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Bizarre Ancient Languages and Alphabets
Workshop
First writing?
Just the Alphabet for Hieroglyphs. See link below for ideogram lists
Download your syllabus: Bizarre Ancient Languages SYLLABUS
Session 1: Hieroglyphs, Hieratic, Demotic
Can you remember the difference between ideograms, syllabaries, abjads and abugidas? Time to play with the languages and alphabets!
Download Hieroglyphs Chart
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Translate your name into Hieroglyphs
Download and install these fonts if you would like to type in hieroglyphs on your computer: Nahkt Hieroglyphs: Demotic
NOT an ancient language be inspired by one famous author's interests in ancient languages:
Download the Elvish (Tolkein) Fonts:
Elvish 1
Elvish 2
Elvish 3
Elvish 4
note:When you click on each link a small font file will appear in your downloads so you may not see anything appear. To install a new font on your computer: go to to start then control panel then find your fonts (you don't have to open it). Just drag and drop the TT (True Type Font) file into it. It should then appear in your font list in your word processing programs, etc.
Session 2: Languages of the Levant
Here are some Levantine writing systems to play with on your computer. Which one do you like best?
Download: Early Aramaic: Hebrew; Phoenician; Persian Cuneiform
Session 3: Linear A; Linear B and the rise of the Greek alphabet
Who among you will make history by translating Linear A for the first time? (advice: Crete is a great island to live on while you do the work).
Download
LINEAR B
Download some Greek fonts: Ismini TT font; Ionic Greek
Download
Linear B Syllable Chart
Session 4: Italy and our own alphabet
Who can tell me what a boustrophedon language is? What does it look like when you type English that way? Can you read it? Here are a few last alphabets to play with: these are starting to look pretty familiar!
The Etruscan Alphabet
The Oscan Alphabet font
A Nice Roman Font
Don't forget to send me a copy of your new language inventions (naturally, I understand these things take time...languages don't just pop up over night)
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