Your favourite writing system.

by **Imperjeet Harmonia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:58 pm

For both real and fictional languages, as long as it's serious.

My favourite real writing system: Georgian
ქართულ ენას აქვს თვითმყოფადი ანბანი, რომელიც არის ნუსხურის განვითარების შედეგი, ხოლო ნუსხური კი, თავის მხრივ, მიღებულია ასომთავრულისაგან. თანამედროვე მხედრული შეიცავს 33 ასოს, რაც სრულყოფილად ასახავს თანამედროვე ქართული ენის ბგერით შედგენილობას.
Why: I like the curvy letters.

My favourite fictional writing system: Ithkuil

Oumpeá äx’ääļuktëx
Why: The above phrase means: "On the contrary, I think it may turn out that this rugged mountain range trails off at some point."

by **God Kefka** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:04 pm

English. Its simple, logical, easy to learn, and beautiful.

by **Shibe Island** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:05 pm

My favourite writing system: Japanese

Why? It's the language of my NS country. That and I've grown up around Japanese stuff (Anime, Nintendo, etc.) for as long as I can remember.

by **Hladgos** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:06 pm

English; I understand it.

by **Untaroicht** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:06 pm

Real life? The Latin alphabet, due to it's simplicity and ability to be used in Nahuatl, my favorite language.

In fiction?

by **Blazedtown** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:07 pm

Shibe Island wrote:My favourite writing system: Japanese

Why? It's the language of my NS country. That and I've grown up around Japanese stuff (Anime, Nintendo, etc.) for as long as I can remember.

The weaboo is strong with this one.

English, because its the language of the educated world.

by **Cyprevus** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:08 pm

My favorite writing system most likely will be the Tempelars secret writing system.

by **Slavaka (Ancient)** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:09 pm

God Kefka wrote:English. Its simple, logical, easy to learn, and beautiful.

English has to many rules to it. Japanese is by far more simple to learn considering the fact that it's pronounced the way it's spelt and fairly straight forward. Now if only it used Rōmaji instead of Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana mix used in the Japanese writing system.

by **Imperjeet Harmonia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:11 pm

I think people are confusing language with writing system. English, French, Spanish and a lot of other languages all use the Latin Alphabet, meaning that it's written with abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (and sometimes a few extras).

by **The Kangaroo Republic** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:11 pm

Daedric script, woo!

by **Shibe Island** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:13 pm

The Kangaroo Republic wrote:Daedric script, woo!
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I need a font of that immediately!

by **Senyosu** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:16 pm

Hangul and Cryllic. Logical and phonetic.

by **Neoconstantius** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:18 pm

Cyrillic. Latin is alright.

Ge'ez is pretty awesome too.

by **Husqvarnia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:19 pm

I like Georgian too, but I think my favourite would have to be the Mongolian Script. Mongolian today is typically written in Cyrillic, but I prefer the old way much more. I like how it's written top to bottom, left to right. It's uncommon to see a language written like that, because nowadays, pretty much every language I know of besides this is written horizontally.

Here's an example:

Although I like Mongolian the most, I do also like Tibetan and Burmese.

The Tibetan Script looks a lot like the Bengali.

Burmese is cool too, I like the box-like things that connect the other letters.

by **Old Tyrannia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:27 pm

Hieroglyphics, obviously.

by **Vareiln** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:29 pm

Cyrillic hands down, суки.
As far as fictional stuff goes, Mandalorian is also awesome.

by **Untaroicht** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:30 pm

Old Tyrannia wrote:Hieroglyphics, obviously.
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You know how to sing, Do-Re-Mi, It's as simple as vulture, foot, basket!

by **The Prima Nova Illuminate** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:30 pm

Pictish swirl

by **Estado Paulista** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:31 pm

Latin Alphabet.

by **Alyakia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:34 pm

Slavaka wrote:
God Kefka wrote:English. Its simple, logical, easy to learn, and beautiful.

English has to many rules to it. Japanese is by far more simple to learn considering the fact that it's pronounced the way it's spelt and fairly straight forward. Now if only it used Rōmaji instead of Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana mix used in the Japanese writing system.

romaji only is a homophone horror show

by **Nervium** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:35 pm

I kinda find Arabic (or any other Semitic) alphabet(s) look very appealing, especially calligraphy.

by **Senyosu** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:40 pm

Alyakia wrote:
Slavaka wrote:English has to many rules to it. Japanese is by far more simple to learn considering the fact that it's pronounced the way it's spelt and fairly straight forward. Now if only it used Rōmaji instead of Kanji/Hiragana/Katakana mix used in the Japanese writing system.

romaji only is a homophone horror show

Indeed.

But Hangul tho... So logical~

by **Costa Fierro** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:53 pm

I love the look of Hebrew for some reason. Don't know why.

by **Conscentia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:58 pm

1. Hangul. Has pretty much everything one could want from an orthography, though it's a bit short on phonemes.
2. Arabic. Why? Best calligraphy of any form of writing, though it can be bit impractical compared to Hangul, Cyrillic, or Latin.
3. Cyrillic. Easy to use, looks good. All the best bits of Greek & Latin. Aesthetically pleasing. Adaptable.
4. Latin. Easy to use. Adaptable.
5. Ogham. Simple, and minimalistic.
6. Devanagari. Adaptable, aesthetically pleasing, though it's not particularly easy to use.
7. Tibetan; Georgian; Yiddish/Hebrew; Mongolian. Aesthetically pleasing.
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by **Conscentia** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:00 pm

Senyosu wrote:Indeed.
But Hangul tho... So logical~

Hangul is the best.

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