Book description
This book is a catalogue of 100 different writing systems around the world with full character charts and basic information on the left page and blank graph paper on the right page to start immediately experimenting all the different scripts. This is a great book for language enthuasiasts who want to see how different writing systems look like. This book can also be useful to identify unknown samples of writing or reading the signs while traveling. The basic information provided above the character charts include: script type (abjad, abugida, alphabet, syllabary, logography) writing direction invention time time period when the script was used, if it's not used anymore regions with predominant usagelist of languages associated with the scriptSo the theory part is kept to a bare minimum and there are better books for people who want to read more about the history of different writing systems. The book includes both modern and ancient writing systems around the world. From every continent and every different type of writing systems. Writing systems by type: 43 abugidas33 alphabets14 abjads10 syllabaries2 logographic scripts Writing systems by continent: 70 Asia16 Europe9 Africa4 the Americas1 OceaniaThere are two additional sections in the end of the book. One section containing numerals in 35 different writing systems. The last section is "design your own writing system", where you can write down your own writing system.Full list of writing systems: Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Avestan, Avoiuli, Balinese, Bamum, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carian, Chakma, Cham, Cherokee, Coptic, Cypriot, Cyrillic, Deseret, Devanagari, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Elbasan, Etruscan, Fraser (Old Lisu), Futhark, Garay, Ge'ez, Georgian, Glagolitic, Gothic, Greek, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hangul, Hanun 'o, Hanzi, Hebrew, Hiragana, Inscriptional Pahlavi, Inscriptional Parthian, Inuktitut, Javanese, Kaithi, Kannada, Katakana, Kayah Li, Kharosthi, Khmer, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Linear B, Lontara, Lycian, Lydian, Malayalam, Mandaic, Manichaean, Mayan, Meitei Mayek, Mongolian, Nabataean, New Tai Lue, N'Ko, Odia, Ogham, Ol Chiki, Old Hungarian, Old Permic, Old Turkic, Osmanya, Phags-pa, Phoenician, Rejang, Samaritan, Saurashtra, Shavian, Sinhala, South Arabian, Soyombo, Sumerian cuneiform, Sundanese, Sylheti Nagri, Syriac, Tagbanwa, Tai Le, Tai Tham, Tai Viet, Tamil, Telugu, Tengwar, Thaana, Thai, Tibetan, Tifinagh, Tocharian, Ugaritic cuneiform, Vai.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience