14 Facts About Non-linear writing

Many Non-linear writing systems include a special set of symbols known as punctuation which is used to aid interpretation and help capture nuances and variations in the message's meaning that are communicated verbally by cues in timing, tone, accent, inflection or intonation.

Proto-Non-linear writing lacked the ability to capture and express a full range of thoughts and ideas.

One of the great benefits of Non-linear writing systems is that they can preserve a permanent record of information expressed in a language.

The glyphs of most writing systems are made up of lines and are therefore called linear, but there are glyphs in non-linear writing systems made up of other types of marks, such as Cuneiform and Braille.

Invention of the first Non-linear writing systems is roughly contemporary with the beginning of the Bronze Age in the late 4th millennium BC.

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Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Non-linear writing systems are generally believed to have had independent origins.

Hieroglyphic Non-linear writing system used by pre-colonial Mi'kmaq, which was observed by missionaries from the 17th to 19th centuries, is thought to have developed independently.

The Japanese Non-linear writing system includes several distinct forms of Non-linear writing including logography.

Linear Non-linear writing systems are those in which the characters are composed of lines, such as the Latin alphabet and Chinese characters.

The earliest examples of writing are linear: the Sumerian script of c 3300 BC was linear, though its cuneiform descendants were not.

However, if "Non-linear writing" is defined as a potentially permanent means of recording information, then these systems do not qualify as Non-linear writing at all, since the symbols disappear as soon as they are used.

Left-to-right Non-linear writing has the advantage that since most people are right-handed, the hand does not interfere with the just-written text, which might not yet have dried, since the hand is on the right side of the pen.

In computers and telecommunication systems, Non-linear writing systems are generally not codified as such, but graphemes and other grapheme-like units that are required for text processing are represented by "characters" that typically manifest in encoded form.

In Unicode, each character, in every language's Non-linear writing system, is given a unique identification number, known as its code point.