ScriptSource Script Status Types (Writing) the classifications of writing system status types according to the ScriptSource website

ScriptSource Script Status Types is a term in Grammatology that commonly means "the classifications of writing system status types according to the ScriptSource website." This includes the following terms: Current, and Historical. This term belongs mainly to the broader category called Writing.

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Website definitions of ScriptSource Script Status Types

Source: ScriptSource (https://scriptsource.org)

"Script Status"

  • Current: scripts in use today, including artificial and liturgical scripts
  • Historical: scripts that once had a viable, primary community of users, but no longer do
  • Fictional: scripts invented by writers and artists for fictional communities
  • Unclear: scripts whose status is unclear

SIL International Contributors, "ScriptSource: Script Status," accessed September 18, 2023, https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=cq3q4pwuah. [Visit]

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Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "ScriptSource Script Status Types." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 18 Sep. 2023, psylng.org/glossary/term/scriptsource-script-status-types. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, September 18). ScriptSource Script Status Types. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/glossary/term/scriptsource-script-status-types

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "ScriptSource Script Status Types." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 18, 2023. Modified September 18, 2023. Accessed December 20, 2024. https://psylng.org/glossary/term/scriptsource-script-status-types.

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Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

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Internet Archive Contributors. "Wayback Machine." San Francisco, CA: Internet Archive. Created October 24, 2001. Accessed July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org. [Visit]

ScriptSource

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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