The document summarizes 5 non-Roman writing systems: Japanese, Arabic, Sanskrit, Hebrew, and Thai. It provides brief overviews of the origins and histories of the scripts. For each one, it describes the common letter components and shapes. Japanese uses kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Arabic is written right to left and commonly has curved and diagonal lines. Sanskrit and Devanagari script have horizontal lines atop curved letters. Hebrew letters are often square with thick lines on the bottom and thinner on the sides. Thai incorporates small circles and has no word spacing.

1. ดเด็ก 5 Non-Roman Alphabets A brief outline & repeating shapes

2. JAPANESE WRITING

3. MAP OF JAPAN

5. KANJI It is said there are over 50,000 kanji. 2000 of them are frequently used (named Jooyoo Kanji). Common shapes: 八 Eight Hachi王King 六Six Roku主Master 災Disaster生Birth, Life 火Fire正Justice 刀 Sword 全Whole Zen 力Power, Strength介Mediate, Aid 万10,000 Man 分Divide Bun, Fun 丸Circle合Fit, agree

6. There are approximately 600 pictograms: Eg: 山 (mountain) 人(person ) 上(up) and 下(down)

9. Horizontal lines often with a curve at the end

10. Criss-cross ‘t’ shape

13. Horizontal top stoke

14. Criss-cross ‘t-shape’

16. ARABIC ALPHABET

17. In dark green, the countries that use the Arabic as the sole official script; and in light green, the countries that assume the Arabic alphabet as a co-official script.

19. Used Widely after the 7th Century AD with the spread of Islam (the Islamic text the Quran was written in Arabic

20. Script written from right to left, cursive style (connecting to adjacent letters)

21. With 28 basic letters

22. There are many different styles of calligraphy used to write ArabicCoca Cola in Arabic

24. Curved, rounded lines

25. Vertical lines

27. Map of India

29. Language of the Vedas, (Hindu religious texts) dating back to 1500 BC

33. Written from left to right

34. Lacks distinct letter cases

35. Horizontal line runs across the top of the lettersCommon Shapes: Horizontal line with a vertical line dropping down connecting to mainly curvedbut also square shapes.

36. HEBREW

37. Map of Israel

39. Dates back to 11th Century BC

40. Early Hebrew script replaced by Aramaic after 586BC

41. Everyday use had ceased by 70 AD

42. Classical Hebrew continued to be used for literary and religious reasons by Jewish people around the world.

43. Mid 19th Century – began to be revived in Israel as an everyday language

45. 22 consonants plus final letters & diacritics

47. Thick straight rectangles on bottom with tilted L & R sides

48. Rectangle on top with curved L & R sides.

50. Map of Thailand (yellow)

53. Spoken by approx 65 million people

55. Space is not used between words

56. 44 consonants representing 21 distinct sounds, each with an inherent vowel. There are many modifications

59. Arabic Writing: http://www.radioanywhere.co.uk/displayStory.php?story=1525 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet http://29letters.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/arabic-type-history/ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alphabet_world_distribution.PNG http://www.ey-yar.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/alphabet_poster.jpg http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/arabic/alphabet/chart.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arabic_alphabet_world_distribution.gif http://www.pbase.com/highlandrover/image/51942137 http://http.cdnlayer.com/smoola/00/00/83/b885d78b6476fa1b_m.jpg

60. Sanskrit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sanskrit.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi http://www.ancientscripts.com/devanagari.html http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect6/Sect6_14.html http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/devanagari_sanskrit_alphabet_consonants.htm http://www.yell.com/images/classifications/yoga.jpg

61. Hebrew http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language http://ianaloni.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/israel-map1.jpg http://www.hanefesh.com/edu/images/abc.gif

62. Thai Script http://www.ancientscripts.com/thai.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_script http://1steasythaialphabet.com/ http://www.omniglot.com/writing/thai.htm http://www.phukhao.com/download/maps/Thailand-map.gif http://chakraclothing.com/worldalphabet_3_files/language%20merge%20jpg/thai%20merge_PXF.JPG http://www.visualeditors.com/apple/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/thaistopsign.jpg