alphabets
Writing system components
Alphabets is the plural of alphabet—systems of letters used for writing a language.
Each alphabet arranges its characters in a conventional order: the Roman alphabet from A to Z, the Greek from alpha to omega.
Different languages use different alphabets: She learned both the Cyrillic and Arabic alphabets.
Figuratively, alphabets can mean the basics: the alphabets of diplomacy.
Alphabetic characters or mail
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- uppercaseCapital letter form
- lowercaseUncapitalized letter form
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
handwriting · calligraphy · print · italic · bold · font · typeface · serif
Ancient Roman language
- CyrillicSlavic alphabet system
- GreekOf Athenian origin
- ArabicSemitic language family member
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
Hangul · Georgian · Armenian · Thai · Ethiopic · Tibetan · Phoenician · runic
First three letters
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
primer · flashcards · tracing · literacy · reading · preschool · letter recognition · worksheets
letters
Alphabetic characters or mail
cursive · handwriting · calligraphy · print · italic · bold · font · typeface · serif · sans-serif
Latin
Ancient Roman language
Hebrew · Hangul · Georgian · Armenian · Thai · Ethiopic · Tibetan · Phoenician · runic · logographic
ABC
First three letters
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- phonicsSound-based reading instruction
kindergarten · primer · flashcards · tracing · literacy · reading · preschool · letter recognition · worksheets · sequencing
- Language & Wordstranslation, etymology, grammar, vocabulary, phonetics
- pastaspaghetti, penne, rigatoni, fusilli, farfalle
- written symbolsletters, punctuation, commas, periods, question marks
- writing systemsvowel, consonant, syllable, capital letters, script
- language preservationdictionaries, grammars, immersion programs, audio recordings, transcriptions
- pastinapastina, orzo, ditalini
alphabetslogograms
Symbols representing words
pictographs · ideograms · Chinese characters · kanji · hieroglyphics
alphabetsanalphabetism
Inability to read
oral tradition · spoken language · illiteracy · speech · orality
- alphabetical orderArrangement by first letters
- alphabet soupPasta shaped like letters
- alphabet songMelody teaching letter sequence
- alphabet blocksToy cubes showing letters
- Greek alphabetWriting system from antiquity
- alphabetic orderLetter-based sorting system
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