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Featural writing system. In a featural writing system, the shapes of the symbols (such as letters) are not arbitrary but encode phonological features of the phonemes that they represent. The term featural was introduced by Geoffrey Sampson to describe the Korean alphabet [1] : 120 and Pitman shorthand. [1] : 40.
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Featural linear alphabets. A featural script has elements...
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The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (English: / ˈ h ɑː n ɡ...
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Featural linear alphabets. A featural script has elements that indicate the components of articulation, such as bilabial consonants, fricatives, or back vowels. Scripts differ in how many features they indicate. ASL-phabet; Ditema tsa Dinoko AKA IsiBheqe SoHlamvu for Southern Bantu languages; Duployan Shorthand; Gregg Shorthand; Hangul – Korean
Name Of ScriptTypePopulation Actively Using (in Millions)Languages Associated With4900+ [2] [note 2]Latin [note 3] and Romance languages ...1541 [3]Sinitic languages ( Mandarin, Min, Wu, ...Arabic العربيةAbjad or Abugida (when diacritics are ...828 [3]Arabic (a Semitic language) Several ...480.5Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, BhojpuriAn alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters correspond to phonemes, the categories of sounds that can distinguish one word from another in a given language.
A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. Writing systems can generally be classified according to how symbols function according to these rules, with the most common types being alphabets, syllabaries, and logographies.
The history of the alphabet goes back to the consonantal writing system used to write Semitic languages in the Levant during the 2nd millennium BCE. Nearly all alphabetic scripts used throughout the world today ultimately go back to this Semitic script. [1]
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (English: / ˈ h ɑː n ɡ uː l / HAHN-gool; Korean: 한글; Hanja: 韓㐎) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl (조선글; 朝鮮㐎) in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language.
English Featural Alphabet. The English Featural Alphabet was invented by Tham Tan as an alternative way of writing English. The aim was to create an alphabet in which the connections between the sounds are shown in the letter shapes. It an original alphabet consisting of vertical lines and horizontal lines.
