Most writing systems we read and write with today are normally written horizontally from left to right and some from right to left. But we have some of the more unconventional writing and reading directions, such as the Hanunó'o script which is written vertically from bottom to top. Today, predominantly vertical writing systems form a … Continue reading Introducing the Traditional Mongolian Script (ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ)
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How do you write this letter?
I want to start today's dive with a little poll. I want to ask, how do you write the letter 'z'? Observing how people write this letter, I cannot help but to dig into why three such forms predominantly exist in our handwriting. Personally, I write my z's like 𝔷, while many others I know … Continue reading How do you write this letter?
Vanuatu’s other writing system
When it comes to hotspots of linguistic diversity, we tend to gravitate towards regions like New Guinea, Nigeria, and the Caucuses. But in the region of Melanesia, there are a group of 82 islands forming the nation of Vanuatu, which boasts the highest linguistic diversity per capita in the world. With a population of around … Continue reading Vanuatu’s other writing system
Why did we learn cursive?
If you grew up in the 20th century, or heck, even into the early 2000s, and you are a speaker of English, you might have gone through the ordeal of learning penmanship, and most particularly, the cursive script, at some point in either preschool, primary school, or elementary school depending on your education system. For … Continue reading Why did we learn cursive?
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