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Dünyanın en zor yazı dizgesi hangisidir? - Which writing system is the most difficult in the world?

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an implementation of one or more scripts to form a complete system for writing a particular language Most writing systems are based primarily upon a single script; writing systems for Japanese and Korean are notable exceptions Many languages have multiple writing systems, however, each based on different scripts; e g the Mongolian language can be written using Mongolian or Cyrillic scripts A writing system uses some subset of the characters of the script or scripts on which it is based with most or all of the behaviours typical to that script and possibly certain behaviours that are peculiar to that particular writing system
A set of characters and the basic rules for their use in creating a visual depiction of language Writing systems may differ in the direction in which their characters and lines run, the size of the character set used, and the context sensitivity of character selection Writing systems include Roman, Japanese, Arabic, and Hebrew Compare script system
The collection of scripts and orthography required to represent a given human language in visual media
A set of rules for using one or more scripts to write a particular language Examples include the American English writing system, the British English writing system, the French writing system, and the Japanese writing system
In Kojiki it states that Korean immigrants introduced Chinese script to the Japanese around 300 A D Other evidence points to an even earlier date Regardless, Chinese characters were the first writing system known in Japan, where no native system existed At first, these characters were probably only viewed as magical and strange signs; gradually, however, the Japanese realized the potential this system could offer them for recording and communicating information and experience By the middle of the Yamato period (300-710 A D ), the government employed scribes, many of whom were Korean immigrants or their descendants, to keep track of and record the business of government and administration This is a period in Japanese history when Chinese culture, political institutions, religion, etc were extremely influential in the formation of Japan's own institutions and practices
orthography: a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
A signary together with an associated orthography

Related Terms

Chinese writing system
System of symbols used to write the Chinese language. Chinese writing is fundamentally logographic: there is an exact correspondence between a single symbol, or character, in the script and a morpheme. Each character, no matter how complex, is fit into a hypothetical rectangle of the same size. The Chinese script is first attested in divinatory inscriptions incised on bone or tortoise shells dating from the Shang dynasty. Early forms of characters were often clearly pictorial or iconic. Shared elements of characters, called radicals, provide a means of classifying Chinese writing. It is thought that an ordinary literate Chinese person can recognize 3,000-4,000 characters. Efforts have been made to reduce the number of characters and to simplify their form, though the fact that they can be read by a speaker of any Chinese language and their inextricable link with China's 3,000-year-old culture makes abandonment of the system unlikely. Chinese characters have also been adapted to write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese
Japanese writing system
System of modified Chinese characters used for writing the Japanese language. The Japanese developed a mixed system, partly logographic (based on the Chinese writing system) and partly syllabic. In the 9th or 10th century two sets of syllabic signs evolved: hiragana, simplified cursive versions of Chinese characters; and katakana, based on elements of Chinese characters. Modern Japanese is written with the two syllabaries and Chinese characters
writing system

    Hyphenation

    wri·ting sys·tem

    Turkish pronunciation

    raytîng sîstım

    Pronunciation

    /ˈrītəɴɢ ˈsəstəm/ /ˈraɪtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
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