The World's Writing Systems
- The World's Writing Systems
"The World's Writing Systems" is a reference book about the world's writing systems. The book is edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright and was first published by Oxford University Press in 1996.
"The World's Writing Systems" systematically explores most of the world's writing systems from the earliest times onwards. There are seventy-four signed articles, each in its own numbered section, with seventy-nine contributors (some articles have shared credit, while others merely consulted).
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Ojibwe writing systems — A sign in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, with Ojibwe syllabics. The unpointed syllabics text says ᑳᐃᔑᐊᓉᐱᓈᓂᐗᐣᐠ (Gaa izhi anwebinaaniwang the place where people repose )…but with the last ᐧ / w missing from the sign. Ojibwe is an Native American language… … Wikipedia
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Mesoamerican writing systems — Mesoamerica, like India, Mesopotamia, China, and Egypt, is one of the few places in the world where writing has developed independently. Mesoamerican scripts deciphered to date are logosyllabic, combining the use of logograms with a syllabary,… … Wikipedia
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