History and Types of Writing Systems
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ScribdTranslationsESCRITURA
THE WRITING THE THERE IS NO SINGLE ORIGIN OF THE
THEY INVENTED THE WRITING; WAS BORN IN FORM
Sumerians in INDEPENDENT IN DIFFERENT
MESOPOTAMIA AGO PARTS OF THE WORLD.
ABOUT 5,500 YEARS
THE WRITING IS A SYSTEM OF
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ALANGUAGE,
BY MEANS OFSIGNSDRAWINGS OR
ENGRAVED ON A SUPPORT. IN SUCH
SENSE, WRITING IS A WAY
GRAPHIC SPECIFICALLYHUMANDE
CONSERVE AND TRANSMITINFORMATION.
TYPES OF WRITING
Ideographic writing
Alphabetical writing As ideographic writing,
Alphabetic writing is one that in know that one in which each
each sign represents a sound a sign represents an idea or
of speech. For example, Spanish, the concept. It is also known as
Portuguese, Greek or Italian. like hieroglyphic or symbolic. A
example of ideographic writing
we have it in Chinese.
Phonetic writing
It is called phonetic writing
Syllabic writing
that kind of writing in which It is the one in which each syllable
each sign represents an element has a corresponding sign that
.
phonetic of the language it represents it in written language.
An example of syllabic writing is
the one of the Cherokees,
Hieroglyphic writing It is considered that the
It is made up of ideograms and writing is one of the
pictograms, then, instead of
represent sounds, the signs most important inventions
they represent ideas or concepts. It is a
of the forms of writing most of theHumanityin all its
ancient of history. An example of
ello es la escritura egipcia antigua . universal history.
Cuneiform writing
Consiste en un conjunto de signos
pictograms with which
they represented, at first, words
and objects, and, subsequently, concepts
abstract even. It is one of the ways
older writing. It was
originally used by the Sumerians
more than six thousand years ago.
It is a way that has It is one of the elements
developed the man that have allowed that the
to express ideas and man can develop
thoughts of way more complex societies
escrito, due to abstraction
necessary to take her to
cape.