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===Syllable=== | ===Syllable=== | ||
These scrips writes out entire syllables, more or less, of the language in a distinct grapheme. There are two of these. | These scrips writes out entire syllables, more or less, of the language in a distinct {{lg|grapheme}}. There are two of these. | ||
====Logographic==== | ====Logographic==== | ||
This script usually encompasses larger form of syllables, roughly around CVC structure and not larger. The script usually have a few hundred to several thousand symboles that must be memorized. It can be quite structured at first but like all systems the langauge changes and soon it is just a question of memorizing everything. This system fits languages with a smaller consonant inventory and simple syllable structure like the previously mentioned one. Chinese is an example. | This script usually encompasses larger form of syllables, roughly around CVC structure and not larger. The script usually have a few hundred to several thousand symboles that must be memorized. It can be quite structured at first but like all systems the langauge changes and soon it is just a question of memorizing everything. This system fits languages with a smaller consonant inventory and simple syllable structure like the previously mentioned one. Chinese is an example. | ||
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*Grapheme count: 10-40 | *Grapheme count: 10-40 | ||
*Phoneme count: small to large | *Phoneme count: small to large | ||
==Direction== | |||
Everyone knows you read from left to right, up to down, as I call it LRUD. So thats natural isn't it? | |||
Well no, you can do it in a total of 4 ways, LRUD, RLUD (Right to left, Up and downward), UDLR (up and downward first, then left to right, reading in columns rather than rows) and Lastely UDRL. You might think that it could possbibly be down and up, while it is a concievable thing no script system has ever utilized it. | |||
Examples | |||
*LRUD, Latin | |||
*RLUD, Arabic or hebrew | |||
*UDRL, Japanese | |||
*UDLR, Mongolian | |||
the direction in which it is written forms heavily how the symbols are written to minimize effort in that direction. so the direction does matter. | |||
==Traits== | |||
==Tools== | |||
==Choosing== | |||
==Graphemes== | |||
[[Category:Script]] | [[Category:Script]] | ||