Which languages have the most beautiful scripts?

I'll go with Persian, though more as calligraphy than printed text.

هر کس حق دارد آزادانه در زندگی فرهنگی اجتماعی شرکت کند، از فنون و هنرها متمتع گردد و در پیشرفت علمی و فوائد آن سهیم باشد.

Georgian is also lovely:

ეს ქართულის მაგალითია. ქართული არის ყველაზე გავრცელებული ქართველურ ენებს შორის და ემსახურება როგორც ლიტერატურულ ენას ან ლინგუა ფრანკას მონათესავე ენებზე მოლაპარაკეებისთვის. ის არის საქართველოს ოფიციალური ენა და მისი მოსახლეობის რვა ხუთ პროცენტზე მეტის მშობლიური ან ძირითადი ენა. მისი მომხსენებლები დღეს დაახლოებით ოთხი მილიონია.

arabic has almost no rival as far as elegance

Santali is nice:

ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱠᱳᱣᱟᱜ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱨᱤᱪᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱠᱩ ᱪᱟᱨᱪᱟᱣ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾ ᱤᱝᱨᱮᱡᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱢᱟ ᱱᱮᱛᱟᱨ ᱜᱚᱴᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱡᱟᱹᱨᱩᱲ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱚᱡ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨᱟᱜ ᱛᱤ ᱢᱩᱴᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱾ ᱟᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢᱛᱮ ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱫᱤᱥᱯᱢ ᱠᱩ ᱯᱷᱩᱨᱜᱟᱹᱞᱮ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ᱾ ᱵᱮᱵᱥᱟ ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱛᱤᱨ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱵᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱡᱚᱠᱷᱚᱡ ᱜᱚᱴᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱛᱤ ᱠᱩ ᱫᱟᱸᱲᱟ ᱟᱹᱪᱩᱨ ᱠᱟᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱠᱩᱣᱟᱜ ᱛᱤ ᱢᱩᱴᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱨᱮᱠᱚ ᱫᱚᱦᱟ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ᱾

Beautiful r3

I agree with all of the above, and I've always thought Armenian looks cool (especially the more italic-looking scripts).

Persian is better than Arabic, in sight and God knows in sound!

r1 I feel the same way about Chinese and Japanese. They're interesting to look at in print, but it's not until you see the calligraphy that their true beauty emerges.

Maldivian:

އިންސާނީ ޙައްޤުތަކާ ޚިލާފަށް ޙަރަކާތްތެރިވާ ޤައުމެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި ފާހަގަކުރެވިފައިވާ ޗައިނާގައި އެ ޤައުމުގެ ސިޔާސަތާ ދެކޮޅަށް ޙަރަކާތްތެރިވުމުގެ ފުރުޞަތެއް ވެސް އަދި ހަމަ އެހެންމެ އިދިކޮޅު ސިޔާސީ ޕާޓީއެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި ޙަރަކާތްތެރިވުމުގެ ފުރުޞަތެއް ވެސް ނޯވެއެވެ. ސަރުކާރުގެ ސިޔާސަތުތަކަށް ފާޑުކިޔާ ނޫސް މަޖައްލާތަކަށް ވެސް ޗައިނާގައި ފުރުޞަތު ނޯންނަކަމީ ޗައިނާއިން އިިންސާނީ ޙައްޤުތަކަށް އިޙްތިރާމްނުކުރާ ކަމުގެ ހެތްކެކެވެ. އިންސާނުންނަށް ލިބިދޭން ޖެހޭ އަސާސީ ޙައްޤުތައް ޗައިނާގެ ރައްޔިތުންނަށް ލިބިދޭން ޖެހޭނެ ކަމުގައި އެ ޤައުމުގެ ޤާނޫނު އަސާސީގައި ބަޔާންކޮށްފައިވި ކަމުގައި ވިޔަސް، ޖިނާއީ ކުށެއްގެ ގޮތުގައި، ދައުލަތާ އިދިކޮޅު ޢަމަލު ހިންގިކަމަށް ބަލައި، މީގެ ތެރެއިން ވަރަށް ގިނަ ޙައްޤުތައް ނިގުޅައިގަނެވޭކަން ފާހަގަކުރެވެއެވެ.

Aramaic is beautiful:

ܐܪܡܝܐ ܠܐ ܗܘ ܚܕ ܠܫܢ ܐܠܐ ܟܢܫܐ ܕܠܥܙ̈ܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܐ. ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܐܪܝܟܬܐ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ ܘܟܬܒܗ ܪܒܐ ܘܟܢܫ̈ܐ ܬܘܕܝܬܢܐ ܟܠ ܫܚܠܦܘ ܠܫܢܐ. ܐܪܡܝܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܫܡܗ̈ܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܐ: "ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ" ܗܘ ܫܡܐ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ ܕܟܢܫ̈ܐ ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܕ̈ܢܚܝܐ. ܥܠ ܦܪܬ ܦܪܝܫ ܠܫܢܐ ܒܠܥܙ̈ܐ ܡܕ̈ܢܚܝܐ ܘܒܠܥܙ̈ܐ ܡܥܪ̈ܒܝܐ. ܐܦ ܐܝܬ ܠܫܢ̈ܐ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ ܝܘܡܢܐ ("ܐܪܡܝܐ ܚܕܬܐ") ܘܐܪܡܝܐ ܟܬܒܢܝܐ ܘܐܪܡܝܐ ܡܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܚܟܝ̈ܡܐ. ܦܪܝܫܝܢ ܠܥܙ̈ܐ ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ ܒܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܒܫܡܗ̈ܐ ܕܚܕ̈ܬܐ ܘܕܡܨܥ̈ܝܐ ܘܕܥܬܝ̈ܩܐ܀

Traditional Chinese may lack the appeal of some of the others, but its complexity still amazes:

