nonalphabetic

In 1979, China officially added the Pinyin alphabet, based on the Latin alphabet, to its existing nonalphabetic writing options.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Hittite was written on clay tablets using a nonalphabetic writing system: cuneiform.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

In 1979, China officially added the Pinyin alphabet, based on the Latin alphabet, to its existing nonalphabetic writing options.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Hittite was written on clay tablets using a nonalphabetic writing system: cuneiform.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

It’s interesting to remember that, of the world’s nine most-spoken languages, Chinese is the only one to employ a nonalphabetic writing system.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

In this one enchanting instance, let’s see how Indo-Europeanists have used their full kit of nonalphabetic symbols.2 The root for “star” is reconstructed as *h2ster-, which looks scary, but it tells an amazing tale about how prehistoric speakers of PIE viewed stars.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

It’s interesting to remember that, of the world’s nine most-spoken languages, Chinese is the only one to employ a nonalphabetic writing system.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

In this one enchanting instance, let’s see how Indo-Europeanists have used their full kit of nonalphabetic symbols.2 The root for “star” is reconstructed as *h2ster-, which looks scary, but it tells an amazing tale about how prehistoric speakers of PIE viewed stars.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

s, or that I have written the last page and a half in an interesting but unfortunately nonalphabetic font called Wingdings, but otherwise I haven't the faintest idea what those buttons are there for.

I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999