For centuries, historians and linguists have highlighted a deceptively simple question, what is the oldest alphabet in the world? While early writing systems like cuneiform and hieroglyphs are far ...
From Latin and Chinese to Tamil and Telugu, discover the top ten most popular writing scripts used around the world ...
The early history of the alphabet may require rewriting. Four clay artefacts found at an ancient site in Syria are incised with what is potentially the earliest alphabetic writing ever found. The ...
Today, after spending two weeks on Punjabi and its writing system Gurmukhi, it’s time to have a little look at some of the terms I have thrown around in those blogs. Off There are many different ...
It isn’t just languages that are endangered: dozens of alphabets around the world are at risk. And they could have even more to tell us. On his first two days of school, in a village above the ...
The staff of the Martha Canfield Memorial Free Library invites the public to an in-person talk with Tim Brookes, author of ...
When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Martin Puchner THE GREATEST INVENTION A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts By Silvia ...
Cursive script for the Roman alphabet can vary from country to country and can reveal much about where and how you were taught, writes Adrienne Bernhard. Cursive eulogies are everywhere these days, ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback