Logography: Each character represents a whole word or a meaningful unit of language(morpheme), such as Chinese characters. Abjad: Symbols represent mostly consonants, while readers add the vowels based on context. Examples include Arabic and Hebrew. Abugida: Base letters represent a consonant with an inherent vowel, and extra marks change the vowel sound. Examples include Devanagari and Thai. Alphabet: Symbols stand for individual sounds (both vowels and consonants). Examples include the Latin, Cyrillic, and Greek scripts. Syllabary: Each character stands for an entire syllable(usually a consonant and a vowel together). Example include Japanese Kana.   submitted by   /u/Austronesian-42156 [link]   [comments]