Pictographic/ideographic writing systems List of writing systems

ideographic scripts (in graphemes ideograms representing concepts or ideas, rather specific word in language), , pictographic scripts (in graphemes iconic pictures) not thought able express can communicated language, argued linguists john defrancis , j. marshall unger. essentially, postulate no full writing system can pictographic or ideographic; must able refer directly language in order have full expressive capacity of language. unger disputes claims made on behalf of blissymbols in 2004 book ideogram.

although few pictographic or ideographic scripts exist today, there no single way read them, because there no one-to-one correspondence between symbol , language. hieroglyphs commonly thought ideographic before translated, , day chinese erroneously said ideographic. in cases of ideographic scripts, author of text can read certainty, , may said interpreted rather read. such scripts work best mnemonic aids oral texts, or outlines fleshed out in speech.

aztec – nahuatl – although proper nouns have phonetic components.
mixtec – mixtec
dongba – naxi – although supplemented syllabic geba script.
ersu shābā – ersu
míkmaq hieroglyphic writing – míkmaq – have phonetic components, however.
nsibidi – ekoi, efik/ibibio, igbo
testerian – used missionary work in mexico
other mesoamerican writing systems exception of maya hieroglyphs.

there symbol systems used represent things other language, or represent constructed languages. of these are

blissymbols – constructed ideographic script used in augmentative , alternative communication (aac).
iconji – constructed ideographic script used in social networking
isotype (picture language)
sona language
a wide variety of notations

linear b , asemic writing incorporate ideograms.