Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems (Paperback)

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Editore: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 2026

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Paperback. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD WRITING SYSTEMSA Global Atlas of Alphabets, Abjads, Abugidas, Syllabaries, Logographic Systems, and Scripts of Living, Endangered, and Ancient LanguagesNewly revised and improved in response to reader feedback.Explore more than 100 writing systems from across the world and throughout human history in a 500-page reference volume.The Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems is designed for readers who want to do more than admire unfamiliar scripts. It provides a practical introduction to how writing systems are structured, pronounced, developed, and used by languages and civilizations.This revised edition has been reworked to improve clarity, organization, navigation, and reference value. Earlier material reflects reader feedback, making the book more useful for identifying, decoding, comparing, and pronouncing unfamiliar characters.Inside, readers will findMore than 100 ancient, medieval, modern, and constructed writing systemsAlphabets, abjads, abugidas, syllabaries, logographic systems, and historic scriptsCharacter charts and representative glyphsPronunciation and phonetic informationHistorical and cultural backgroundExamples showing how scripts functionComparative material for recognizing related scriptsCoverage of widely used and rare writing traditionsWhether you are a linguist, language learner, historian, typographer, calligrapher, traveler, conlanger, educator, or researcher, this encyclopedia offers a broad visual and linguistic survey of humanity's written forms.Use it to: Identify unfamiliar scriptsDecode letters and symbolsCompare writing systemsStudy pronunciationExplore the history of written languageWRITING SYSTEMS INCLUDEDAdlamArabicArmenianAvestanBalineseBamumBangla (Bengali)BatakBaybayinBerber (Tifinagh)Buginese (Lontara)BuhidBurmeseCanadian Aboriginal SyllabicsCarianCaucasian AlbanianChamCherokeeChineseCopticCypriot SyllabaryCyrillicDeseretDevanagariEgyptian HieroglyphsElbasanEthiopic (Ge'ez)Georgian (Mkhedruli, Nuskhuri, and Asomtavruli)GothicGranthaGreekGujaratiGurmukhiHangul (Korean)Hanuno'oHebrewInscriptional PahlaviInscriptional ParthianJapanese HiraganaJapanese KanjiJapanese KatakanaJapanese RomajiJavaneseKannadaKayah LiKharoshthiKhmerKhojkiKhudawadiLaoLatinLepchaLimbuLinear B IdeogramsLinear B SyllabaryLisuLycianLydianMakasarMalayalamMandaicMarchenMeitei MayekMende KikakuiMeroitic HieroglyphsMeroitic CursiveModiMongolianMroN'KoNewa (Prachalit)Odia (Oriya)OghamOl Chiki (Santali)Old HungarianOld ItalicOld North ArabianOld PermicOld PersianOld South ArabianOld TurkicOrkhonOsageOsmanyaPahawh HmongPau Cin HauPhoenicianPsalter PahlaviRejangRohingya HanifiRunicSamaritanSaurashtraShavianSiddhamSinhalaSundaneseSylheti NagariSyriacTagbanwaTai AhomTai LeNew Tai LueTai ThamTai VietTakriTamilTeluguThaanaThaiTibetanTirhuta (Maithili)UgariticUighurVaiWarang CitiYiFrom Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Greek, and Thai to Egyptian Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …

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Titolo
Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems (Paperback)
Autore
Daniel Dinkelman
Editore
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798897601455
Serie
Libro 20 di 20: Linguistics

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