r/protowriting

48 archived posts · Mar 2017 – Dec 2022

Proto-writing

r/protowriting

Writing systems that use ideograms and pictographic writing in order to communicate abstract concepts non-verbally. These writing systems were the precursors to 'proper' writing that represent spoken language.

Created Mar 8, 2017 · restricted

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A place to discuss writing systems that use ideograms and pictographic writing in order to communicate abstract concepts non-verbally. These writing systems were the precursors to 'proper' writing that represent spoken language.

Check out the wikipedia page for proto-writing. Topics might include such diverse topics as

historic proto-writing systems
the mechanics of various proto-writing systems
the relationship between writing and the cultures
the genisis of these systems (e.g., from petroglyphs)
the evolution into logograms and phonemes
information theoretic aspects of proto-writing
artistic beauty of picture symbols

Bonus points for conscripts for proto-writing systems

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