漢代延續了先秦時期的天下觀念，並且出現了中外之分、敵我區隔這樣與現代相似的用法。魏、晉、宋、齊、梁、陳皆稱呼自己為中國，而以吳、蜀、北朝為賊、虜、偽等，北朝亦自稱中國。隋、唐自稱「中國]。五代十國時期，僅有中原政權自稱「中國」，南方的吴、南唐、吴越、楚、闽、南汉、前蜀、后蜀、荆南等没有自称“中国”，宋代的彭汝礪則視五代十國是分裂的中國。在遼宋和金宋的南北對峙時期，“中國”一詞的政治意義再次凸顯：遼與北宋、金與南宋都自稱中國[无关引用[无关引用]，都不承认对方为中国。古代“中国”是一个形容词，並非一专有名词，古代各个王朝都没有把“中国”作为正式国名；然而清代前已陸續有各朝代於其國家律法、對外條約和外交事務中，以「中國」一詞行文或發言自稱。

I agree with R3 & R8. Arabic, Chinese, & Japanese as most visually elegant. In high school Japanese class, we learned Hirigana, & Katakana of course, but also learned upward of fifty kanji in one year. Naturally, there's a difference between written kanji, & kanji in written in calligraphy form.

Anyway, there are others that are more interesting to view. Like Burmese, for instance. And I looked into Native American languages, but they're not as interesting visually, as I thought they would be when hearing them spoken.

R3 is correct, that script is art.

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Lots of Sinhala looks like a penis, no wonder OP loves it

Lol r14

Life is too short ... I wish I had more time to learn languages.

I only like English. It's the only language that matters.

The Ethiopian Ge’ez script - like Divehi (Maldivian) script, shown above - has a “handwritten” appearance.

R7 you are joking, right? Persian language is using Arabic alphabet letters like Turkish language before Ataturk.

R18 funny you should post that ... I'm trying to learn a tiny bit of Amharic (well, really, just the syllabary). There is not a lot of Amharic learning material out there though.

[quote]I wish I had more time to learn languages.

Me too. What do you know/have learnt so far? Even learning one can take a lifetime. I know Italian well now, but there's always so much more to discover.

Javanese:

Burmese:

အင်ဒိုနီးရှားတွင် ရီပတ်ဘလစ်ကင် ပုံစံ အစိုးရရှိပြီး ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ထားသော ပါလီမန် နှင့် သမ္မတတို့ ပါဝင်သည်။ အင်ဒိုနီးရှားတွင် ပြည်နယ် ၃၄ ခုရှိပြီး ၅ ခုမှာ အထူးအုပ်ချုပ်ရေး အဆင့်ရှိသည်။ မြို့တော်မှာ ဂျကာတာမြို့ ဖြစ်ပြီး ကမ္ဘာပေါ်တွင် ဒုတိယမြောက် လူဦးရေအများဆုံး မြို့ပြဒေသဖြစ်သည်။ အင်ဒိုနီးရှားသည် ပါပူအာနယူးဂီနီနိုင်ငံ ၊ အရှေ့တီမောနိုင်ငံ နှင့် မလေးရှားနိုင်ငံ အရှေ့ပိုင်းတို့နှင့် ကုန်းမြေ နယ်နိမိတ်ချင်း ထိစပ်လျက် ရှိသည်။ အခြားသော အိမ်နီးချင်းနိုင်ငံများတွင် စင်ကာပူနိုင်ငံ၊ ဗီယက်နမ်နိုင်ငံ၊ ဖိလစ်ပိုင်နိုင်ငံ၊ ဩစတြေးလျနိုင်ငံ၊ ပလောင်းနိုင်ငံ နှင့် အိန္ဒိယနိုင်ငံပိုင် အက်ဒမန်ကျွန်းနှင့် နီကိုဘာကျွန်းတို့ ပါဝင်သည်။ လူဦးရေများပြားပြီး လူဦးရေသိပ်သည်းသည့် ဒေသများရှိသော်လည်း အင်ဒိုနီးရှားနိုင်ငံ၏ ကျယ်ပြောလှသော တောရိုင်းမြေများသည် ဇီဝမျိုးကွဲများကို များပြားစွာ အထောက်အပံ့ ပေးထားနိုင်သည်။ [၅] နိုင်ငံအတွင်း သဘာဝ အရင်းအမြစ် အလျှံပယ်ရှိပြီး ၎င်းတို့တွင် ရေနံ နှင့် သဘာဝဓာတ်ငွေ့၊ ခဲမဖြူ၊ ကြေးနီ နှင့် ရွှေတို့ပါဝင်သည်။ စိုက်ပျိုးမွေးမြူရေး လုပ်ငန်းမှာ ဆန်စပါး၊ ဆီအုန်း၊ လက်ဖက်၊ ကော်ဖီ၊ ကကေးအို ၊ ပရဆေး၊ ဟင်းခပ်အမွှေးအကြိုင် နှင့် ရာဘာတို့ ထွက်ရှိသည်။[၆] အင်ဒိုနီးရှား၏ အဓိက ကုန်သွယ်ဖက်နိုင်ငံများမှာ တရုတ်နိုင်ငံ၊ အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု၊ ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံ၊ စင်ကာပူနိုင်ငံ နှင့် အိန္ဒိယနိုင်ငံတို့ ဖြစ်ကြသည်။ [၇]

Wow, Javanese is lovely, r22, although I can't find many examples.

꧅ꦗꦲ꧀ꦤꦷꦪꦴꦲ꧀ꦤꦶꦁꦠꦭꦒꦏꦢꦶꦭꦔꦶꦠ꧀꧈ ꦩꦩ꧀ꦧꦁꦠꦁꦥꦴꦱ꧀ꦮꦸꦭꦤꦸꦥꦩꦤꦶꦏꦴ꧈ ꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦁꦠꦸꦭꦾꦁꦏꦸꦱꦸꦩꦪꦱꦸꦩꦮꦸꦫ꧀꧈ ꦭꦸꦩꦿꦴꦥ꧀ꦮꦺꦏꦁꦱꦫꦶꦏꦢꦶꦗꦭꦢ꧉

While studying India, I learned to tell Telugu and Tamil written script apart, because Telugu looks like a bunch of animals/rabbits and Tamil has 600/6001 repeated in it all the time.

