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February 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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#Schoolwork #doodles of Onfirm, a boy who lived in #Novgorod Republic in the 13th century, practicing the #Cyrillic #alphabet and depicting himself as a horseman slaying a person, presumably his #teacher.

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February 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Work in progress: Epichoric Archaic #Greek alphabets

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December 3, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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#Siddham #script in the wild.

Hase-dera (長谷寺), #Kamakura, #Japan.

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July 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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#Siddham #script in the wild.

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Koutoku-in (高徳院), #Kamakura, #Japan.

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July 17, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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One more example of Old #Uyghur #epigraphy :
Post-Mongolic script.
Its horizontal orientation was influenced by #Arabic in #Afghanistan and #Anatolia after 14 c. CE.

More info: tinyurl.com/4nfcp52u
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February 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Here are examples of Old #Uyghur #epigraphy :
1 Square script
2 Semi-square script
3 Cursive script
4 Block-print

More info: tinyurl.com/4nfcp52u
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Square script Semi-square script Cursive script Block-print
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Update on #matuww:
We are slowly updating writing scripts with letters that have numeral values.

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December 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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An example of Staveless #Younger #Futhark #Runic writing:

The Hälsingtuna Stone. 11 c. CE. Hudiksvall, #Sweden.

For more information: tinyurl.com/ydr555t3
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June 2, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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An example of Long-branch #Younger #Futhark #Runic writing:

The Jelling stones. 10 c. CE. Jelling, #Denmark.

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June 2, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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#Proto-Rovash is derived from #Phoenician. It was used to write Scytho-Sarmatian, Alanian, and Oghuric languages. Numerous inscriptions were found in the Eastern European #Steppe.

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December 27, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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#Carpathian Basin #Rovash also has influence from the Early #Cyrillic #alphabet.

Full page: tinyurl.com/4axubndm
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January 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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#Palmyrene is another local variant of #Aramaic used in the former Palmyrene Empire, modern-day #Syria.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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Old #Uyghur was descended from a vertically written form of #cursive #Sogdian. This #alphabet was used in 8-17 c. CE to write #medieval #Turkic languages, #Chinese, #Mongolian, #Tibetan, and #Arabic.

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February 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#Hebrew script in the field:
#Sephardic #Museum in #Toledo, #Spain.

More info on Hebrew script: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
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November 13, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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Traditional #Mongolian script is used commonly in Inner Mongolia, #China, than in Outer Mongolia nowadays. This #alphabet is written vertically up-to-down, left-to-right, and has been in use since 1204 CE.

Full page: tinyurl.com/2kt5d87w
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April 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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#Celtiberian is a #Paleohispanic script used in the #Ebro Valley to write Celtiberian, an extinct #Celtic language.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
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November 5, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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Here are examples of #Glagolitic #epigraphy :
1 Rounded form
2 Angular form
3 "Semi-literate" form
4 Book cursive

More info: tinyurl.com/mwy64njj
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January 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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#Early #Steppean #Rovash was used to write #Turkic , possibly #Hunnic, and #Iranian languages. This was used in the #Eurasian #Steppe.

Full page: tinyurl.com/muu4prj4
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January 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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In Egypt and Sudan, Nubians Are Trying To Bring an Alphabet Back From the Dead
An effort to save an ancient writing system is being led by the diaspora Diaspora Nubians are trying to revive their little-known alphabet. @EloStark explains the struggle for @newlinesmag.
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October 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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#Szekely #Hungarian #Rovash is still used to write Hungarian today and was first attested to be used in the 9th century CE.

Full page: tinyurl.com/mv42suys
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January 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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#Glagolitic was used to write Old #Church #Slavonic and its local varieties from 862/3 CE, in #Moravia, #Bulgaria, #Macedonia, #Croatia, Bohemia, and Poland. Its use survived up to the 19th century in Croatia.

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January 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#Syriac is derived from #Aramaic. It is used to write Aramaic, #Sogdian, and liturgically in Syriac #Christianity.

There are 3 main froms:
ʾEsṭrangēlā (Classical)
Maḏnḥāyā (Eastern)
Serṭā (Western)

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November 23, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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An example of #Greco-Iberian writing:

Greco-Iberian lead plaque from #Alcoy, #Alicante, #Spain.

For more information: tinyurl.com/2s3vwudk
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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#Khwarezmian is an #Aramaic derived script used in modern day #Uzbekistan and #Turkmenistan.

Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
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November 26, 2024 at 7:46 AM