This 3,000-year-old language doesn’t use an alphabet and still thrives

Most of the world’s 7,000 languages build words by matching sounds to letters. Yet Chinese takes a different route - one that ...
New Scientist

The alphabet may have been invented 500 years earlier than we thought

The early history of the alphabet may require rewriting. Four clay artefacts found at an ancient site in Syria are incised with what is potentially the earliest alphabetic writing ever found. The ...
The New York Times

A Tour of Writing’s History Bounces From Script to Script

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Martin Puchner THE GREATEST INVENTION A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts By Silvia ...
The Debrief

AI Has Revealed Unexpected Connections Between Ancient Alphabets Across Continents

Historians have observed that some letters in the Armenian, Georgian, and Caucasian Albanian alphabets closely resemble characters in Ethiopic, the ancient script of the Horn of Africa.
Discover Magazine

African Script Sheds Light on Evolution of Writing

New research confirms that letter shapes become predictably simpler over time to make reading and writing more efficient. The first letter in the English alphabet is famously thought to be descended ...
Polskie Radio

Latin script gains ground in Ukraine, symbolises resistance in Belarus

The Latin alphabet is gaining prominence in Ukraine and Belarus as a symbol of resistance to Russian influence and alignment with the West, according to a linguist.
La Brújula Verde

The Armenian and Georgian alphabets closely resemble the ancient Ethiopian writing system: researchers believe it is not a coincidence

Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University have published a study in which, ...