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 ...
Bangkok Post

Flipping the script: China school reforms spark Mongolian writing revival

ULAANBAATAR - In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical ...
University of Sheffield

Writing Systems #3 - Let’s Forget the Alphabet

Today, after spending two weeks on Punjabi and its writing system Gurmukhi, it’s time to have a little look at some of the terms I have thrown around in those blogs. Off There are many different ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
France 24

Flipping the script: China school reforms spark Mongolian writing revival

In a classroom in Mongolia's capital, students pass over the Soviet-era Cyrillic alphabet they grew up with and turn their copybooks sideways to practice the traditional, vertical Mongolian script ...