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| Russian | English |
| дактильная азбука | Fingerspelling (mattis) |
| ручная азбука | Fingerspelling (mattis) |
| слоговая азбука | syllabary (Chinese thus became an
extreme case: the largest set of symbols, and the most meaningful
individually. Writing systems could take alternative paths: fewer symbols,
each carrying less information. An intermediate stage is the syllabary, a
phonetic writing system using individual characters to represent syllables,
which may or may not be meaningful.  wikipedia.org bluesmachine) |