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trochee ([personal profile] trochee) wrote2003-12-07 11:57 am

Writing systems - website

This website provides a guide to over 160 different alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems. It also contains details of many of the languages written with those writing systems and links to a wide range of language-related resources, such as fonts, online dictionaries and online language courses.

http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm

Y'all who know me know I think this stuff is great. I love the "alternative writing systems" page.

[identity profile] epanastatis.livejournal.com 2003-12-07 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Omniglot is pretty damned cool. One of my dorkier hobbies is to try to write texts in one language using a historically unrelated writing system, e.g., Modern Greek written with Yiddish orthography. Omniglot makes even more esoteric combinations possible.