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Kinds of Writing: Spelling/Grammar Check, typos fixed: ie, → i.e.,

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History

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moved Writing to Written Language: Same/similar reason as my last move

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Kinds of Writing

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History

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 ==Kinds of Writing==
-There are two primary kinds of writing: '''alphabetic''' and '''logographic'''.   Alphabetic systems use a single symbol to express a single sound, and thus by writing these symbols next to each other, a string of sounds is described which create a word in the language being written.  In a logographic system, a single symbol can be used to refer to an idea or a syllable, depending on the context, and frequently the syllables or other sound symbols will provide the intangible framework (ie, thinking, when?, etc.) for the concrete ideas (tree, house, etc.) which are expressed by single symbols.
+There are two primary kinds of writing: '''alphabetic''' and '''logographic'''.   Alphabetic systems use a single symbol to express a single sound, and thus by writing these symbols next to each other, a string of sounds is described which create a word in the language being written.  In a logographic system, a single symbol can be used to refer to an idea or a syllable, depending on the context, and frequently the syllables or other sound symbols will provide the intangible framework (i.e., thinking, when?, etc.) for the concrete ideas (tree, house, etc.) which are expressed by single symbols.
 '''Alphabetic Writing Systems:'''

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−	'''Written Language''' is the symbolic representation of language in some physical medium, often with an alphabet but also possible with hieroglyphs or other pictographic characters. Unlike unrecorded [[speech]], it is a form of [[communication]] that has a lasting nature, in that it still exists or can be seen after it is completed.	+	'''Written Language''' is the symbolic representation of language in some physical medium, often with an alphabet but also possible with hieroglyphs or other pictographic characters. Unlike unrecorded [[speech]], it is a form of [[communication]] that has a lasting nature, in that it still exists or can be seen after it is completed. This makes it much easier to share knowledge with other people, since many people can read the same book and there is no danger of the author's original intention being misunderstood through transfer of knowledge by word of mouth.

	==History==		==History==

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 ==History==
-:''For more information, see [[History of Writing]].''
+:''For more information, see [[History of Written Language]].''
 The forerunners to writing were carved sticks or knotted cords that conveyed information.  Prehistoric writing took the form of cave art such as found in [[France]].  The cultures that developed in [[Egypt]] and [[Sumeria]] both started with pictorial forms which led to Egyptian [[hieroglyphics]] and Sumerian [[cuneiform]].  The [[Hittites]], Egyptians and Mesopotamians all devised symbols for specific sounds known as phonetic writing.  During the 2nd millennium B.C., Semitic [[alphabet]]s emerged allowing writing as know it.  The [[Greeks]] and the [[Roman]]s both copied these earlier alphabets.

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−	'''~~Writing~~''' is ~~a way~~ of ~~putting down~~ language ~~in a symbolic form~~ in some medium, ~~usually~~ with an alphabet but also possible with hieroglyphs or other characters. Unlike unrecorded [[speech]], it is a form of [[communication]] that has a ~~continuing~~ nature in that it still exists or can be seen after it is completed.	+	'''Written Language''' is the symbolic representation of language in some physical medium, often with an alphabet but also possible with hieroglyphs or other pictographic characters. Unlike unrecorded [[speech]], it is a form of [[communication]] that has a lasting nature, in that it still exists or can be seen after it is completed.

	==History==		==History==

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	==Kinds of Writing==		==Kinds of Writing==
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		+	There are two primary kinds of writing: '''alphabetic''' and '''logographic'''. Alphabetic systems use a single symbol to express a single sound, and thus by writing these symbols next to each other, a string of sounds is described which create a word in the language being written. In a logographic system, a single symbol can be used to refer to an idea or a syllable, depending on the context, and frequently the syllables or other sound symbols will provide the intangible framework (ie, thinking, when?, etc.) for the concrete ideas (tree, house, etc.) which are expressed by single symbols.
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		+	'''Alphabetic Writing Systems:'''
		+	*Latin Alphabet
		+	*Cyrillic Alphabet
		+	*Greek Alphabet
		+	*Arabic Alphabet
		+	*Korean Alphabet
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		+	'''Logographic Writing Systems:'''
		+	*Chinese Writing
		+	*Japanese Writing

	==References==		==References==

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 Writing in Mesoamerica had developed into a fully articulated system by 900 BC.
-In India, the Indus Valley civilization used a logographic writing system over three thousand years ago.
+In India, the Indus Valley civilization used a logographic writing system over 35 hundred years ago.
 ==Kinds of Writing==

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	In India, the Indus Valley civilization used a logographic writing system over three thousand years ago.		In India, the Indus Valley civilization used a logographic writing system over three thousand years ago.
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		+	==Kinds of Writing==

	==References==		==References==

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 The forerunners to writing were carved sticks or knotted cords that conveyed information.  Prehistoric writing took the form of cave art such as found in [[France]].  The cultures that developed in [[Egypt]] and [[Sumeria]] both started with pictorial forms which led to Egyptian [[hieroglyphics]] and Sumerian [[cuneiform]].  The [[Hittites]], Egyptians and Mesopotamians all devised symbols for specific sounds known as phonetic writing.  During the 2nd millennium B.C., Semitic [[alphabet]]s emerged allowing writing as know it.  The [[Greeks]] and the [[Roman]]s both copied these earlier alphabets.
-===Proto-Script===
+Writing in Mesoamerica had developed into a fully articulated system by 900 BC.
-This lead to development of pictographs, small, common pictures used to describe a series of ideas.  For example, to write "The man ran to catch the mammoth," it sufficed to draw a man running with a spear next to a mammoth.  However, such a system lacks the preciseness of modern writing.
+In India, the Indus Valley civilization used a logographic writing system over three thousand years ago.
 ==References==