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16 hours ago · The history of writing traces the development of writing systems [1] and how their use transformed and was transformed by different societies. The use of writing prefigures various social and psychological consequences associated with literacy and literary culture. With each historical invention of writing, true writing systems were preceded by ...
16 hours ago · Aramaic languages are written in the Aramaic alphabet, a descendant of the Phoenician alphabet, and the most prominent alphabet variant is the Syriac alphabet. The Aramaic alphabet also became a base for the creation and adaptation of specific writing systems in some other Semitic languages of West Asia , such as the Hebrew alphabet and the ...
16 hours ago · The word Lipī ( 𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀻) used by Ashoka to describe his "Edicts". Brahmi script (Li= 𑀮 La+ 𑀺 i; pī= 𑀧 Pa+ 𑀻 ii). The word would be of Old Persian origin ("Dipi"). Pāṇini (6th to 4th century BCE) mentions lipi, the Indian word for writing scripts in his definitive work on Sanskrit grammar, the Ashtadhyayi.
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16 hours ago · Nubia ( / ˈnjuːbiə /, Nobiin: Nobīn, [2] Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized : an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan ), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
16 hours ago · It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of speech sounds in written form. [1] The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech–language pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators.
- 1888 to present
- Alphabet, – partially featural
16 hours ago · Ceuta ( UK: / ˈsjuːtə /, US: / ˈseɪuːtə /, [5] [6] Spanish: [ˈsewta, θewta]; Arabic: سَبْتَة, romanized : Sabtah) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
16 hours ago · The Phoenician and subsequently Roman town of Tharros Necropolis of Tuvixeddu, Cagliari Around the 9th century BC the Phoenicians began visiting Sardinia with increasing frequency, presumably initially needing safe overnight and all-weather anchorages along their trade routes from the coast of modern-day Lebanon as far afield as the African and ...
