History Of Writing Systems

Beyond Greek: The 7 Demotic Letters of the Coptic Alphabet

While the Coptic script appears remarkably similar to Greek, it hides a linguistic secret: seven unique letters borrowed from the…

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How Palm Leaves Shaped the Odia Script

Explore the fascinating intersection of linguistics and material science by discovering how the fragile nature of palm leaves dictated the…

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Hindi and Urdu: Twins Separated by a Script

Hindi and Urdu represent a fascinating linguistic paradox: they are mutually intelligible in conversation yet largely incomprehensible to one another…

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Why “Ye Olde” is Actually “The Olde”: The Story of Thorn

Ever wondered why we say "Ye Olde" to sound medieval? It turns out we've been reading it wrong for centuries.…

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Roman Wax Tablets: The Ancient iPad

Long before the iPad, the Romans mastered mobile communication with the "tabula"—a reusable wax tablet that functioned as the ancient…

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