Introduction to Geography: People, Places, and Environment, Global Edition

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Chapter 8 - Languages and Religions - Review and Discussion Questions - Page 363: 9

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An ideogram/logogram is a written character or symbol that represents a word or concept directly, without using individual letters or phonetic sounds. Two languages that have a nonalphabetic form of writing are Chinese and Japanese. The written form of a language can change over time due to historical, social, and cultural influences. For example, English has undergone significant changes in its written form from Old English to Modern English, resulting in different scripts and orthographic rules.
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