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==Kinds of Writing==

==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:'''

'''Alphabetic Writing Systems:'''