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School left me with the impression that hieroglyphs were primitive constructs - purely logographic and ideographic. It was a shock to later learn that they are
by antihipocrat 1y ago
School left me with the impression that hieroglyphs were primitive constructs - purely logographic and ideographic. It was a shock to later learn that they are also alphabetic and phonetic.
The opportunities for creative expression are amazing in such a system
- jhbadger 1y agoYes, the system is reminiscent of written Japanese in that way in that a word is sometimes spelled out phonetically, sometimes with an ideograph, and sometimes both for good measure if one or the other isn't viewed as clear enough.
- Pet_Ant 1y agoI have heard it described as not quite an "alphabet" but more like a rebus[1] using an alphabet. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus
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- glimshe 1y agoVery few, if any, real world writing systems are purely ideographic.
- RataNova 1y agoNo wonder the scribes were so highly regarded