# Alphabet

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  "id": "S85003819",
  "title": "Alphabet",
  "url": "/topics/S85003819",
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  "aeo_cohort": "topic-directory",
  "provider": "lcsh",
  "revision": "73bac0195c3452e9",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "9547785141657944576",
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
}

Works on systems of symbols that represent the sounds and/or meanings of a language are entered under [Writing systems.]

Works on written languages as a form of communication or discourse are entered under [Written communication.]

Works on the process or result of recording language in the form of conventionalized visible marks or graphic signs on a surface are entered under [Writing.] Works on the writing of a particular language are entered under the name of the language with subdivisions [Alphabet] and [Writing,] e.g. [Greek language--Alphabet; Egyptian language--Writing.] Works on systems of writing used by several peoples are entered under [Writing,] followed by the name of the system, e.g. [Writing, Arabic.]

Works on variations in the style of writing in the past, and especially with ancient and medieval handwriting, are entered under [Paleography.]

Here are entered general and comparative works dealing with the Semitic alphabet and its ancient and modern derivatives.

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003819

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