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.
Script Type
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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
View the Source 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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