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  <abstract>Annotation This is an encyclopedia of writing systems, scripts and orthographies of all the world's major languages, past and present. It provides both a fully illustrated description of over 400 writing systems and an account of the study of writing in many different disciplines, from anthropology to psychology.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Florian Coulmas.</note>
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