abecedy
Abecedy is the plural form of abeceda, the word used in Czech and Slovak to mean the alphabet—the complete set of letters used to write a language or the script family. The term also appears in other Slavic languages with a similar meaning. An abeceda may refer to a language's writing system as a whole, or to the practice of teaching children the letters (the ABCs) and the order of letters used for sorting words.
Etymology and concept: Abeceda derives from the idea of teaching reading with the first letters of the
Scope and varieties: In practice, abecedy describe multiple writing systems. For example, the Latin-based abeceda used
Usage and function: The abeceda is commonly taught as the basis of literacy—the ABCs—and serves as the