard"
• Nastaʿlīq via concept surface "writing system style"
• Shahmukhi script
• Tifinagh
• Nabataean alphabet via concept surface "abjad"
• Punic script via concept surface "abjad"
• Proto-Canaanite script
• Ugaritic alphabet via concept surface "abjad"
• Eastern Nagari script via concept surface "abugida"
• Cyrillic script
• Latin alphabet
• Hiragana via concept surface "Japanese syllabary"
• Arabic alphabet via concept surface "abjad"
• Nagari script
• Sundanese script via concept surface "abugida"
• Pegon script
• Old Nubian script (historically)
  surface form: Old Nubian script
• Asomtavruli
• Khmer script via concept surface "abugida"