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)

• Latin script (Azerbaijan)
• Mkhedruli
• Odia script via concept surface "abugida"
• Boko alphabet
• Thaana script
• Phoenician alphabet via concept surface "abjad"
• Turkish alphabet
• An Caighdeán Oifigiúil via concept surface "orthographic standard"
• Coptic script
• Estrangela script
• Perso-Arabic script
• East Syriac script
• Brahmic scripts via concept surface "writing system family"
• Kadamba script
• North Italic alphabet via concept surface "writing system family"
• Egyptian hieroglyphs
• Malayalam script via concept surface "abugida"
• Taliq script via concept surface "writing system style"
• Baybayin
• Tirhuta script via concept surface "abugida"
• Sinhala script via concept surface "abugida"
• Canadian Aboriginal syllabics via concept surface "writing system family"
• Devanagari script via concept surface "abugida"
• Roro
  surface form: Rongorongo
• Lao script via concept surface "abugida"
• Classical Mongolian script
• Landa scripts via concept surface "abugida"
• Carolingian minuscule via concept surface "medieval script"
• Ogham script
• Kufic script via concept surface "Arabic script"
• Geʽez script via concept surface "abugida"
• Armenian alphabet
• Gwich’in alphabet
• Gallifreyan
• Umbrian alphabet
• Pallava script via concept surface "abugida"
• Georgian script
• Faroese alphabet
• Nuskhuri via concept surface "Georgian script"
• Tibetan script via concept surface "abugida"
• Thai numerals via concept surface "numeral system"
• Kulitan script
• Burmese script via concept surface "abugida"
• Vatteluttu script
• Rencong script
• Mistralian orthography
• Thuluth script via concept surface "writing system style"
• Serbian Latin alphabet
• Tamil script via concept surface "abugida"
• Serbian Cyrillic alphabet