Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. language-related concepts
5. [languages and writing systems]
6. [languages and writing systems by general type]

Narrower term/s

• alphabetic writing systems
• consonantal writing systems
• logographic systems
• pictographies (writing systems)
• syllabaries
• alphasyllabaries
• written word
• musical notation
• dance notation

Anotations

Scope note:

Organized, regular methods of representing information and communicating thoughts or ideas, typically tied to a language. Writing systems use a set of visible marks, forms, or structures called characters or graphs that are related to some structure in the linguistic system. Examples containing general attributes or categories of writing systems include alphabets, syllabaries, logographies, and others; any one system may comprise attributes of more than one category.