alina@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoTo independently invent the concept of writing in which sounds are encoded into symbols from which an infinite number of words can be assembled, you must be a geniusmessage-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down18
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareTo independently invent the concept of writing in which sounds are encoded into symbols from which an infinite number of words can be assembled, you must be a geniusalina@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoSo few? There are hundreds of forms of written script. Some are logographic like hieroglyphs, some are syllabary like like Cherokee, some are alphabetic like Arabic.
minus-squareteft@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·22 hours agoYes, most of those writing systems were developed independently. Downvoting someone for asking you a question is pretty childish.
So few? There are hundreds of forms of written script. Some are logographic like hieroglyphs, some are syllabary like like Cherokee, some are alphabetic like Arabic.
Yes, most of those writing systems were developed independently.
Downvoting someone for asking you a question is pretty childish.