Editing Orthography (section)

== Types ==
The [[writing systems]] on which orthographies are based can be divided into a number of types, depending on what type of unit each symbol serves to represent. The principal types are ''[[logographic]]'' (with symbols representing words or morphemes), ''[[syllabary|syllabic]]'' (with symbols representing syllables), and ''[[alphabet]]ic'' (with symbols roughly representing phonemes). Many writing systems combine features of more than one of these types, and a number of detailed classifications have been proposed. Japanese is an example of a writing system that can be written using a combination of logographic [[kanji]] characters and syllabic [[hiragana]] and [[katakana]] characters; as with many non-alphabetic languages, alphabetic [[romaji]] characters may also be used as needed.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.4324/9780203935668 |page=17 |title=Learning to Read Across Languages |date=2008 |isbn=978-1-135-60034-1 |editor-last1=Koda |editor-last2=Zehler |editor-first1=Keiko |editor-first2=Annette M. }}</ref>