When I write the character , it not only has a sound, niu, it has a meaning, “cow.” Only a small number of symbols is necessary in an alphabetic system (generally under 50), but a logographic system, ...

The writing systems that evolved from pictographs are still in wide use today, most notably Chinese. Alphabetic writing systems like Latin and English grew out of a need to represent speech sounds ...

Chinese characters are the system of symbols used to write Chinese. Unlike an alphabet, which represents only sounds, each Chinese character has a unique meaning .

Ancient Chinese writing developed early in the second millennium B.C., while the earliest known writing system in the Americas is the Olmec script, from about 600 B.C.. But none of these early ...

Just outside the Syrian city of Aleppo, archaeologists have discovered what may be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ever found. Ahmad Sofi via Unsplash UPDATE: This story has been updated ...

Clay cylinders with etched writing might be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ever ... and Chinese characters built the ... while alphabetic systems only have 20-30 since that’s the ...

Clay cylinders with etched writing might be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ever ... and Chinese characters built the ... while alphabetic systems only have 20-30 since that’s the ...

Clay cylinders with etched writing might be the oldest example of alphabetic writing ever ... and Chinese characters built the ... while alphabetic systems only have 20-30 since that’s the ...