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http://www.symbols.com/ - http://www.symbols.com/
Encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms. More than 2,500 signs, from ideograms to graffiti, arranged into groups according to their graphic characteristics. Their histories, uses, and meanings. |
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Ancient Scripts of the World - http://www.ancientscripts.com/
Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links. |
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African Writing Systems - http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Amharic.html
An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian). |
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A Philippine Leaf - http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/
A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines. |
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Indian Alphabet Comparison - http://www.ukindia.com/zalph.htm
A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani. |
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Ancient Mesoamerican Writing - http://pages.prodigy.com/GBonline/ancwrite-old.html
Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites. |
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Evolution of Alphabets - http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/
Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets. |
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World Writing Systems - http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writintro.htm
Features linguistic basics of writing systems, attempts of spelling reforms, social and political aspects of many languages' orthographies. |
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Eskaya Script - http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/mystery/eskaya.htm
Describes the Eskaya people of Bohol, and their writing, numerical, and calendar system, as well as links to information about other Philippine scripts. |
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Orthography Examples - http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/orthography/examples.html
Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system. |
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A Short Presentation and Overview of the Rune alphabet, the Futhark - http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/runes/overview.html
Contains a good discussion of the changes in the Norse Runic alphabet (the Futhark) over time. |
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Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India. - http://www.appiusforum.com/scripts.html
A paper which examines the development of scripts in India. |
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C. C. Elian - http://www.ccelian.com
An alternative writing system examplified through art works that are visually similar to Asian and Middle Eastern systems, but based on Western concepts of language as it relates to perception and the implied ability to experience and control reality. |
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Creative Ideas: Evolutions in the English Lexicon - http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/spellit.html
The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings. |
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The Origin of Writing - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/8281/
Post-structural analysis of the non-metrical image writing used by the Aboriginal Peoples of North America during pre-Columbian times, a system based upon material production within a visual context. |