But it also shows that you don't need logograms.
We don't have a distinct symbol for 35 just because English and French pronounce it differently.
We don't have a distinct symbol for 35 just because English and French pronounce it differently.
Alphabets are often linked to sound, and it would be a tremendous challenge to create an "alphabet" analogue that links to a set of fundamental concepts that you can somehow rearrange to form higher level concepts and can still be universally understood without it linking to sound.