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- noun linguistics A
system forwriting one or more languages; a particularalphabetic ,syllabic ,logographic , or other scheme. For example, theLatin alphabet or theCyrillic alphabet. - noun linguistics, specifically The basic type of a system for writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic writing.
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- noun a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
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