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Jialin Lai; Juan F. Quinonez-Beltran; R. Malatesha Joshi – Reading Research Quarterly, 2024
With the overwhelming "Anglocentric" or "alphabetocentric" science of reading, the current review aimed to add to the science of reading acquisition from the perspective of abugidic writing system, distinct from the well-research alphabetic writing system in multiple dimensions of orthographic complexity, as proposed by Daniels…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Bilingualism, Alphabets, Foreign Countries
Byrum, John D. – 1999
This paper describes two international standards for the representation of the names of languages. The first (ISO 639-1), published in 1988, provides two-letter codes for 136 languages and was produced primarily to meet terminological needs. The second (ISO 639-2) appeared in late 1998 and includes three-letter codes for 460 languages. This list…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Cataloging, Coding, Languages
Bankole, Beatrice S. – 1980
Implementation of ISBD in Nigeria has successfully overcome problems with the diversities of 200 ethnic groups, 400 languages and dialects (in addition to English as the official language), arabic and roman alphabets, and the interface of two major religious systems--Islam and Christianity. This paper describes the adoption and uses of the ISBDs…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Cataloging, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations
Paskaleva, Elena; Zaharieva, Bojanka – 1995
This paper describes a computerized system for tagging language corpora that accommodates the special conditions in Bulgarian language research (notably, lack of advanced technology and corresponding user knowledge). SUPERLINGUA has been developed in the DOS environment with consideration for these conditions. Information on product use, users,…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Discourse Analysis