What is an orthography?

An orthography is a complete writing system for a language or languages. Orthographies include the representation of word boundaries, stops and pauses in speech, and tonal inflections.

• Concept module: orthography
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): O
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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