History of Ideogram

	Revision 10 . . December 8, 2001 7:42 am by Alan D [cuneoform was ideogramatic at its creation. woops. made the distinction if thats acceptable.]
	Revision 9 . . December 8, 2001 7:30 am by Paul Drye [Cuneiform is not ideographic -- it's a syllabary in almost all cases]
	Revision 8 . . December 8, 2001 7:19 am by Alan D [ideograms represent ideas, not words, distinguished from pictographs as well.]
	Revision 7 . . (edit) November 20, 2001 5:06 am by Chenyu
	Revision 6 . . (edit) November 20, 2001 5:06 am by Chenyu
	Revision 5 . . September 14, 2001 3:59 am by Hannes Hirzel

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Ideograms are symbols that represent an idea in a written language, as opposed to using phonemes or syllables to construct words. An ideogram is distinguished from a pictograph? in that a pictograph is any symbol that represents an idea, whereas an ideogram is part of an established written language. Ideograms are used in such languages as Chinese and Japanese (although Japanese use their ideograms extensively for their pronunciation as well.) Early hieroglyphics? are also ideograms. ideograms are said to represent concepts rather than words because often an ideogram can be pronounced differently depending on the context.

Ideograms are symbols that represent an idea in a written language, as opposed to using phonemes or syllables to construct words. An ideogram is distinguished from a pictograph? in that a pictograph is any symbol that represents an idea, whereas an ideogram is part of an established written language. Ideograms are used in such languages as Chinese and Japanese (although Japanese use their ideograms extensively for their pronunciation as well.) Early hieroglyphics? and cuneiform? were also ideograms, though later they were used extensively (and in cuneiform, exclusively) for their pronunciation. Ideograms are said to represent concepts rather than words because often an ideogram can be pronounced differently depending on the context.