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...''de facto'' existing scripts are however partly logographic, and combine logographic with phonetic signs. The most widespread ...eterminer and a syllabogram, similar to the approach used by [[cuneiform]] script and Egyptian [[hieroglyphs]].

...ough simplification. The oldest known forms of writing were thus primarily logographic in nature. Later syllabic and alphabetic (or segmental) writing emerged. ...f a reed sharpened to a point, or bird feathers were used for writing. The script of Egyptian scribes was called hieratic, or sacredotal writing; it is not h