i18n wrote:

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> Over time there have been countless writing systems, which can be more or less categorized according to various properties.
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> The writing systems are used to express in written form one or more languages, dialects, etc., each of which can also be categorized according to a different set of properties (grammatical type, etc.)
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> I wonder if there is any sort of correlation among the historical use of certain categories of writing systems with certain categories of languages.
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> Anyone have any information or speculation?

Yes. There is no such correlation.

(Except that languages with a large inventory of syllables, such as
English, don't use syllabaries.)
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...