03087nam 2200529Ia 450 991080878970332120200520144314.00-203-86548-01-135-22297-597866139036621-135-22294-01-283-59121-91-135-22296-7(CKB)2670000000298218(EBL)1020225(OCoLC)810078009(MiAaPQ)EBC1020225(EXLCZ)99267000000029821820110323d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Routledge handbook of scripts and alphabets /George L. Campbell and Christopher Moseley2nd ed.Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY Routledge20121 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Note on phonetic symbols; Introduction: the world's families of scripts; Ancient writing systems; Aegean scripts; Anatolian scripts; Aramaic; Syriac; Brāhmī; Coptic; Egyptian; Epigraphic South Arabian; Etruscan see under Roman (Latin)Gothic; Javanese (Kawi); Maya; Ogham; Persian Cuneiform; Runic; Turkic Runes; Contemporary writing systems; Arabic; Armenian; Batak; Bengali; Berber (Tifinagh); Buginese-Macassarese; Burmese; Cambodian; Cherokee; ChineseArchaic ChineseClassical Chinese (Wenli); Modern Chinese; Cree; Cyrillic; Devanāgarī; Ethiopic; Georgian; Greek; Gujarati; Gurmukhi; Hebrew; Yiddish; Japanese; Kannada; Korean; Lao; Malayalam; Mongolian; Oriya; Roman (Latin); Sinhalese; Tamil; Telugu; Thai; Tibetan; Yi; Autochthonous writing systems; Fraser script (Lisu); Munda language scripts; N'ko; Pahawh Hmong; Pollard script; Rongorongo; Vai; Further reading; IndexThe Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a unique reference to the main scripts and alphabets of the world. The Handbook presents over 60 alphabets covering an enormous scope of languages; from Amharic and Chinese to Thai and Cree. Full script tables are given for every language and each entry is accompanied by a detailed overview of its historical and linguistic context. New to this second edition:enhanced introduction discussing the basic principles and strategies utilized by world writing systems expanded toWritingHandbooks, manuals, etcAlphabetHandbooks, manuals, etcWritingAlphabet411Campbell George L162800Moseley Christopher129388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808789703321The Routledge Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets3923122UNINA