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Symbols Symbols: Encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms. More than 2,500 signs, from ideograms to graffiti, arranged into groups according to their graphic characteristics. Their histories, uses, and meanings. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.symbols.com/ The Origin of Writing The Origin of Writing: Post-structural analysis of the non-metrical image writing used by the Aboriginal Peoples of North America during pre-Columbian times, a system based upon material production within a visual context. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Cyprus/8281/ Evolution of Alphabets Evolution of Alphabets: Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/ Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India. Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India.: A paper which examines the development of scripts in India. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2104/scripts.html 12480 12480: Information on the 12480 alphanumeric writing system. including font downloads, a FAQ, and many charts and examples. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.12480.8m.com/ The Numbers in Various Writing Systems The Numbers in Various Writing Systems: Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://zompist.com/scripts.html The Schonfieldian Script Page The Schonfieldian Script Page: The internet's first resource on Hugh J. Schonfield's reformed Hebrew writing system. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.geocities.com/snortar/schonfield.html Indian Alphabet Comparison Indian Alphabet Comparison: A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.ukindia.com/zalph.htm A Philippine Leaf A Philippine Leaf: A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/ Ancient Scripts of the World Ancient Scripts of the World: Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.ancientscripts.com/ Writing System Topics by Vivian Cook Writing System Topics by Vivian Cook: Comprehensive site that focuses on english orthography but also gives more general linguistic information. Contains work-in-progress version of a book on english orthography and many humorous examples of spelling mistakes. Suitable for both linguists and (Graphemics and Orthography) http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~vcook/wstopics.htm World Writing Systems - an introduction World Writing Systems - an introduction: Very rich site on linguistic basics of writing systems, attempts of spelling reforms and social and political aspects of many languages' orthographies. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writintro.htm African Writing Systems African Writing Systems: An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian). (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Amharic.html Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts: A collection of downloadable transliteration and romanization tables for non-Roman alphabets and scripts in .pdf format. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://ee.www.ee/transliteration/ C. C. Elian C. C. Elian: An alternative writing system examplified through art works that are visually similar to Asian and Middle Eastern systems, but based on Western concepts of language as it relates to perception and the implied ability to experience and control reality. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.ccelian.com Writing in Inuktitut Writing in Inuktitut: Includes an interactive Inuit script generator. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.halfmoon.org/inuit.html A Short Presentation and Overview of the Rune alphabet, the Futhark A Short Presentation and Overview of the Rune alphabet, the Futhark: Contains a good discussion of the changes in the Norse Runic alphabet (the Futhark) over time. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/runes/overview.html Naxi Dongba Pictographs Software Naxi Dongba Pictographs Software: Commercial software for writing in Dongba, a pictographic writing system. Also includes some background information on Dongba. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.naxidongba.com/ Omniglot Omniglot: Guide to all major alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems. Also includes information on languages and links to other online language resources. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.omniglot.com/ Eskaya Script Eskaya Script: Describes the Eskaya people of Bohol, and their writing, numerical, and calendar system, as well as links to information about other Philippine scripts. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/mystery/eskaya.htm Ancient Mesoamerican Writing Ancient Mesoamerican Writing: Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://pages.prodigy.com/GBonline/ancwrite-old.html Creative Ideas: Evolutions in the English Lexicon Creative Ideas: Evolutions in the English Lexicon: The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/spellit.html Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark: Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/fonts/#myth ITRANS ITRANS: Widely-used software for working with the writing systems of India (Devnagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu). (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.aczone.com/itrans/ The Alphabets of Ancient Italy The Alphabets of Ancient Italy: Etruscan, Umbrian, Oscan, and Volscian. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.netaxs.com/~salvucci/VTLalphabet.html Workshop: From letter to sound Workshop: From letter to sound: Homepage of the Third International Workshop on Writing Systems, University of Cologne, Germany, September 23-24, 2002. The abstracts provide a good overview of current linguistic research. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.uni-koeln.de/~amd58/workshop/ A Study of Chinese Writing Systems A Study of Chinese Writing Systems: Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography . (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.humboldt.edu/~cllc/writesys.htm Orthography Examples Orthography Examples: Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/orthography/examples.html Amanye Tenceli:The Writing Systems of Aman Amanye Tenceli:The Writing Systems of Aman: Complete descriptions of the Sarati and Tengwar scripts created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his celebrated artificial languages. Also includes fonts and specialized writing programs. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://hem.passagen.se/mansb/at/ Blissymbolics Resources Blissymbolics Resources: Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities. (Graphemics and Orthography) http://www.symbols.net/blissre.htm