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    ISO 15924 codes List of languages by first written accounts Unicode Writing systems without word boundaries This maps shows languages official in the...
    51 KB (3,413 words) - 13:29, 23 April 2024
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    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...
    13 KB (1,335 words) - 16:55, 26 April 2024
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    A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. Writing...
    48 KB (5,679 words) - 14:12, 12 April 2024
  • needed] This is a small list of examples of featural writing systems by date of creation. The languages for which each system was developed are also shown...
    6 KB (584 words) - 14:50, 26 February 2024
  • Alphabetic writing system)
    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...
    64 KB (7,023 words) - 16:59, 22 April 2024
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    Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries:...
    36 KB (4,194 words) - 18:32, 11 April 2024
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    of a text is called a "reader". In general, writing systems do not constitute languages in and of themselves, but rather a means of encoding language...
    78 KB (9,275 words) - 05:27, 22 April 2024
  • Ideographic writing systems)
    above in the phonetic English writing system—while also potentially representing the same idea across several languages, as they do not correspond to...
    14 KB (1,621 words) - 18:01, 29 March 2024
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    non-Latin-based writing systems. The writing systems below are listed by language family. Khmer script (for Khmer language) Khom script (for Bahnaric languages) Chữ...
    8 KB (598 words) - 19:15, 9 September 2023
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    history of writing traces the development of writing systems and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use of writing prefigures...
    101 KB (12,006 words) - 02:49, 24 April 2024
  • code List of Unicode characters List of writing systems Punctuation List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks The remainder of this list focuses...
    12 KB (1,233 words) - 08:49, 18 April 2024
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    languages in China. The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages,...
    40 KB (3,501 words) - 00:05, 15 March 2024
  • Languages recorded in Mesoamerican writing include Classical Maya, Classical Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mixtec, and various other languages, particularly of the...
    25 KB (3,043 words) - 06:42, 7 April 2024
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    Various Mongolian writing systems have been devised for the Mongolian language over the centuries, and from a variety of scripts. The oldest and native...
    14 KB (1,628 words) - 00:52, 23 February 2024
  • list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language. It does not include undeciphered writing...
    104 KB (6,111 words) - 07:10, 22 April 2024
  • This is a list of notable programming languages, grouped by type. There is no overarching classification scheme for programming languages. Thus, in many...
    91 KB (7,027 words) - 15:58, 28 March 2024
  • Writing system of the classic Maya
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    is historically the native writing system of the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially...
    58 KB (5,790 words) - 03:51, 2 April 2024
  • alphabetical list of any individuals, legendary or real, who are purported by traditions to have invented alphabets or other writing systems, whether this...
    17 KB (1,990 words) - 08:45, 21 January 2024
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