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Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems
A Global Atlas of Alphabets, Abjads, Abugidas, Syllabaries, Logographic Systems, and Scripts of Living, Endangered, and Ancient Languages
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Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34847373
EAN: 9798897601455
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Zustellung: Fr, 02.10.2026
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Beschreibung
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD WRITING SYSTEMS. A 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 find. More than 100 ancient, medieval, modern, and constructed writing systems. Alphabets, abjads, abugidas, syllabaries, logographic systems, and historic scripts. Character charts and representative glyphs. Pronunciation and phonetic information. Historical and cultural background. Examples showing how scripts function. Comparative material for recognizing related scripts. Coverage of widely used and rare writing traditions. Whether 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 scripts. Decode letters and symbols. Compare writing systems. Study pronunciation. Explore the history of written language. WRITING SYSTEMS INCLUDEDAdlamArabicArmenianAvestanBalineseBamumBangla (Bengali)BatakBaybayinBerber (Tifinagh)Buginese (Lontara)BuhidBurmeseCanadian Aboriginal SyllabicsCarianCaucasian AlbanianChamCherokeeChineseCopticCypriot SyllabaryCyrillicDeseretDevanagariEgyptian HieroglyphsElbasanEthiopic (Ge'ez)Georgian (Mkhedruli, Nuskhuri, and Asomtavruli)GothicGranthaGreekGujaratiGurmukhiHangul (Korean)Hanunó'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 CitiYi. From Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, Greek, and Thai to Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Ugaritic, Runic, Ogham, and Avestan, this book presents the written heritage of cultures across Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the Americas. The Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems. is both a practical reference and a celebration of humanity's genius in transforming speech, sound, meaning, memory, and identity into visible form.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Daniel Dinkelman
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 502