Alphabet, Abjad and so forth

[Benjamin Fortson]

There is futhark, for starters (the runic alphabet).

Ben

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Michael wrote:

> We all know the term "alphabet", and there are probably quite
> a few of us who are familiar with the term "abjad".
>
> (Abjad is a term used to refer to a writing system -- like
> the one used in Arabic -- that begins "a-b-j".)
>
> Does English have any other terms that we use to refer to
> a language's writing system should it fall outside of the
> usual "abecedarian" approach ?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>