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Kana for English (かな を゚る いん゚ぐり゚す〫)

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The Japanese hiragana and katakana syllabaries are the most widely used writing systems of their kind today. Studied by millions of students around the world who have become enchanted with Japanese pop culture, one has to ask the burning question: Can I use the kana to write my own language?...

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Myanmar script for English မျါန္မါရ စ္ကြိပ္တ ဖဴရ ဣင်္ဂ္လိဌ

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Out of all the Southeast Asian scripts, the Myanmar script is very easy to identify. Most letters are composed of a combination of circles, circle-based arcs and/or loops joined by straight lines, with the occasional irregular twist thrown in for some variety, resulting in a very round script...

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N’Ko script for English ߒߞߏ ߛߞߙߌߔߕ ߝߐߙ ߌߒߜߟߌߛ߭

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In the last century, a sizable amount of new writing systems have emerged from Africa. N’Ko is one of them: originally developed in the late 1940s by Sulemaana Kante for writing the Manding languages of West Africa, it is one of the most successful of its kind and has been adapted for a few other...

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Yet Another Greek English Alphabet (Ίετ Ηναδ̣ηρ Γριεκ Ινγγλις̣ Άλφηβητ)

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Greek was the first writing system ever devised in human history to indicate vowels. With thousands of years of history behind it, the Greek script conveys a sense of timeless elegance with its round lowercase letterforms, whose letters are widely used in the mathematics, science and engineering...

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