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The '''orthography''' of a language is the set of rules of how to write correctly in the language. The term is derived from
Greek ''ορθο'' '''ortho-''' ("correct") and ''γραφος'' '''graphos''' ("that writes") and, in today's sense, includes spelling and
punctuation. Orthography is distinct from
typography.
An example of an orthographic rule for English is:
:A vowel that is not preceded immediately by another vowel, and that is followed by an "E" at the end of the word, without any other vowels between that vowel and the "E", may represent the "long" sound of the vowel. (This is the pronunciation rule "final E makes the vowel long" restated as a spelling rule.)
* Kinds of writing:
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Ideogram
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Syllabary
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Alphabet
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Calligraphy
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Penmanship
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Majuscule
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Minuscule
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Graphology
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Spelling
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Punctuation
==See also==
*
Prescription and description
*
Writing system
==Reference==
*Smalley, W.A. (ed.) 1964. Orthography studies: articles on new writing systems, United Bible Society, London.
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