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    What is the difference between syllabic and logographic writing systems?

    Question #111837. Asked by author. (Jan 01 10 10:12 PM)


    looney_tunes

    		In a syllabic system, each symbol represents a syllable (as in Japanese kana). In a logographic system, each symbol represents a morpheme or unit of meaning (as in Chinese). Another common writing system is alphabetic (as in languages using the Latin alphabet), where each symbol represents a phoneme or sound.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system

    Jan 01 10, 10:19 PM

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