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Writing began with pictures and slowly learned to capture pure sound. Chinese Characters, the oldest continuous system still in use, keep ov...
The Oldest Writing Systems in Human HistoryCuneiform emerged in Sumer around 3400 BC, making it the oldest known writing system. Egyptian hieroglyphs followed around 3200 BC. Chinese ...
Writing Systems That Survived Colonial SuppressionThe Cherokee syllabary was banned in schools. Bamum script was suppressed by French colonial authorities. Tibetan script was targeted during...
Writing Systems Invented by Single IndividualsSequoyah created Cherokee without knowing how to read any language. King Sejong assembled scholars to create Hangul. Louis Braille was 15 wh...
Scripts Nobody Can Read AnymoreLinear A from Minoan Crete remains undeciphered. Rongorongo from Easter Island may or may not be true writing. The Indus Valley script has r...
The Most Beautiful Writing Systems Ever CreatedArabic calligraphy transforms writing into art. Tibetan dbu med script flows like mountain streams. Georgian mkhedruli has unique angular el...