Explore: Written Language

A written language is the representation of a language by means of writing. This involves the use of visual symbols, known as graphemes, to represent linguistic

Written vernacular Chinese, also known as baihua, comprises forms of written Chinese based on the vernacular varieties of the language spoken throughout

even written) considerably earlier than the dates of the earliest extant samples provided here. A written record may encode a stage of a language corresponding

self-designations for their language), and the second exonyms (names in foreign languages). Common endonyms: Ruska(ja) mova, written in various ways, as: ру́скаꙗ

encode a particular spoken language. Every written language arises from a corresponding spoken language; while the use of language is universal across human

Groups of deaf people have used sign languages throughout history. One of the earliest written records of a sign language is from the fifth century BC, in

Turkic Living Northwest Caucasian languages are generally written using Cyrillic alphabets. Abaza is a Caucasian language, spoken by Abazins in the Karachay-Cherkessia

Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly

written Meänkieli language has been developed since the 1970s. Before 1809, all of what is today Finland was an integral part of Sweden. The language

spoken language is a form of communication produced through articulate sounds or, in some cases, through manual gestures, as opposed to written language. Oral