writing system
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concept
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)
-
rongorongo
surface form: Rongorongo
- Javanese script
- Hawaiian alphabet