The World's Writing Systems

{{Short description|1996 reference book about writing systems}}

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| editors = {{Unbulleted list|Peter T. Daniels | William Bright}}

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| pub_date = February 8, 1996

| pages = 968

| isbn = 978-0-195-07993-7

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The World's Writing Systems is a reference book about the world's writing systems. The book is edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright and was first published by Oxford University Press in 1996.{{cite book |editor1-last=Daniels |editor1-first=Peter T. |editor2-last=Bright |editor2-first=William |title=The World's Writing Systems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=621jAAAAMAAJ |access-date=23 February 2015 |date=6 June 1996 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-507993-7}}

The World's Writing Systems systematically explores most of the world's writing systems from the earliest times onwards. There are seventy-four signed articles, arranged in thirteen groups, with seventy-nine contributors (some articles have shared credit, while others merely consulted).