A script whose signs principally represent words or morphemes rather than sounds, per Daniels and Bright. Belongs here: Han Script, the logographic writing system behind Chinese characters and their historical use in Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese, and Rongorongo, the undeciphered script of Easter Island. Does not belong here: a script combining logograms with a genuine syllabary for phonetic spelling, grouped under Logo-Syllabic Scripts instead.
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1. Wikipedia: Oracle Bone Script
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The oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC.
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