Tell me that a bunch of you also looked at the beginning of the Gideon Bibles in hotel rooms, where they had some scripture listed in dozens of different scripts. I remember one that just looked like all circles.

R25, you could be reading my mind. Tamil and Sinhalese were always the ones that blew me away.

This thread is persuading me that we should all make a group effort to drop the Roman alphabet and pick up one or more of these to write English. The Roman alphabet is so clunky (though not as much as Cyrillic).

Armenian, alongside Tamil, looks like something from Star Trek:

Հայաստանում արդարադատությունն իրականացվում է միայն դատարանների միջոցով՝ Սահմանադրությանը և օրենքներին համապատասխան։ Հայաստանում գործում են ընդհանուր իրավասության առաջին ատյանի, վերաքննիչ դատարանները և վճռաբեկ դատարանը, որը, բացի սահմանադրական արդարադատության հարցերից, բարձրագույն իսկ օրենքով նախատեսված դեպքերում՝ նաև մասնագիտացված դատարադատական ատյանն է, և արտակարգ դատարանների ստեղծումն արգելվում է։ Սահմանադրական արդարադատությունն իրականացնում է Սահմանադրական դատարանը

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Wingdings

I too like the Thai maybe the best. But all of the above are prettier than English. Looking at some of these, it would take all day just to write my name.

[quote]Tell me that a bunch of you also looked at the beginning of the Gideon Bibles in hotel rooms, where they had some scripture listed in dozens of different scripts. I remember one that just looked like all circles.

Guilty as charged, r25!! One of the highlights of family vacations as a kid.

[quote]This thread is persuading me that we should all make a group effort to drop the Roman alphabet and pick up one or more of these to write English. The Roman alphabet is so clunky

I like your thinking r26

I love Mongolian script. The one below says "I am hungry, mom"

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Tibetan:

ཧ་ལམ་ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་ཧྲིལ་བོར་ཚར་གཅོད་ཐེབས་ཡོད་ཤས་ཆེ། སོག་དམག་གི་གདུང་བསུ་མཁན་གཅིག་ཀྱང་ཡོད་མ་གྱུར། སོག་ཡུལ་ནས་ཐོན་པའི་དམག་དཔོན་ཆེན་མོ་འདིའི་སྔུན་ནས་འཛམ་གླིང་ཡུལ་གྲུ་གང་སར་ཕིར་ཞའི་ཡའི་བཙན་རྒྱལ་ཆེན་མོ་རུ་འབོད་པའི་ཧྥ་རེ་ཊི་རེ་ཁི་ཁྲི་རབས་གཉིས་པའང་འཇིགས་སྐྲག་གིས་ངོ་དམངས་སྐྱ་བོར་ཆགས་པ་བསྙོན་མེད་རེད། གློ་བུར་དུ་བསམ་ཡིད་ལས་འདས་པའི་སྣང་ཚུལ་དེ་མངོན་དུ་བྱུང་བའི་མོད་ལ། ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་གི་རྒྱལ་པོ་དང་དབང་སྒྱུར་མཁན་ཚོ་འཇིགས་དངངས་ཁྲོད་དབུགས་ཀྱང་ཧལ་ཧལ་དུ་གྱུར། ཧན་ཆེན་མོ་ཨའོ་ཋེ་ཚེ་ལས་འདས་རྗེས། རྒྱང་འདུལ་དམིག་འཁྲུག་དཀའ་ཁག་ཕྲན་བུར་ཕྲད་རྐྱེན། ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་གི་སོག་དམག་གིས་མུ་མཐུད་དབང་བསྒྱུར་མ་ནུས། 1214 ལོར་ཕྱིར་རང་ཡུལ་དུ་འཁོར་ནས་ཤར་ཕྱོགས་སུ་རྒྱང་འདུལ་དམག་འཁྲུག་བརྒྱབ་པ་དང་། ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་གིས་སླར་ཡང་དབུགས་རྔ་ཙམ་ལེན་ཐུབ་པ་བྱུང་། དུས་མཚུངས་སུ། སོག་པོའི་དམག་དཔུང་གིས་རྒྱ་ནག་ཏུ་མངའ་ཁོངས་རྒྱ་བསྐྱེད་དེ། ཁིན་བྱང་མ་ཚར་གཅོད་བཏང་བ་མ་ཟད། ཐ་ན་སུང་ལྷོ་མའང་རང་གི་ཟིལ་འོག་ཏུ་བཅུག། 1252 ལོར་མན་གྷོ་ཧན་ ཧན་ཆེན་མོར་གྱུར་ཞིང་། རྒྱལ་པོ་འདི་པས་ཁའོ་བྷ་ལའེ་ཡ་རྒྱ་ནག་ཡུལ་གྱི་སྤྱི་དཔོན་ཆེན་མོར་བསྐོས། གནའ་བོའི་མོང་གོལ་གྱི་རྒྱལ་ས་ཁཱ་རཱ་ཁཱོ་རམ་དུ་བཙུགས་པའི་མན་གྷོ་ཧན་གྱི་ཕོ་བྲང་དུ་ཨེ་ཤ་ཡ་དང་ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་སོགས་ནས་ཕེབས་པའི་འཐུས་ཚོགས་གཟབ་རྒྱས་ངང་འདུ་འཛོམ་བྱུང་། འབྲོག་གི་ཡུལ་སྲོལ་ལྟར་སྐབས་དེར་ཧན་ཆེན་མོ་ད་དུང་གུར་ནང་དུ་འཚོ་ནའང་། སོག་གུར་འདི་དག་སྐམ་སའི་སྟོབས་འབྱོར་དང་འཕྲོག་ཐོབ་རྒྱུ་ནོར་སོགས་ཀྱིས་འབྱོར་ཕྱུག་རབ་ཏུ་རྒྱས་ཡོད། ཡུལ་གྲུ་གང་སའི་ཟོང་པ ༼དམིགས་སུ་ཁ་ཆེ་ཚོང་པ༽ སོག་ཡུལ་དུ་འོངས་དེ་ཡུལ་དེའི་གཏོང་ཕོད་ཅན་གྱི་འཛད་སྤྱོད་མཁན་གསར་དུ་ངོ་ཤེས། སྒྱུ་རྩལ་མཁས་ཅན་དང་སྐར་རྩིས་མཁན། རྩིས་རིག་མཁན། དེང་གི་ཚན་རིག་མཁན་ཚང་མ་སོག་གུར་གྱི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་འདིར་ལྷན་འཛོམ་བྱུང་བ་ནི་འཛམ་བུ་གླིང་ཟིལ་གྱིས་གནན་པར་སྣང་ངོ་།

