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out of which texts of a given writing system may be constructed... based writing system of standard contemporary English... all three may be found in any given writing system in varying proportions... modern logographic writing system is the Chinese one... hieroglyphs and the Mayan writing system are also systems with certain logographic features... invent a writing system for a language that didn... An abjad is an alphabetic writing system where there is one symbol per consonant... is an alphabetic writing system whose basic signs denote consonants with an...

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