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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 ...

When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol (letter) in the alphabet represents a basic sound unit, such as a consonant or a vowel.

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 .

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 ...

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 ...