Talk:Writing systems and scripts

I noticed the emptiness of this page, as many of the pages of Wikiversity that I have visited quickly lead to dead-ends. Much of the material covered within these pages can easily be told by citing pages from the mother Wikipedia source.

For a list of writing systems and scripts, please visit:

(Please excuse my use of an external link. Direct links only followed to other Wikiversity pages.)

173.59.119.145 23:10, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


 * What of Korean alphabet? --DennisDaniels (discuss • contribs) 17:05, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
 * prompt

Using this format:

{I________ (use) it for many years. - use - uses + used - using || Incorrect. Review your tenses.
 * type="[]"}
 * Incorrect. The subject mentions 'many years' so the verb should be in the past tense
 * Incorrect. Review your tenses.
 * Correct! This is the simple past form of the verb.

{I________ (use) it when I________ (become) interested in genealogy.
 * type="[]"}

- use | become || Incorrect. Review your tenses. + used | became - uses | becomes - using | becoming
 * Correct! Simple past form of the verb.
 * Incorrect. Review your tenses.
 * Incorrect. Review your tenses.

An alphabetic system uses characters known as letters to signify spoken sounds. These letters can be placed in different orders to create words. The first alphabets are believed to have originated from Egypt and Mesopotamia. The Phoenician alphabet is the ultimate ancestor of many modern scripts including Hebrew, Arabic, Latin and Greek, but is not considered a 'true alphabet' because it lacked separate letters to represent vowels. The Greek alphabet is widely considered the first 'true alphabet', as it adapted the Phoenician alphabet to represent vowels. A well known example of an alphabetic script is that of the Latin or Roman alphabet. It was developed in Europe, influenced by the Greek alphabet but its use has spread throughout the world. --DennisDaniels (discuss • contribs) 17:23, 16 August 2023 (UTC)