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script
a particular orthography or writing system
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spelling
forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
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picture writing
a writing system using pictographs
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alphabetic script, alphabetic writing
a writing system based on alphabetic characters
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boustrophedon
an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
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ideography
the use of ideograms in writing
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hieroglyph, hieroglyphic
a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
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point system
a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch
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Aramaic, Aramaic script
an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it
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Avestan
the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written
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Brahmi
a script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed
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Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script
a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi
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Pahlavi
the script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language
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Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
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uncial
a style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries
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misspelling
a spelling that is incorrect
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cuneiform
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
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syllabary, syllabic script
a writing system whose characters represent syllables
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hieratic, hieratic script
a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
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braille
a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
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alphabet
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
