Editing Writing (section)

=== Logographies ===
[[File:Comparative evolution of Cuneiform, Egyptian and Chinese characters.svg|thumb|Comparative evolution from pictograms to abstract shapes, in Mesopotamian [[cuneiform]]s, [[Egyptian hieroglyph]]s and [[Chinese characters]]]]
A logography is written using [[logogram]]s{{snd}}written characters which represent individual [[word]]s or [[morpheme]]s.{{sfnp|Daniels|Bright|1996|p=56}} For example, the Maya glyph for 'fin', pronounced ''ka'', was also used to represent the syllable ''ka'' whenever the pronunciation of a logogram needed to be indicated. Many logograms have an [[ideographic]] component (e.g. [[Chinese character radicals]], [[hieroglyphic determinatives]]).

The main logographic system in use is [[Chinese characters]], used primarily to write the [[Chinese languages]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]], and historically others from regions influenced by [[Chinese culture]], such as [[Korean language|Korean]] and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]. Other logographic systems include [[cuneiform]] and [[Maya script]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}