Daniel Dinkelman Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD WRITING SYSTEMS Alphabets, Abjads, Abugidas, and Syllabaries of All Languages Living and Dead --- Over 100 Writing Systems Within in a 500-Page Encyclopedia The Encyclopedia of World Writing Systems is a complete guide to the diverse writing systems used throughout history and across the globe. This book is an essential resource for language enthusiasts, linguists, travelers, and anyone interested in understanding and deciphering the world's scripts. Covering over 100 writing systems, from ancient to modern times, this encyclopedia provides detailed information on each script's origin, development, and cultural significance. It includes descriptions of the scripts' glyphs, their phonetic values, and sample words in the languages they represent. With its extensive coverage and practical approach, this book is an indispensable tool for navigating the complex world of writing systems. Scripts Included: Adlam Arabic Armenian Avestan Balinese Bamum Bangla (Bengali) Batak Baybayin Berber (Tifinagh) Buginese (Lontara) Buhid Burmese Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Carian Caucasian Albanian Cham Cherokee Chinese Coptic Cypriot Syllabary Cyrillic Deseret Devanagari Egyptian Hieroglyphs Elbasan Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Georgian (Mkhedruli, Nuskhuri, Asomtavruli) Gothic Grantha Greek Gujarati Gurmukhi Hangul (Korean) Hanunó'o Hebrew Inscriptional Pahlavi Inscriptional Parthian Japanese (Hiragana) Japanese (Kanji) Japanese (Katakana) Japanese (Romaji) Javanese Kannada Kayah Li Kharoshthi Khmer Khojki Khudawadi Lao Latin Lepcha Limbu Linear B Ideograms Linear B Syllabary Lisu Lycian Lydian Makasar Malayalam Mandaic Marchen Meitei Mayek Mende Kikakui Meroitic Hieroglyphs Meroitic Cursive Modi Mongolian Mro N'Ko Newa (Pracalit) Odia (Oriya) Ogham Ol Chiki (Santali) Old Hungarian Old Italic Old North Arabian Old Permic Old Persian Old South Arabian Old Turkic Orkhon Osage Osmanya Pahawh Hmong Pau Cin Hau Phoenician Psalter Pahlavi Rejang Rohingya Hanifi Runic Samaritan Saurashtra Shavian Siddham Sinhala Sundanese Sylheti Nagari Syriac Tagbanwa Tai Ahom Tai Le Tai Lue (New Tai Lue) Tai Tham Tai Viet Takri Tamil Telugu Thaana Thai Tibetan Tirhuta (Maithili) Ugaritic Uighur Vai Warang Citi Yi --- Use this guide to decode letters and symbols of all these over 100 writing systems and find their pronunciations.IdentifyDecodePronounce Thank you for checking out this book!