Georgian

Did you bitches know that the Roman, Hebrew, and Arabic alphabets all evolved from Egyptian hieroglyphs?

Greek is really pretty

I like old German handwriting.

It might not be the prettiest but it certainly is the coolest.

R38, I can write a bit of Sütterlin. My 95-year-old grandmother urged me and my sister to learn it so we could sent her birthday wishes etc. in Sütterlin. I find "normal" German extremely ugly (both in written and spoken form), but I agree that Sütterlin looks kinda cool. It's funny that most letters are very similar or almost identical to the modern-day Latin alphabet, but it's still quite hard to decipher (probably because some of the most common letters like /e/ and /s/ look very different).

indeed, the cool girl in school who isn't pretty, I know her

Tagalog

Lao:

ພາສາລາວ ແມ່ນພາສາລັດຖະການຂອງ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ. ແລະເປັນພາສາແມ່ຂອງຄົນເຊື້ອຊາດລາວ ທັງຢູ່ພາຍໃນແລະຕ່າງປະເທດ. ພາສາລາວມີວັນນະຍຸດ ມີການປາກເວົ້າໃນພາກຕາເວັນອອກສຽງເໜືອຂອງປະເທດໄທແລະພາກຕາເວັນອອກສຽງເໜືອຂອງປະເທດກຳປູເຈຍ. ທາງລັດຖະບານປະເທດໄທມີການສະໜັບສະໜຸນໃຫ້ເອີ້ນພາສາລາວຖິ່ນໄທວ່າ ພາສາລາວຖິ່ນອີສານພາສາລາວສືບທອດມາຈາກ ພາສາໄຕ ຢູ່ພາກໃຕ້ຂອງປະເທດຈີນອ້າງອີງ​ເຊິ່ງເປັນຈຸດດັ່ງເດີມຂອງຫຼາຍພາສາຕ່າງໆ ທີ່ຍັງໃຊ້ແລະເວົ້າຢູ່ໂດຍຫຼາຍຊົນເຜົ່າ. ເນື່ອງຈາກຖືກຄວາມກົດດັນຈາກການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວຂອງອານາຈັກຈີນ, ການບຸກລຸກຂອງຊາວມົງໂກນ ແລະການປູກຝັງທຳນາຫາກິນ, ຄົນໄຕໄດ້ຍົກຍ້າຍລົງມາພາກໃຕ້ສູ່ດິນແດນສຸວັນນະພູມ ຕາມຮິມຝັ່ງແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ. ການອົບພະຍົບຂອງຊາວໄຕກໍ່ໄດ້ມີກ່າວໄວ້ໃນຕຳນານຂອງເຈົ້າພະຍາ ຂຸນບູລົມລາຊາທິລາດ.

R10 That's Syriac, not Aramaic. Aramaic looks closer to Hebrew.

Korean, Georgian, Dhivehi, and Nepali

Korean: 나는이 글의 아름다움을 주셔서 감사합니다. 그렇지 않습니까?

Georgian: მე ვაფასებ ამ წერის სილამაზეს. ნვლთ?

Dhivehi (Maldives): މި ލިޔުމުގެ ރީތިކަމުގެ އަގު ވަޒަންކުރަން. ނޫންހެއްޔެވެ؟

Nepali: म यस लेखको सुन्दरताको मूल्यांकन गर्छु। के तपाईंलाई पनि थाह छैन?

Tattoo fodder!

Yi is hardly beautiful, but it certainly has a curious quality.

ꀑꐯꀕꐯꌠꉬꀐꂼ,ꉪꀐꆈꌠꌺꇐꈀꄸꑌ,ꅉꆺꋋꂷꁧꌋꃅꄉ,ꃰꊿꋋꁯꐮꇯꉌꇿꑓꇿꄉ,ꀒꁨꉜꄉꁦꁦ

Georgian is indeed beautiful: ქართული ენა ძალიან ლამაზია!

As far as alternative orthography for English, well there is the Shavian alphabet (see below and link)...

𐑨𐑟 𐑓𐑸 𐑨𐑟 𐑷𐑤𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑹𐑔𐑪𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑓𐑦 𐑓 𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑖 , 𐑔𐑸 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑...

French cursive is gorgeous. I couldn't find anything about their printing though but their cursive is to die for. No idea as to if it's still taught.

R38 I know what Sutterlin is because Maria Riva wrote in her biography about her mother, Marlene Dietrich, that Marlene had tutors teach her Sutterlin for whatever reason. Apparently Maria really hated learning it because she felt it would serve her poorly if she one day actually got to formally attend school because it was deemed rather old fashioned by then. I'm just this gay.

Vietnamese is beautiful written in the Latin alphabet.

Việt Nam, quốc hiệu chính thức là Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, là một quốc gia nằm ở cực Đông của bán đảo Đông Dương thuộc khu vực Đông Nam Á, giáp với Lào, Campuchia, Trung Quốc, biển Đông và vịnh Thái Lan.

A fictional script, not one used in real life, but the one Tolkein invented for the Elves is very cool.

R51 That reminds me of those people who mistake Elven for Arabic and of course the Isis flag.

