English > script: 4 senses > noun 3, communication| Meaning | A particular orthography or writing system. |
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| Narrower | Aramaic, Aramaic script | An alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language |
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| Avestan | The script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written |
| Brahmi | A script (probably adapted from the Aramaic about the 7th century BC) from which later Indian scripts developed |
| Devanagari, Devanagari script, Nagari, Nagari script | A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi |
| Pahlavi | The script (derived from the Aramaic alphabet) used to write the Pahlavi language |
| Uighur, Uigur, Uygur | The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language |
| alphabet | A character set that includes letters and is used to write a language |
| cuneiform | An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia |
| syllabary, syllabic script | A writing system whose characters represent syllables |
| uncial | A style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters |
| Broader | orthography, writing system | A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
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| Spanish | escritura, script |
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| Catalan | escriptura |
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| Adjectives | scriptural | written or relating to writing |
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