Segmental scripts List of writing systems
1 segmental scripts 1.1 abjads 1.2 true alphabets 1.2.1 linear nonfeatural alphabets 1.2.2 featural linear alphabets 1.2.3 linear alphabets arranged syllabic blocks 1.2.4 manual alphabets 1.2.5 other non-linear alphabets 1.3 abugidas 1.3.1 abugidas of brāhmī family 1.3.2 other abugidas 1.3.3 final consonant-diacritic abugidas 1.3.4 vowel-based abugidas segmental scripts a segmental script has graphemes represent phonemes (basic unit of sound) of language. note there need not (and is) one-to-one correspondence between graphemes of script , phonemes of language. phoneme may represented combination or string of graphemes, same phoneme may represented more 1 distinct grapheme, same grapheme may stand more 1 phoneme, or combination of of above. segmental scripts may further divided according types of phonemes typically record: abjads an abjad segmental script containing symbols consonants only, or vowels optionally written diacritics ( pointing ) or written word-initially. aramaic arabic...