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Definition: Written Language |
Written LanguageNoun1. Communication by means of written symbols. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Written LanguageSynonym: written communication (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A written language is a language which has a writing system. The writing system employed may be an alphabet or ideograms or some other system. The majority of languages do not have a writing system.
A written language may also be one not spoken. List of written languages that are not spoken languages
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Written language."
Crosswords: Written Language |
| English words defined with "written language": aphasia, Armenian, Armenian alphabet, Avestan ♦ Babylonian ♦ compile, compiler, compiling program, Coptic ♦ Egyptian ♦ formal ♦ Hindi ♦ informal, interlingual rendition, Ionic dialect ♦ learner's dictionary ♦ Mahratti, Marathi, Modern Greek ♦ natural language ♦ object language, orthography ♦ readability, rendering ♦ school dictionary, Serbo-Croat, Serbo-Croatian, Shah Nameh, source program ♦ target language, tongue, transcriber, translation, translator ♦ Urdu ♦ version ♦ words, writing, writing system. (references) |
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Books | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | People with fluent aphasia have problems understanding spoken and written language. (references) | |
Children who have learned to read and write before the onset of auditory agnosia can often continue communicating through written language. (references) | ||
Learning disabilities are disorders that affect the ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, coordinate movements, or direct attention. (references) | ||
Economic History | North Korea | In North Korea, the Korean alphabet (hangul) is used exclusively, unlike in South Korea, where a combination of hangul and Chinese characters is used as the written language. (references) |
China | Chinese civilization was further strengthened by the development of a Confucian state ideology and a common written language that bridged the gaps among the country's many local languages and dialects. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | The written language differs from the spoken. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
written language | 8 |
test of written language | 5 |
japanese written language | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "written language"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 書寫語言 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Skriftsprog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geschreven taal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kirjoitettu kieli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | langue écrite, langage écrit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schriftsprache (literary language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γραπτή γλώσσα, γραφόμενη γλώσσα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | linguaggioscritto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 文語 (literary language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶ"" (literary language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ittenwray anguagelay linguagem escrita. (various references) pasaje escrito, lengua escrita. (various references) skriftspråk. (various references) yazı dili. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-g-i-l-n-n-r-t-t-u-w" | |
-3 letters: guaranteeing. | |
-4 letters: agglutinate, alternating, gauntleting, granulating, gratulating, triangulate. | |
-5 letters: angulating, antinature, englutting, entreating, gantleting, generating, greatening, laureating, leaguering, lieutenant, regelating, regulating, relegating, tangential. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 72 69 74 74 65 6E 4C 61 6E 67 75 61 67 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01110010 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01101110 00100000 01001100 01100001 01101110 01100111 01110101 01100001 01100111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W r i t t e n   L a n g u a g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0072 0069 0074 0074 0065 006E 004C 0061 006E 0067 0075 0061 0067 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5784758686718024667807387677371 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , chinês, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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