[PA] The glossary has � A collection of symbols used to represent textual information in one or more writing systems. �But all this leads me to finally ask: what does "script" mean? It seems clear to me that although the term has been used throughout the Phoenician debate, not everyone is using it the same way. I know that there is a definition of "script" that is used for encoding purposes, but can I find it written anywhere, or is it more of an ephemeral thing?
Chapter 6 also defines Writing Systems summarized by Table 6-1 Typology of Scripts (Writing Systems then Scripts) :
A writing system is then defined as � A set of rules for using one or more scripts to write a particular language. Examples include the American English writing System, the British English writing system, the French writing system, and the Japanese writing system. �
Writing System
Type Unicode Script(s)
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Alphabets: Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, Thaana, Georgian, Ogham,
Runic, Mongolian, Old Italic, Gothic, Ugaritic, Deseret, Shavian,
Osmanya
Abjads: Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac
Abugidas: Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu,
Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhala, Thai, Lao, Tibetan, Myanmar,
Tagalog, Hanun�o, Buhid, Tagbanwa, Khmer, Limbu, Tai LeLogosyllabaries: Han
Simple Syllabaries: Cherokee, Hiragana, Katakana, Bopomofo, Yi, Linear B, Cypriot
Featural Syllabaries: Ethiopic, Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics, Hangul �
Note : �Table 6-1 lists all of the scripts currently encoded in the Unicode Standard, showing the
writing system type for each. The list is an approximate guide, rather than a definitive classification,
because of the mix of features seen in many scripts. The writing systems for some
languages may be quite complex, mixing more than one writing system together in a composite
system. Japanese is the best example; it mixes a logosyllabary (Han), two syllabaries
(Hiragana and Katakana), and one alphabet (Latin, for romaji).�
