writing system
any conventional method of visually representing verbal or signed communication
alphabet
standard set of letters present in some written languages
shorthand
abbreviated symbolic writing method
syllabary
set of written symbols that represent the syllables or moras which make up words
standard form of national characters
standardized form of Chinese characters by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
phonetic writing system
writing system that represents sounds
logographic writing system
writing system that is based on logograms
Aegean scripts
family of writing systems used in Ancient Crete; encompasses Cretan Hieroglyphs, Linear A and Linear B
Mari alphabet
contain several alphabets of the Mari languages
syllabic writing system
writing system which use syllabaries, in which each symbol or grapheme represents a consonant and a vowel
Somali alphabets
writing systems for the Somali language
Taiwanese Hangul
orthography system for Taiwanese language
Latin-script alphabet
alphabet that uses letters of the Latin script
Arabic-script alphabet
writing system based on letters of the Arabic abjad
Slavonic musical notation
Musical notation of Slavs
Vietnamese Hmong alphabet
writing system of Hmong language
Georgian scripts
alphabetic writing systems mostly used to transcribe the Georgian language and other Kartvelian languages
Turkmen alphabet
alphabetic systems used for writing Turkmen, including Latin, Cyrillic, and Perso-Arabic
Avestan
alphabet mainly used in Zoroastrian scriptures to transcribe the old Avestan language
Chinese bronze inscriptions
writing in a variety of Chinese scripts in inscriptions on Chinese ritual bronzes (e.g. zhōng bells, dǐng tripodal cauldrons) from the Shang dynasty to the Zhou dynasty and later
official script
writing system that is specifically designated to be official in some jurisdiction by law
Arabic script
writing system for Arabic and some Asian and African languages
Cursive hieroglyphs
handwritten Egyptian hieroglyphs
Great Lakes Algonquian syllabary
writing system
percussion notation
musical Notation for Percussive Instruments
Sumerian writing
cuneiform writing system
Proto-Elamite
script used for writing Elamite language in the early Bronze Age
cuneiform
ancient writing system used for many languages, including Akkadian and Hittite
Taiwanese kana
writing system for Taiwanese Hokkien based on katakana, used during the colonial era (1896–1945)
Tajik Cyrillic alphabet
alphabet used to write the Tajik language
shorthand typing
Notes taking technique
defective script
writing system that does not represent all the phonemic distinctions of a language
Church Romanisation
Romanization writing system of several Chinese dialects
curial
script
Traditional Chinese
written Chinese language using traditional set of Chinese characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
typeface family
group of stylistically related typefaces
Book Pahlavi
writing system
Karani script
script
phonemic writing system
writing system in which each letter represents exactly one phoneme uniquely
undeciphered writing system
written form of language that is not currently understood
constructed writing system
writing system specifically created by an individual or group