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  2. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Quốc Âm Tân Tự – Vietnamese (Onset-rime script) Segmental systems. A segmental script has graphemes which represent the phonemes (basic unit of sound) of a language. Note that there need not be (and rarely is) a one-to-one correspondence between the graphemes of the script and the phonemes of a language.

  3. Ancient scripts of the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    The Śāradā, Sarada or Sharada script is an abugida writing system of the Brahmic family of scripts. The script was widespread between the 8th and 12th centuries in the northwestern parts of Indian Subcontinent (in Kashmir and northern KPK), for writing Sanskrit and Kashmiri. [18] [19] [20] Originally more widespread, its use became later ...

  4. Indus script - Wikipedia

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    The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script and the Indus Valley Script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.Most inscriptions containing these symbols are extremely short, making it difficult to judge whether or not they constituted a writing system used to record a Harappan language, any of which are yet to be identified.

  5. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    Achyuta Shataka: a Prakrit hymn by Vedanta Desika in praise of Krishna. Athichudi: an important Tamil scripture sung and written by Avvaiyar. Abhang devotional poetry requires authentication. Agama: Collection of several Jain literature and scriptures of Hindu devotional schools. Amrutanubhav: Composition by the Marathi saint and poet Jñāneśvar.

  6. Scripting language - Wikipedia

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    Scripting language or script language describes a programming language that it is used for a script. [1] Scripts are usually interpreted rather than compiled . Notable environments that are scriptable, can be automated via script, include application software, text editor, web page, operating system, embedded system, and computer game.

  7. Kharosthi - Wikipedia

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    The script was earlier also known as "Indo-Bactrian script", "Kabul script" and "Arian-Pali". Scholars are not in agreement as to whether the Kharosthi script evolved gradually, or was the deliberate work of a single inventor. An analysis of the script forms shows a clear dependency on the Aramaic alphabet but

  8. Brahmi script - Wikipedia

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    The Brahmi script also evolved into the Nagari script which in turn evolved into Devanagari and Nandinagari. Both were used to write Sanskrit, until the latter was merged into the former. The resulting script is widely adopted across India to write Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi and its dialects, and Konkani.

  9. Undeciphered writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Seals showing Indus script, an ancient undeciphered writing system Page 32 of the Voynich manuscript, a medieval manuscript written with an undeciphered writing system. Many undeciphered writing systems exist today; most date back several thousand years, although some more modern examples do exist.