OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18613

orthography

/ɔːˈθɒɡɹəfi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ortografía
A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
In the colonial era there were two major competing orthographies for rendering words from Indian languages, the ‘Jones system,’ based on the spelling in the original language and r…
The Eisteddvod has not, however, been altogether inactive,—we are indebted to it for presenting us with several excellent prize compositions, both in poetry and prose; and as the s…
ortografía
The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
This word [plaid] is erroneously pronounced plad, the proper pronunciation (according to the Scotch) is shewn by the Orthography.
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