alphabetic language

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

alphabetic language

   <human language> A written human language in which symbols
   reflect the pronunciation of the words.  Examples are English,
   Greek, Russian, Thai, Arabic and Hebrew.  Alphabetic languages
   contrast with {ideographic languages}.

   I18N Encyclopedia
   (http://i18ngurus.com/encyclopedia/alphabetic_language.html).

   (2004-08-29)