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  writing system
       
           The set of glyphs used for
          representing a given human language in written form, generally
          along with their conventions for use.
       
          (1998-10-19)
       
       

  writing system
       n : a method of representing the sounds of a language by written
           or printed symbols [syn: orthography]

  writing system
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 (lb en linguistics specifically) The basic type of a system for
  writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic
  writing.

  writing system
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 (lb en linguistics specifically) The basic type of a system for
  writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic
  writing.

  writing system
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 (lb en linguistics specifically) The basic type of a system for
  writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic
  writing.

  writing system
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 (lb en linguistics specifically) The basic type of a system for
  writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic
  writing.

  writing system /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ sˈɪstəm/ 
  пи́сменост
  system for writing one or more languages

  writing system /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ sˈɪstəm/
  Schriftsystem , Schrift  [ling.]
        "pictographic writing system"  - Bildschrift
        "tactile writing system"  - taktile Schrift, Profilschrift (für Sehbehinderte)
     Synonyms: writing, script
  
   see: alphabetic script, magnetic writing, ogham/ogam, syllabic script, logographic script, Arabic script, Chinese script, Glagolitic writing, Glagolithic script, Glagolica, Greek script, Cyrillic script, azbuka, Roman script, raised lettering, embossed lettering, written in the Roman alphabet, written in Roman letters
  

  writing system /ɹˈaɪtɪŋ sˈɪstəm/ 
  kirjoitusjärjestelmä 2.
  basic type of system for writing languages
   3.
  system for writing one or more languages

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "writing system":
     Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Avestan, Babylonian, Berber,
     Chalcidian, Cherokee, Coptic, Cretan, Cyrillic, Elamitic, Etruscan,
     Georgian, Gothic, Greek, Hebrew, IPA, ITA, Iberian,
     Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, Irish,
     Kalmuck, Korean, Latin, Lemnian, Libyan, Linear A, Linear B,
     Lycian, Lydian, Manchu, Mayan, Minoan, Mitannic, Mongolian, Nubian,
     Oscan, Pahlavi, Permian, Persian, Phoenician, Phrygian, Sanskrit,
     Scandinavian, Semitic, Sinaitic, Sogdian, Sumerian, Szeklian,
     Tuareg, Uighur, Umbrian, Vietnamese, alphabet, alphabetics,
     futhark, graphemics, hiragana, kana, kanji, katakana, letter,
     letters, ogham, paleography, punctuation, runic, runic alphabet,
     script, syllabary, written character