R51

Mongolian. It reads top to bottom, but DL posts it horizontal (click link for proper orientation):

ᠥᠨᠥᠳᠥᠷ ᠲᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠵᠤ ᠪᠤᠢ 《ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ》᠂ ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠡᠪᠰᠡᠭᠲᠦ ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨ ᠦ 99 ᠵᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠣᠢ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠷ ᠢ ᠲᠣᠬᠢᠶᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠢᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ᠂ ᠵᠡᠪᠰᠡᠭᠲᠦ ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠢ ᠺᠣᠮᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ ᠬ ∙ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠲᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠮᠡᠨᠳᠦᠴᠢᠯᠡᠭᠡ ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠯ᠎ᠡ᠃

ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠢᠢᠯᠡᠭᠴᠢ᠂ ᠵᠡᠪᠰᠡᠭᠲᠦ ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠶᠡᠷᠦᠩᠬᠡᠢ ᠺᠣᠮᠠᠨ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ  ᠢᠢᠨ ᠮᠡᠨᠳᠦᠴᠢᠯᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠳᠦᠷ᠄

《ᠡᠷᠬᠢᠮ ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠯᠪᠠ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢᠳ᠂ ᠭᠧᠨᠧᠷᠠᠯ᠂ ᠣᠹᠢᠼᠧᠷ᠂ ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠳᠦ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠴᠠᠭᠠᠳᠤ ᠠᠯᠪᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠠᠵᠢᠯᠲᠠᠨ ᠠᠯᠪᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢᠳ᠂ ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠳᠬᠡᠯ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠨ ᠴᠢᠯᠦᠭᠡᠨ ᠳᠥ ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠠᠬᠠᠮᠠᠳ ᠳᠠᠢᠢᠴᠢᠳ᠂ ᠡᠩᠬᠡ ᠢᠢ ᠰᠠᠬᠢᠭᠤᠯᠤᠭᠴᠢᠳ ᠠ᠋᠂

ᠲᠠ ᠪᠦᠬᠦᠨ ᠳᠥ 《ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ》 – ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠡᠪᠰᠡᠭᠲᠦ ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨ ᠡᠭᠦᠰᠴᠥ ᠬᠥᠭ᠍ᠵᠢᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠦ 99 ᠵᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠣᠢ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠷ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠮᠡᠨᠳᠦ ᠢᠢ ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠶ᠎ᠡ!

ᠡᠬᠡ ᠣᠷᠣᠨ᠂ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠲᠦᠮᠡᠨ ᠳᠥ ᠪᠡᠨ ᠡᠷᠭᠦᠭ᠍ᠰᠡᠨ ᠲᠠᠩ᠋ᠭᠠᠷᠢᠭ ᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠦᠨᠡᠨᠴᠢ ᠪᠡᠷ ᠰᠠᠬᠢᠵᠤ᠂ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠡᠷᠬᠡ ᠴᠢᠯᠦᠭᠡ᠂ ᠲᠤᠰᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠲᠠᠨᠢᠯ᠂ ᠳᠠᠶᠠᠩ ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠡᠩᠬᠡ ᠲᠠᠢᠢᠪᠤᠩ᠂ ᠠᠶᠤᠯ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠳᠠᠯ ᠢ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠨ ᠬᠠᠮᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠰ ᠲᠥ ᠬᠢᠴᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠵᠢᠳᠬᠦᠵᠦ ᠶᠠᠪᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠲᠠ ᠪᠦᠬᠦᠨ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯᠴᠤᠳ᠂ ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠥᠷᠥ ᠦᠶ᠎ᠡ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠦᠶ᠎ᠡ ᠳᠥ ᠪᠠᠬᠠᠷᠬᠠᠵᠤ᠂ ᠠᠯᠳᠠᠷᠰᠢᠭᠤᠯᠵᠤ ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠪᠢᠯᠡ᠃

ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡ ᠢᠢ ᠪᠦᠬᠦ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠦᠶ᠎ᠡ ᠳᠥ ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠯᠴᠡᠵᠦ ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠶᠤᠮ᠃ ᠡᠩᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠭᠡᠨ ᠪᠠᠢᠢᠭᠤᠯᠤᠯᠲᠠ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠥᠷᠨᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠥᠳᠡᠯᠮᠦᠷᠢ ᠪᠡᠷ᠂ ᠪᠡᠷᠬᠡ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠠᠮᠢ᠂ ᠪᠦᠯᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠴᠢᠰᠤ ᠪᠠᠷ ᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠰᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠣᠭᠲᠠᠨᠢᠯ᠂ ᠬᠥᠭ᠍ᠵᠢᠯ ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠯ ᠢ ᠬᠠᠮᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠵᠤ᠂ ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠭᠡᠯᠴᠡᠵᠦ ᠢᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠴᠡᠷᠢᠭ᠂ ᠠᠯᠪᠠ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠭᠴᠢᠳ ᠲᠠ ᠪᠦᠬᠦᠨ ᠳᠥ ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠨ ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠬᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠬᠦᠨ ᠢ ᠬᠦᠰᠡᠨ ᠢᠷᠦᠭᠡᠶ᠎ᠡ᠃

ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡ ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠢᠢᠨ ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨ ᠳᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠩ᠋ᠭᠣᠯ ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠡᠩᠬᠡ ᠠᠮᠤᠭᠤᠯᠠᠩ᠂ ᠬᠥᠭ᠍ᠵᠢᠯ ᠴᠡᠴᠡᠭᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ᠂ ᠥᠰᠦᠯᠲᠡ ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠯ ᠠᠰᠢᠳᠠ

Odia:

