writing system, n.
a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
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orthography writing system
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
member meronym
part meronym
hypernym
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script
spelling
picture writing
alphabetic writing, alphabetic script
boustrophedon
ideography
hieroglyph, hieroglyphic
point system
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