Script type sorts writing systems by how their symbols encode language, such as an alphabet, a syllabary or a logography. Wikipedia notes that "alphabets use graphemes called letters that generally correspond to spoken phonemes," a different mechanism from a syllabary's syllable signs or a logography's whole-word symbols. This dimension groups scripts that encode language the same structural way.
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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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