0 An alphabetic language has a letter or combinations of letters and marks to represent each speech sound in the language.
1 An alphabetic language has a letter or combinations of letters and marks to represent each speech sound in the language.
He taught the people how to form and use alphabetic signs and instructed them in mathematics: he gave them their code of laws.
It is not known who invented the alphabetic system of writing.
The Chinese language is by all means the counterpart of the alphabetic stock.
The privilege of modifying alphabetic form is one that has been frequently exercised.
There were, doubtless, many steps taken in slow succession before the invention of alphabetic writing.
We focus specifically on a target audience of adult second language learners who are not literate in any alphabetic script, in any language.
In this case, bilingualism accompanied by biliteracy eventually resulted in more advanced understanding of the symbolic relation between letters and sounds in an alphabetic script.
Alphabetic awareness was measured by asking children to report the initial letters of 24 spoken words.