Defective script
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defective-script-205-8387360
title:
Defective script
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A defective script is a writing system that does not represent all the phonemic distinctions of a language. This means that the concept is always relative to a given language. Taking the Latin alphabet used in Italian orthography as an example, the Italian language has seven vowels, but the alphabet has only five vowel letters to represent them; in general, the difference between the phonemes close and open is simply ignored, though stress marks, if used, may distinguish them. Among the Italian
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_script
date created:
2005-09-09T08:15:44Z
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2024-09-10T06:25:25Z
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