ଭାରତ ସରକାରୀ ସ୍ତରରେ ଏକ ଗଣରାଜ୍ୟ ଓ ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଏସିଆର ଏକ ଦେଶ । ଏହା ଭୌଗୋଳିକ ଆୟତନ ଅନୁସାରେ ବିଶ୍ୱର ସପ୍ତମ ଓ ଜନସଂଖ୍ୟା ଅନୁସାରେ ବିଶ୍ୱର ଦ୍ୱିତୀୟ ବୃହତ୍ତମ ଦେଶ । ଏହା ବିଶ୍ୱର ବୃହତ୍ତମ ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର ରୁପରେ ପରିଚିତ । ଏହାର ଉତ୍ତରରେ ଉଚ୍ଚ ଏବଂ ବହୁଦୂର ଯାଏ ଲମ୍ବିଥିବା ହିମାଳୟ, ଦକ୍ଷିଣରେ ଭାରତ ମହାସାଗର, ପୂର୍ବରେ ବଙ୍ଗୋପସାଗର ଓ ପଶ୍ଚିମରେ ଆରବସାଗର ରହିଛି । ଏହି ବିଶାଳ ଭୂଖଣ୍ଡରେ 28 ଗୋଟି ରାଜ୍ୟ ଓ ୮ଟି କେନ୍ଦ୍ର-ଶାସିତ ଅଞ୍ଚଳ ରହିଛି । ଭାରତର ପଡ଼ୋଶୀ ଦେଶମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ, ଉତ୍ତରରେ ଚୀନ, ନେପାଳ ଓ ଭୁଟାନ, ପଶ୍ଚିମରେ ପାକିସ୍ତାନ, ପୂର୍ବରେ ବଙ୍ଗଳାଦେଶ ଓ ମିଆଁମାର, ଏବଂ ଦକ୍ଷିଣରେ ଶ୍ରୀଲଙ୍କା ଅବସ୍ଥିତ । ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ସିନ୍ଧୁ ସଭ୍ୟତାର ଉତ୍ଥାନ ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଭାରତରୁ ହୋଇଥିଲା । ପ୍ରାଚୀନ ଭାରତ ବହୁ ବୈଦେଶିକ ବ୍ୟବସାୟୀଙ୍କ ମୁଖ୍ୟ ଆକର୍ଷଣ ଥିଲା । ନିଜର ବ୍ୟବସାୟ ଓ ସଂସ୍କୃତି ପାଇଁ ଭାରତୀୟ ଉପମହାଦେଶ ସାରା ବିଶ୍ୱରେ ଜଣାଶୁଣା ଥିଲା । [୧୨] ବିଶ୍ୱର ପ୍ରମୁଖ ଧର୍ମ (ଯଥା ହିନ୍ଦୁ, ବୌଦ୍ଧ, ଜୈନ ଓ ଶିଖ୍)ର ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି ଭାରତରୁ ହୋଇଥିଲା । ଷଷ୍ଠ ଖ୍ରୀ.ପୂ.ରେ ଜୀଉମାନେ ଭାରତକୁ ଆଗମନ କଲେ । ପ୍ରଥମ ଶତାବ୍ଦୀରେ ପାର୍ସୀ, ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟିଆନ ଓ ମୁସଲମାନମାନଙ୍କ ଆଗମନ ପରେ ପ୍ରଚୀନ ଭାରତର ରୂପରେଖରେ ଉନ୍ନତି ଘଟିଥିଲା । ୧୮ଶ ଶତାବ୍ଦୀରେ ଇଂରେଜମାନଙ୍କ ରାଜୁତିର ପ୍ରାରମ୍ଭ ହୋଇ ଭାରତ ପରାଧୀନତାର ଶିକାର ହୋଇଥିଲା । ଭାରତର ବହୁ ବରପୁତ୍ରଙ୍କ ସଂଗ୍ରାମ ପରେ ବିଂଶ ଶତାବ୍ଦୀର ମଧ୍ୟ ଭାଗରେ (୧୫ ଅଗଷ୍ଟ ୧୯୪୭ ରେ) ଭାରତ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା ଫେରି ପାଇଥିଲା । ଓଡ଼ିଆରେ ଭାରତ ମାନଚିତ୍ର

Gujarati:

ભારતીય ગણરાજ્ય એ અનેક સાંસ્કૃતિક વિવિધતાઓ ધરાવતો દક્ષિણ એશિયા સ્થિત દુનિયાનો સૌથી મોટું લોકશાહી તંત્ર ધરાવતો દેશ છે. આ સાથે ભારત ક્ષેત્રફળ પ્રમાણે વિશ્વમાં સાતમા નંબરનો અને વસ્તી ગણના પ્રમાણે બીજા નંબરનો દેશ છે. ભારતના એક અબજથી વધુ નાગરિકો આશરે ચારસો જેટલી જુદી-જુદી ભાષાઓ બોલે છે. ભારત, ખરીદશક્તિની ક્ષમતા પ્રમાણે દુનિયાનું ચોથું સૌથી મોટું અર્થતંત્ર, અને દુનિયાનું બીજું સૌથી ઝડપથી આગળ વધી રહેલું અર્થતંત્ર છે. આર્થિક સુધારાઓને કારણે છેલ્લા ૨૦ વર્ષમાં ભારતનું વિશ્વભરમાં એક મોકાના સ્થાન તરીકેનું મહત્વ ઘણું વધ્યું છે.

Ogham an old Celtic alphabet.

We should have a thread for most hideous scripts.

What would you nominate, r58?

I say Old Gothic:

𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐌰𐍂 𐌸𐌿 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌴𐍄 𐌿𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌼𐌰

Correction at r59: I guess it's just referred to as Gothic

Kannada:

ભારતીય ગણરાજ્ય એ અનેક સાંસ્કૃતિક વિવિધતાઓ ધરાવતો દક્ષિણ એશિયા સ્થિત દુનિયાનો સૌથી મોટું લોકશાહી તંત્ર ધરાવતો દેશ છે. આ સાથે ભારત ક્ષેત્રફળ પ્રમાણે વિશ્વમાં સાતમા નંબરનો અને વસ્તી ગણના પ્રમાણે બીજા નંબરનો દેશ છે. ભારતના એક અબજથી વધુ નાગરિકો આશરે ચારસો જેટલી જુદી-જુદી ભાષાઓ બોલે છે. ભારત, ખરીદશક્તિની ક્ષમતા પ્રમાણે દુનિયાનું ચોથું સૌથી મોટું અર્થતંત્ર, અને દુનિયાનું બીજું સૌથી ઝડપથી આગળ વધી રહેલું અર્થતંત્ર છે. આર્થિક સુધારાઓને કારણે છેલ્લા ૨૦ વર્ષમાં ભારતનું વિશ્વભરમાં એક મોકાના સ્થાન તરીકેનું મહત્વ ઘણું વધ્યું છે.

