A 5-page series on how pictogram/ideogram languages evolve into logographic systems.
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Classical Chinese Yi is a syllabic logographic system that was reputedly devised during the Tang dynasty (618–907) by someone called Aki (Chinese: 阿畸; pinyin: Aqi). However, the earliest surviving examples of the Yi script only date back to the late 15th century and early 16th century, the earliest dated example being an inscription on a bronze bell dated to 1485.
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Writing: Mesopotamia (cuneiform) Over 5 thousand years ago, people living in Mesopotamia created a form of writing to record and communicate different types of information. The earliest writing was based in pictograms. Over time the writing changed and the signs developed into a script which was called cuneiform. Cuneiform was used to record many things like trade, astronomy, literature, and daily events. We chose this characteristic for our civilization because the very first writing was…
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Learning a new or rather old, dead language can be rather fulfilling. It almost takes you back to when you were a kid, watching Indiana Jones or Tomb Raider movies. One such ancient but appreciated language is the Egyptian Hieroglyphs. They are much like an art form. This was a way of communicating for ancient […]
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The Latin Logographic Script was created by Lourenço Menezes D'Almeida as an alternative way to write English and other languages.
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The Latin Logographic Script was created by Lourenço Menezes D'Almeida as an alternative way to write English and other languages.
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In 2016, the odds of finding a "lost" civilization or even city seem low.
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Graphic design is so much a part of our modern world that it is hard to imagine living without it. In some ways, we never have—design has been evolving nearly as long as we humans have! Join us as we trace the roots of graphic design from pre-industrial history into the industry we know today.
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Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logographic and alphabetic elements. There is alphabetic elements only.
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the vulcan language through the centuries
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