1. What is the characteristic of an alphabetic writing system?
Writing Systems
What is the characteristic of an alphabetic writing system?

2. Writing Systems
What is the characteristic of an alphabetic writing system?
Which language first used one?

3. Writing Systems
What is the characteristic of an alphabetic writing system?
Which language first used one?
Greek

4. Writing Systems
What is the characteristic of an alphabetic writing system?
Which language first used one?
Greek
But Greek wasn't first writing system

5. Writing Systems

6. Writing Systems

7. Writing Systems

8. Writing Systems What is an abjad writing system?
Only the consonants are written.
Arabic and Hebrew

9. Writing Systems What is an abjad writing system?
Only the consonants are written.
Arabic and Hebrew

10. What are logographic writing systems?

11. What are logographic writing systems? One symbol equals one word

12. Writing Systems What are logographic writing systems?
One symbol equals one word
Egyptian and Chinese

13. Writing Systems

14. Writing Systems
What are syllabaries?

15. What are syllabaries? One symbol equals a syllable
Writing Systems
What are syllabaries?
One symbol equals a syllable

16. What are syllabaries? One symbol equals a syllable Japanese
Writing Systems
What are syllabaries?
One symbol equals a syllable
Japanese

17. What are syllabaries? One symbol equals a syllable Cherokee
Writing Systems
What are syllabaries?
One symbol equals a syllable
Cherokee

18. Writing Systems Korean hangul is syllabic and alphabetic
If 'condemn' were Korean we would write it c o d e n m

19. Writing was invented 3 times
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Writing was invented 3 times

20. Writing was invented 3 times Sumerian in Mesopotamia (Iraq) in 3000 BC
Writing Systems
Writing was invented 3 times
Sumerian in Mesopotamia (Iraq) in BC

21. Writing Systems Writing was invented 3 times
Sumerian in Mesopotamia (Iraq) in BC
Chinese in 2000 BC

22. Writing Systems Writing was invented 3 times
Sumerian in Mesopotamia (Iraq) in BC
Chinese in 2000 BC
Mayan 400 AD

23. Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Greek > Latin
Writing Systems
Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Greek > Latin

24. Writing Systems
Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Greek > Latin
Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Greek > Cyrillic

25. Writing Systems
Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Greek > Latin
Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Greek > Cyrillic
Sumerian > Egyptian > Phoenician > Aramaic > Hebrew, Arabic

26. English Spelling
Is English alphabetic?

27. Is English alphabetic? Is English phonetic?
English Spelling
Is English alphabetic?
Is English phonetic?

28. Is English alphabetic? Is English phonetic? Quasi-phonetic
English Spelling
Is English alphabetic?
Is English phonetic?
Quasi-phonetic

29. How many written vowel in Latin alphabet?
English Spelling
How many written vowel in Latin alphabet?

30. How many written vowel in Latin alphabet? 5
English Spelling
How many written vowel in Latin alphabet? 5

31. English Spelling How many written vowel in Latin alphabet? 5
How many spoken vowels in American English?

32. English has consonants that Latin didn't Θ ә ʃ ʤ ʧ etc.
English Spelling
English has consonants that Latin didn't
Θ ә ʃ ʤ ʧ etc.

33. English Spelling English has consonants that Latin didn't
Θ ә ʃ ʤ ʧ etc.
One letter represents many sounds

34. English Spelling