Ebook: The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets

2nd Edition. — Routledge, 2012. — 159 pages. — ISBN: 978-0-203-86548-4.The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world.The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context.New to this second edition:enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by world writing systems
expanded to include more writing systems
improved presentation of non-Roman scripts.
organised into ancient, contemporary and autochthonous writing systems
many new entries on fascinating and lesser-known writing systemsThis handy resource is the ideal reference for all students and scholars of language and linguistics.Ancient writing systems
Aegean scripts
Anatolian scripts
Aramaic
Syriac
Brāhmī
Coptic
Egyptian
Epigraphic South Arabian
Etruscan see under Roman (Latin)
Gothic
Javanese (Kawi)
Maya
Ogham
Persian Cuneiform
Runic
Turkic Runes
Contemporary writing systems
Arabic
Armenian
Batak
Bengali
Berber (Tifinagh)
Buginese-Macassarese
Burmese
Cambodian
Cherokee
Chinese
Archaic Chinese
Classical Chinese (Wenli)
Modern Chinese
Cree
Cyrillic
Devanāgarī
Ethiopic
Georgian
Greek
Gujarati
Gurmukhi
Hebrew
Yiddish
Japanese
Kannada
Korean
Lao
Malayalam
Mongolian
Oriya
Roman (Latin)
Sinhalese
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Tibetan
Yi
Autochthonous writing systems
Fraser script (Lisu)
Munda language scripts
N’ko
Pahawh Hmong
Pollard script
Rongorongo
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