What specific type of writing system uses a set of symbols where each symbol typically represents a single vowel or consonant sound?
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Alphabet
The word 'alphabet' is derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta. Unlike logographic systems like Chinese where symbols represent ideas, alphabets allow us to build thousands of words from just a few dozen sounds.
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