The study of writing systems and methods or rules of spelling.
This page was last updated on July 11th, 2008
This page was last updated on July 11th, 2008
Graphemics and Orthography (from Linguistics)
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12480
Information on the 12480 alphanumeric writing system. including font downloads, a FAQ, and many charts and examples.
The Alphabets of Ancient Italy
Etruscan, Umbrian, Oscan, and Volscian.
A Study of Chinese Writing Systems
Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography .
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.
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.
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.
Ancient Mesoamerican Writing
Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites.
Orthography Examples
Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system.
Creative Ideas: Evolutions in the English Lexicon
The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings.
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.
Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India.
A paper which examines the development of scripts in India.
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.
African Writing Systems
An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian).
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
Writing in Inuktitut
Includes an interactive Inuit script generator.
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.
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.
The Numbers in Various Writing Systems
Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign.
Blissymbolics Resources
Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities.
Omniglot
Guide to all major alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems. Also includes information on languages and links to other online language resources.
Naxi Dongba Pictographs Software
Commercial software for writing in Dongba, a pictographic writing system. Also includes some background information on Dongba.
Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark
Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets.
Evolution of Alphabets
Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets.
Ancient Scripts of the World
Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links.
A Philippine Leaf
A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines.
Transliteration of Non-Roman Scripts
A collection of downloadable transliteration and romanization tables for non-Roman alphabets and scripts in .pdf format.
Indian Alphabet Comparison
A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani.
ITRANS
Widely-used software for working with the writing systems of India (Devnagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu).
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.
The Schonfieldian Script Page
The internet's first resource on Hugh J. Schonfield's reformed Hebrew writing system.
Information on the 12480 alphanumeric writing system. including font downloads, a FAQ, and many charts and examples.
Etruscan, Umbrian, Oscan, and Volscian.
Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography .
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.
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.
Describes the Eskaya people of Bohol, and their writing, numerical, and calendar system, as well as links to information about other Philippine scripts.
Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites.
Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system.
The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings.
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.
A paper which examines the development of scripts in India.
Contains a good discussion of the changes in the Norse Runic alphabet (the Futhark) over time.
An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian).
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
Includes an interactive Inuit script generator.
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.
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.
Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign.
Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities.
Guide to all major alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems. Also includes information on languages and links to other online language resources.
Commercial software for writing in Dongba, a pictographic writing system. Also includes some background information on Dongba.
Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets.
Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets.
Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links.
A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines.
A collection of downloadable transliteration and romanization tables for non-Roman alphabets and scripts in .pdf format.
A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani.
Widely-used software for working with the writing systems of India (Devnagari, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu).
Very rich site on linguistic basics of writing systems, attempts of spelling reforms and social and political aspects of many languages' orthographies.
The internet's first resource on Hugh J. Schonfield's reformed Hebrew writing system.
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