Question
The Proto-Sinaitic script is considered to be an ancestor of most modern versions of this type of writing system. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this type of writing system which consists of symbols representing the phonemes of a given spoken language. Examples include the Korean script Hangul, as well as Roman and Greek varieties.
ANSWER: alphabets
[10h] This other type of writing system comprises basic characters denoting consonants and diacritics to mark vowels, thus contrasting with alphabets where vowels are given equal status. The usual name for these systems comes from Ge’ez, which uses one.
ANSWER: abugida [or alphasyllabary or neosyllabary or pseudo-alphabet; do not accept or prompt on “syllabary” or “alphabet”]
[10m] One example of an abugida is this script, which was used to write Sangam literature. It shares its name with a language used for the oldest surviving Dravidian writing.
ANSWER: Tamil script [or Tamizh]
Summary
| 2023 UMN COOT | 08/19/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |
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| Palestrina Sawayama | doubleplusnegfive | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
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