Alphabet

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An alphabet is a system of symbols (letters) used to represent the phonemes (sounds) of a language. It is a writing system.

There are three types of alphabets:

1. Abjads only represent consonant sounds; vowel sounds are not shown.
2. Abugidas (or alphasyllabaries) have letters to represent consonant sounds; vowel sounds are shown with diacritics (modifiers to the consonant letters).
3. True alphabets have letters to represent both consonant and vowel sounds.

List of selected alphabets, abjads and abugidas

• Phoenician alphabet (abjad)
  • Aramaic alphabet (abjad)
    • Hebrew alphabet (abjad)
    • Arabic alphabet (abjad)
  • Brahmi alphabet (abugida)
    • Devangari alphabet (abugida)
    • Tamil alphabet (abugida)
    • Telugu alphabet (abugida)
    • Tibetan alphabet (abugida)
    • Thai alphabet (abugida)
    • Burmese alphabet (abugida)
  • Greek alphabet
    • Cyrillic alphabet
    • Latin alphabet
    • Runic alphabet
• Hangul alphabet