The Solresol Scale: A Musical Language
Imagine ordering a coffee using a flute or saying 'I love you' with a violin. This was the vision behind Solresol, a 19th-century language where words are built from the…
Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Imagine ordering a coffee using a flute or saying 'I love you' with a violin. This was the vision behind Solresol, a 19th-century language where words are built from the…
What if the letter 'S' looked like a hiss or 'P' was shaped by the lips? We delve into the Pasilalinic-sympathetic Alphabet, a 19th-century utopian project to create a universal…
Born from the horrors of war, Blissymbols was a universal language designed for peace, built on pure logic. This post explores how this unique pictographic system combines simple shapes to…
Beyond the silent battle of wits on the board, chess has its own powerful language. This post deconstructs Algebraic Notation, revealing a complete linguistic system with its own vocabulary (K,…
Esperanto, the most successful constructed international auxiliary language, was invented in the late 19th century by L. L. Zamenhof with the intention of fostering harmony...
Introduction In a world where languages are as diverse as the people who speak them, it’s fascinating to imagine an alternate reality where everyone speaks...