{"product_id":"encyclopedia-of-world-writing-systems-daniel-dinkelman-9798897601455","title":"Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems: A Global Atlas of Alphabets, Abjads, Abugidas, Syllabaries, Logographic Systems, and Scripts of Living, Endange","description":"\u003cb\u003eENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD WRITING SYSTEMS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Global Atlas of Alphabets, Abjads, Abugidas, Syllabaries, Logographic Systems, and Scripts of Living, Endangered, and Ancient Languages\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewly revised and improved in response to reader feedback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplore more than 100 writing systems from across the world and throughout human history in a 500-page reference volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eEncyclopedia of World Writing Systems\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, readers will find\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore than 100 ancient, medieval, modern, and constructed writing systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlphabets, abjads, abugidas, syllabaries, logographic systems, and historic scripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter charts and representative glyphs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePronunciation and phonetic information\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical and cultural background\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamples showing how scripts function\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComparative material for recognizing related scripts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoverage of widely used and rare writing traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdentify unfamiliar scripts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecode letters and symbols\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompare writing systems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudy pronunciation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the history of written language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWRITING SYSTEMS INCLUDED\u003cp\u003eAdlam\u003cbr\u003eArabic\u003cbr\u003eArmenian\u003cbr\u003eAvestan\u003cbr\u003eBalinese\u003cbr\u003eBamum\u003cbr\u003eBangla (Bengali)\u003cbr\u003eBatak\u003cbr\u003eBaybayin\u003cbr\u003eBerber (Tifinagh)\u003cbr\u003eBuginese (Lontara)\u003cbr\u003eBuhid\u003cbr\u003eBurmese\u003cbr\u003eCanadian Aboriginal Syllabics\u003cbr\u003eCarian\u003cbr\u003eCaucasian Albanian\u003cbr\u003eCham\u003cbr\u003eCherokee\u003cbr\u003eChinese\u003cbr\u003eCoptic\u003cbr\u003eCypriot Syllabary\u003cbr\u003eCyrillic\u003cbr\u003eDeseret\u003cbr\u003eDevanagari\u003cbr\u003eEgyptian Hieroglyphs\u003cbr\u003eElbasan\u003cbr\u003eEthiopic (Ge'ez)\u003cbr\u003eGeorgian (Mkhedruli, Nuskhuri, and Asomtavruli)\u003cbr\u003eGothic\u003cbr\u003eGrantha\u003cbr\u003eGreek\u003cbr\u003eGujarati\u003cbr\u003eGurmukhi\u003cbr\u003eHangul (Korean)\u003cbr\u003eHanunó'o\u003cbr\u003eHebrew\u003cbr\u003eInscriptional Pahlavi\u003cbr\u003eInscriptional Parthian\u003cbr\u003eJapanese Hiragana\u003cbr\u003eJapanese Kanji\u003cbr\u003eJapanese Katakana\u003cbr\u003eJapanese Romaji\u003cbr\u003eJavanese\u003cbr\u003eKannada\u003cbr\u003eKayah Li\u003cbr\u003eKharoshthi\u003cbr\u003eKhmer\u003cbr\u003eKhojki\u003cbr\u003eKhudawadi\u003cbr\u003eLao\u003cbr\u003eLatin\u003cbr\u003eLepcha\u003cbr\u003eLimbu\u003cbr\u003eLinear B Ideograms\u003cbr\u003eLinear B Syllabary\u003cbr\u003eLisu\u003cbr\u003eLycian\u003cbr\u003eLydian\u003cbr\u003eMakasar\u003cbr\u003eMalayalam\u003cbr\u003eMandaic\u003cbr\u003eMarchen\u003cbr\u003eMeitei Mayek\u003cbr\u003eMende Kikakui\u003cbr\u003eMeroitic Hieroglyphs\u003cbr\u003eMeroitic Cursive\u003cbr\u003eModi\u003cbr\u003eMongolian\u003cbr\u003eMro\u003cbr\u003eN'Ko\u003cbr\u003eNewa (Prachalit)\u003cbr\u003eOdia (Oriya)\u003cbr\u003eOgham\u003cbr\u003eOl Chiki (Santali)\u003cbr\u003eOld Hungarian\u003cbr\u003eOld Italic\u003cbr\u003eOld North Arabian\u003cbr\u003eOld Permic\u003cbr\u003eOld Persian\u003cbr\u003eOld South Arabian\u003cbr\u003eOld Turkic\u003cbr\u003eOrkhon\u003cbr\u003eOsage\u003cbr\u003eOsmanya\u003cbr\u003ePahawh Hmong\u003cbr\u003ePau Cin Hau\u003cbr\u003ePhoenician\u003cbr\u003ePsalter Pahlavi\u003cbr\u003eRejang\u003cbr\u003eRohingya 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