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Protowriting

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writtingnounObsolete form of writing. [(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.]
prealphabetnounA writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.
writing systemnoun(linguistics) A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.
writingnoun(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
writin'nounPronunciation spelling of writing. [(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.]
wrytingnounObsolete form of writing. [(uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.]
pictographynounwriting in pictographs; hieroglyphics
hieroglyphicnoun(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
night writingnounA system of code using symbols of twelve dots arranged as two columns of six dots embossed on a square of paperboard, designed to allow military communication without light or noise. It is the forerunner of braille.
constructed scriptnoun(writing, linguistics) A new writing system specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of a language or culture as a natural script.
signwritingnounThe art or process of writing signs.
pasigraphynoun(linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
ideographicsnounThe system of writing in ideographic characters.
iconomatographynounAn iconomatic writing system.
protosignnounSimple gestures that might eventually develop into a sign language system.
acrographynounA method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
shorthandnounA rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc.
alphabetnounThe set of letters used when writing in a language.
lexigraphynoun(uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
hieroglyphicknounObsolete form of hieroglyphic. [(chiefly in the plural) A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.]

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