• D10-01: Tichelaar, T. (2003). Writing systems. In: Training Course on Toponymy. Frankfurt am Main: Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, pp 59-64.
  

Literature:

• Coulmas, F. (2003). Writing systems: an introduction to their linguistic analysis. Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
  
  
• Daniels, P.T. & W. Bright (1996). The world's writing systems. Oxford University Press.
  
  
• Rogers, H. (2005). Writing systems: a linguistic approach. Blackwell textbooks in linguistics.
  
  
• Sampson, G. (1990). Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction. Stanford University Press, 1990.

Online resources:

• Wikipedia: Writing systems

The United Nations sell the following publications which also can be downloaded from the UNGEGN website:

• Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names (New York 2002) / pdf
  
  
• Manual for the national standardization of geographical names (UN - Ecosoc, New York, 2006   ST/ESA/STAT/SERM/88 Sales No. E.06.XVII.7 ISBN 92-1-161490-2, available in the 6 UN languages) / pdf
  
  
• Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names (New York, 2007) / pdf
  
  
• Resolutions adopted at the ten UN Conferences on the standardization of geographical names (English (pdf) / French (pdf)