I think that is Gujarati r61.

Here is Kannada:

ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯವು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ, ಇದು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಏಷ್ಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಭಾರತವು ವಿಸ್ತೀರ್ಣದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಏಳನೇ ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೇ ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ ದೇಶವಾಗಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಒಂದು ಶತಕೋಟಿಗೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ನಾಗರಿಕರು ಸುಮಾರು ನಾನೂರು ವಿವಿಧ ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತವು ವಿಶ್ವದ ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ ಆರ್ಥಿಕತೆಯಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಎರಡನೇ ಅತಿ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಆರ್ಥಿಕತೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಆರ್ಥಿಕ ಸುಧಾರಣೆಗಳಿಂದಾಗಿ, ಕಳೆದ 20 ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ತಾಣವಾಗಿ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹವಾಗಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿದೆ.

Who was it who said Russian looks like KAOPECTATE spelled in mirror-writing?

Kannada looks like boobies and ball sacks and bell ends all joined up.

Pig Latin.

Tamil:

கிழக்கில் பாகிஸ்தான், கிழக்கில் பங்களாதேஷ் மற்றும் மியான்மர் மற்றும் தெற்கில் இலங்கை அமைந்துள்ளது. புகழ்பெற்ற சிந்து சமவெளி நாகரிகம் பண்டைய இந்தியாவில் உருவானது. பண்டைய இந்தியா பல வெளிநாட்டு வணிகர்களின் முக்கிய ஈர்ப்பாக இருந்தது. இந்திய துணைக்கண்டம் அதன் வணிகம் மற்றும் கலாச்சாரத்திற்காக உலகம் முழுவதும் அறியப்படுகிறது. உலகின் முக்கிய மதங்கள் (இந்து மதம், பௌத்தம், சமணம் மற்றும் சீக்கியம் போன்றவை) இந்தியாவில் தோன்றின. கிமு ஆறாம் நூற்றாண்டில் யூதர்கள் இந்தியாவிற்கு வந்தனர். முதல் நூற்றாண்டில் பெர்சியர்கள், கிறிஸ்தவர்கள் மற்றும் முஸ்லிம்களின் வருகையுடன் பண்டைய இந்தியாவின் தோற்றம் மேம்பட்டது. 16 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில், ஆங்கிலேயர் ஆட்சி தொடங்கியது, இந்தியா கீழ்ப்படிந்தது. இந்தியாவின் மருமகன்கள் பலரின் போராட்டத்திற்குப் பிறகு, இருபதாம் நூற்றாண்டின் நடுப்பகுதியில் (15 ஆகஸ்ட் 18) இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் பெற்றது. ஒரியாவில் இந்தியா மாஞ்சி

I am so dumb. All I know is English. 😔

Arabic for me. Most of the ones posted look like some secret language a 13 year old made up with her best friend to communicate secretly, all bubble type, round letters. Japanese/Chinese seem the most complex but Arabic is just graceful and elegant .

Cuneiform

𒀀 𒀁 𒀂 𒀃 𒀄 𒀅 𒀆 𒀇 𒀈 𒀉 𒀊 𒀋 𒀌 𒀍 𒀎 𒀏 𒀐 𒀑 𒀒 𒀓 𒀔 𒀕 𒀖 𒀗 𒀘 𒀙 𒀚 𒀛 𒀜 𒀝 𒀞 𒀟 𒀠 𒀡 𒀢 𒀣 𒀤 𒀥 𒀦 𒀧 𒀨 𒀩 𒀪 𒀫 𒀬 𒀭 𒀮 𒀯 𒀰 𒀱 𒀲 𒀳 𒀴 𒀵 𒀶 𒀷 𒀸 𒀹 𒀺 𒀻 𒀼 𒀽 𒀾 𒀿 𒁀 𒁁 𒁂 𒁃 𒁄 𒁅 𒁆 𒁇 𒁈 𒁉 𒁊 𒁋 𒁌 𒁍 𒁎 𒁏 𒁐 𒁑 𒁒 𒁓 𒁔 𒁕 𒁖 𒁗 𒁘 𒁙 𒁚 𒁛 𒁜 𒁝 𒁞 𒁟 𒁠 𒁡 𒁢 𒁣 𒁤 𒁥 𒁦 𒁧 𒁨 𒁩 𒁪 𒁫 𒁬 𒁭 𒁮 𒁯 𒁰 𒁱 𒁲 𒁳 𒁴 𒁵 𒁶 𒁷 𒁸 𒁹 𒁺 𒁻 𒁼 𒁽 𒁾 𒁿 𒂀 𒂁 𒂂 𒂃 𒂄 𒂅 𒂆 𒂇 𒂈 𒂉 𒂊 𒂋 𒂌 𒂍 𒂎 𒂏 𒂐 𒂑 𒂒 𒂓 𒂔 𒂕 𒂖 𒂗 𒂘 𒂙 𒂚 𒂛 𒂜 𒂝 𒂞 𒂟 𒂠 𒂡 𒂢 𒂣 𒂤 𒂥 𒂦 𒂧 𒂨 𒂩 𒂪 𒂫 𒂬 𒂭 𒂮 𒂯 𒂰 𒂱 𒂲 𒂳 𒂴 𒂵 𒂶 𒂷 𒂸 𒂹 𒂺 𒂻 𒂼 𒂽 𒂾 𒂿 𒃀 𒃁 𒃂 𒃃 𒃄 𒃅 𒃆 𒃇 𒃈 𒃉 𒃊 𒃋 𒃌 𒃍 𒃎 𒃏 𒃐 𒃑 𒃒 𒃓 𒃔 𒃕 𒃖 𒃗 𒃘 𒃙 𒃚 𒃛 𒃜 𒃝 𒃞 𒃟 𒃠 𒃡 𒃢 𒃣 𒃤 𒃥 𒃦 𒃧 𒃨 𒃩 𒃪 𒃫 𒃬 𒃭 𒃮 𒃯 𒃰 𒃱 𒃲 𒃳 𒃴 𒃵 𒃶 𒃷 𒃸 𒃹 𒃺 𒃻 𒃼 𒃽 𒃾 𒃿 𒄀 𒄁 𒄂 𒄃 𒄄 𒄅 𒄆 𒄇 𒄈 𒄉 𒄊 𒄋 𒄌 𒄍 𒄎 𒄏 𒄐 𒄑 𒄒 𒄓 𒄔 𒄕 𒄖 𒄗 𒄘 𒄙 𒄚 𒄛 𒄜 𒄝 𒄞 𒄟 𒄠 𒄡 𒄢 𒄣 𒄤 𒄥 𒄦 𒄧 𒄨 𒄩 𒄪

