Segmental writing

Segmental scripts are phonographs in which the graphemes predominantly correspond to individual phonological segments . Above all, this includes alphabet scripts in which consonant and vowel signs are equally important, but also various gradations with (partially) optional or diacritical vowel marks such as in Arabic or Hebrew script up to pure consonant script in which no syllable kernels are noted (so-called . skeleton case : Phoenician alphabet , Egyptian writing ).

What is not meant, however, are syllabic scripts that are also phonographic, and morpho- / logographic scripts .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald Haarmann: Universal history of writing. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 1990, page 149. ISBN 3-593-34346-0 .