Historical (Writing) a writing system that no longer has users
Historical is a term in Grammatology that commonly means "a writing system that no longer has users." (See also: ScriptSource Script Status Types). This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Writing.
Website definitions of Historical
Source: ScriptSource (https://scriptsource.org)
"Script Status"
Historical: scripts that once had a viable, primary community of users, but no longer do
SIL International Contributors, "ScriptSource: Script Status," accessed September 11, 2023, https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=cq3q4pwuah. [Visit]
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Citation
PsychLing Contributors. "Historical." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 18 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/term/historical-script. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
PsychLing (2023, September 18). Historical. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/term/historical-script
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APA Contributors. "APA Dictionary of Psychology." Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Accessed September 14, 2023. https://dictionary.apa.org. [Visit]
Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.
Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]
SIL International Contributors. "ScriptSource: Index of Languages and Writing Systems." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Created June 11, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://scriptsource.org. [Visit]
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