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alphabetic script

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Noun1.alphabetic script - a writing system based on alphabetic charactersalphabetic script - a writing system based on alphabetic characters
orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols


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The king then sent a messenger called Thonmi Sambhota to India to study Buddhism and the Indian language, and to invent an alphabetic script for the Tibetan language.
Compare for example, our alphabetic scripts against the logographic picture style of the Chinese.
A left brain region already implicated in decoding alphabetic scripts exhibited particularly low blood flow, suggesting reduced neural activity, in those with dyslexia.
 
 
 
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