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Script Family (Lineage)

Script family groups writing systems by their shared line of descent. Wikipedia describes the Latin script as "based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet," placing it in the same broad family as Greek, Cyrillic and Coptic. This dimension lets a visitor compare scripts that trace back to the same ancestral writing system.

Script Family (Lineage)
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World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia (formerly Ancient History Encyclopedia)
  • Contains: Cuneiform
  • Contains: Egyptian Hieroglyphs
  • Contains: Maya Script
  • Contains: Linear A
  • Contains: Linear B
  • Contains: Brahmi
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Omniglot: The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages
  • Contains: Hebrew Square Script
  • Contains: Rongorongo
  • Contains: Glagolitic Alphabet
  • Contains: Hiragana
  • Contains: Katakana
  • Contains: Ge'ez Script
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Cherokee Phoenix
Cherokee NationContains: Cherokee SyllabaryView the Source
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