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...written down using an adaptation of the Phoenician alphabet. The Aramaic writing system represents consonants only (though it may sometimes indicate vowels by mean

...metimes ''Менск, Miensk'' [mʲɛnsk]<ref>According to [[Belarussian language#Writing system|Łacinka]], the usual Latin alphabet for Belarussian.</ref>; [[Russian]]: '

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...'', and these are roughly similar in duration. The Japanese ''[[kana]]'' [[writing system]] represents moras rather than syllables, so ''hon'' is written with two sy

{{Infobox Writing system ...July 1823, they had begun using the phrase "Hawaiian Language." The actual writing system was developed by American [[Protestant]] missionaries on January 7, 1822. T

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...m-mandarin.gif|right|100px|'[[Citizendium]]' in Chinese characters. This [[writing system]] allows characters to be written top to bottom as well as left to right.}} ...Chinese and—in modified form—other languages. They are the world's oldest writing system in that they have the longest record of continuous use, dating back thousan

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...'''al''')''' mark''' or '''diacritic'''('''al''')''' sign''', in several [[writing system]]s, is a little sign added on to a character, modifying it slightly, in or * Some diacritics are unique to one writing system. For instance, the diacritic called [[shadda]], indicating that a consonant

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'''Mathematical notation''' is a collection of several abstract [[writing system|writing systems]] used in [[Mathematics]] and in other [[Science|scientific

[[Japanese language|Japanese]] employs three scripts in its [[writing system]], one of which is カタカナ '''katakana''', which represents the [[mora

...m-mandarin.gif|right|200px|'[[Citizendium]]' in Chinese characters. This [[writing system]] allows characters to be written top to bottom as well as left to right.}} ...tions as [[Korea]], [[Japan]] and [[Vietnam]]. They are the world's oldest writing system in that they have the longest record of continuous use, dating back thousan

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...lso the result of political divisions, cultural differences, distinctive [[writing system]]s, or other factors. [[Max Weinreich]] is credited as saying that "[[Langu

...russian]]: ''Беларусь, Biełaruś'';<ref>According to [[Belarussian language#Writing system|Łacinka]], the local use of the Latin alphabet in Belarussian, but only th

...larussian]]: ''Віцебск, Viciebsk''<ref>According to [[Belarussian language#Writing system|Łacinka]], the usual way of using the Latin alphabet in Belarussian.</ref>

...er than with the contexts in which they are used in [[language]]s. While [[writing system]]s and [[alphabet]]s often attempt to represent the sounds of speech, phone