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Proto-writing consists of visible marks communicating limited information. [2] Such systems emerged from earlier traditions of symbol systems in the early Neolithic, as early as the 7th millennium BC in China and southeastern Europe.
- Dispilio Tablet
The Dispilio tablet is a wooden tablet bearing inscribed...
- Neolithic Signs in China
Examples of Jiahu symbols. Jiahu is a Neolithic site in the...
- Kish Tablet
ISO 15924. Pcun (015), Proto-Cuneiform. The proto-cuneiform...
- History of writing
True writing, where the content of linguistic utterances can...
- Proto-Sinaitic script
The Proto-Sinaitic script is a Middle Bronze Age writing...
- Dispilio Tablet
Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system [5] [6] and was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq ). Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to write a number of languages in addition to Sumerian.
- left-to-right
- (Proto-writing)Cuneiform
- Cuneiform
Writing systems. A writing system comprises a particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. Writing systems can generally be classified according to how symbols function according to these rules, with the most common types being alphabets, syllabaries, and logographies.
Jan 6, 2023 · New research proposes that symbols in 20,000-year-old cave drawings are a proto-writing system, but not all scientists are convinced. Margaret Osborne. Daily Correspondent. January 6, 2023.
