Abjad
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An abjad is a writing system in which only consonants are represented by letter signs, leaving the vowels to be inferred by the reader. This contrasts with alphabets that provide graphemes for both co
A specimen of Proto-Sinaitic script containing a phrase which may mean 'to Baalat'. The line running from the upper left to lower right reads mt l bclt.
History of the alphabet
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Alphabetic writing – is a writing system in which glyphs called letters generally correspond to individual sounds in a language, as opposed to symbols representing syllables or whole words.
Greek alphabet on ancient black-figure pottery. There is a digamma but no ksi or omega. The letter phi upright in the photograph is missing a stroke and looks like the omicron Ο, but on the other side of the bottom it is a full Φ.
Etruscan writing, the beginning of the writing with the Latin alphabet