One thing that annoys me though it has no real impact on me personally is the language choice between 'Chinese (traditional)' and 'Chinese (simplified)'. I think I know the reasons for this, but I still don't like the implications that there are two Chinese languages and they differ only how they are written.

It would be nice to have different Chinese languages as language options but apparently Mandarin is the only game in town.

#languages #chinese #writingSystems

Marks from 40,000 years ago may be a precursor to writing

A new study suggests that symbols engraved on artifacts up to 40,000 years old in Europe may have been precursors to the earliest writing systems.

Omni Letters
The Direction of Thought.

Writing direction shaped culture, power, time, and trust—long before meetings, borders, or modern leadership ever existed.

The Direction of Thought.

Writing direction shaped culture, power, time, and trust—long before meetings, borders, or modern leadership ever existed.

World Endangered Writing Day

Friday, January 23rd
10:00am to 6:00pm UTC+0/GMT
https://endangeredwriting.com
@Endangeredalphabets

With Pippa Steele, Peter Constantine, Mohamed Pujeh, Sign and Symbol Research Centre, University of Warsaw, Adam Yeo, Ariq Syauqi, Roland Huse, Iris Auda, Kambai Akau, Tim Brookes, Yanru Xu and Amalia Gnanadesikan.

#EndangeredLanguages #EndangeredAlphabets #WritingSystems #Linguistics #Symposium #MinotiryScripts

I recently watched a #Arte documentary exploring whether all humans once shared a single ancestral #language. I decided to recap its key points as a follow-up to my series on the origins of languages and #WritingSystems from last year:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2025/evolution_of_language_follow_up/

#WeekendStories #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #LinguisticHistory

‘Think in Systems’ for Writers

Make Your Effort Count

Medium

I almost forgot.

The publication Writing Systems of the Otherworld has hit the shop at @boldmonday
https://boldmonday.com/products/posters #Ad

Produced by #Alphabetum, The Hague (Akiem Helmling), printed with Pantone Gold and Black.
Text by Tim Brookes from @Endangeredalphabets
#WritingSystems #Language #ConLangs #EndangeredAlphabets

Sutton SignWriting, or simply SignWriting, is a writing system for sign languages. #MostDiscussed #WritingSystems #Deaf #ProjectindependentAssessment https://www.mostdiscussed.com/article/408289
Most Discussed 📖 - Sutton SignWriting Is A Writing System For Sign Languages

@scriptkeepersnetwork It looks like Lontara (https://omniglot.com/writing/lontara.htm), a script derived from Brahmi (the parent of most scripts in India), and found in Indonesia. It is encoded in Unicode as Buginese (https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1A00.pdf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lontara_script#Unicode).

#EndangeredScripts #Lontara #WritingSystems

Lontara

Lontara is a writing system used in Indonesia to write Bugis, Makassarese and Mandar.