writing system

== English == === Etymology === From writing +‎ system. === Noun === writing system (plural writing systems) (linguistics) A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet. (linguistics, specifically) The basic type of a system for writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic writing. ==== Synonyms ==== (system for writing one or more languages) script ==== Translations ==== === References === Florian Coulmas ed. (1999), sv “writing system” in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems. Blackwell Publishing (Blackwell Reference Online, accessed 2013-02-08).