Chinese has beautiful calligraphy

Hate cuneiform. Looks like Frogger.

Fuck you, R71!

Look how the curly, embracing round accepting circular shapes are loved and the straight, uptight, sharp talon's claw are regarded as ugly.

I would guess it's reflection of the culture. Warm fuzzy cultures are more circular, and strict ones like the Germanic ones are rigid and uptight.

I think Arabic hits some rule of thirds. Like diagonals and not too much either way that's it's elegant mix of both.

R73 We're only looking at one typeface here, remember. Look at how English sends a different message depending on whether you're using Comic Sans or Copperplate Gothic.

Can you even imagine having to learn to write all that fancy shit?

r75 Chinese schoolchildren learn characters all through elementary school. They pick up more obscure or archaic characters into high school and college. If I am not mistaken, a typical college-educated Chinese person knows anywhere from 6,000-8,000 characters.

I think for basic literacy -- enough to make out a newspaper article -- familiarity with around 2,000 characters is necessary.

Cuneiform fascinates me

How do you for these scripts using your keyboards?

[quote] . புகழ்பெற்ற சிந்து சமவெளி நாகரிகம் பண்டைய இந்தியாவில் உருவானது. Aaabbbccc பண்டைய

Just testing a copy and paste.

Thank you for your contribution, R77!

A lot of you are confusing the names of languages with the names of the scripts they use. Like Persians and Arabic use pretty much the same script and there is no script called Nepali. That is one of several languages that use Devanagari scripts.

Most scripts fall into one of several writing systems, like Latin, Arabic, Kanji, Brahmic etc. Several posted upthread are very similar and can be legible as adjacent scripts within the same family. Some like Korean and emoji 🙂 are just made up shit of recent vintage.

How attractive a script is depends on the fonts you see. But all scripts have to be recognized today in Unicode for use across computer platforms. Unicode will then also recognise the various fonts designed for a script. Latin scripts like English have many fonts, some like Helvetica are beautiful and popular and have films made about them. Others like Bitch Bold, the font used by Datalounge, are loud, nasty, and ugly.

Font styles come out of calligraphy. Cultures with strong manuscript traditions have developed arts of calligraphy. In the case of Islamic cultures, religious strictures upon representational art have resulted in elaborate and ornate art compositions using scripts.

Sorry if I ^ sucked the air out of the room. My personal favorites from the scripts above are Arabic and Tibetan.

I find Hebrew to be very elegant and simple.

[quote] Some like Korean and emoji 🙂 are just made up shit of recent vintage

Are you saying Korean script was recently invented? It's almost 600 years old, not on a par with emojis.

R84 Korean hanggul has been in use for only about a hundred years. I also realize 600 years seems like a long time ago to you.

What are you talking about, r85?

Songangasa, a collection of poems by Jeong Cheol, printed in 1768:

R86 See from R84: "it only became the primary Korean script in the decades following Korea's independence from Japan in the mid-20th century."

Unless you're R84, then oopsie.

(I'm not r84)

r87, you claimed in r85 that "Korean hanggul [sic] has been in use for only about a hundred years."

That is demonstrably false. If you meant WIDESPREAD or STANDARD use, you should have said that. But it's been used for hundreds of years.

I'd hardly call the fifteenth century "recent vintage."

Darling, you're making me work! Korea was a part of Chinese civilization. That's why they used kanji and not the script some random guy made up for nationalist reasons. Actually emoji 🙂 show more evolution though it is slightly younger than Korean hanggul.

Well, hangul might not be as old as hieroglyphs or cuneiform, but it's obviously not "slightly older" than emojis, and you don't date the origins of a script to the time since it's been in "primary use" for a language. How about Cherokee? Are we supposed to believe that that's some kind of recent invention, when it's been around for generations?

R89 must be an extreme eldergay of the generation of Cadmus, as well as having some sort of anti-Korean bias (bad batch of kimchi?).

Is that Cherokee? Tribes are usual oral only ;) and don't have scripts of their own. When they do have them, its made up shit too, but, like hanggul, commendable - though this one is not as well designed.

Somehow its a badge of honor to have your own script but here's the interesting thing r90 Tribes today do not need writing systems with the proliferation of digitality. Why, we've even gone back to pictographic 😂

No i don't hate koreans. But my Cherokee was a surprisingly limp hookup.

The chinese alphabet seems terribly inefficient. A new sign for every concept, instead of a small set of letters that can be combined endlessly.

It's not an alphabet. Characters represent words and concepts. But the characters are built using a couple hundred standard components, so they aren't as different as they might seem at first.

Have you seen how Chinese characters are typed on a computer,? Good lord. Its complicated. Its predictive strokes all the way. No language and script will replace English Roman for the foreseeable future.

R94 No, it's not difficult at all, even for non-native speakers. Suggest you watch some Chinese kids smashing away on their phones.

R95 it depends on which type of typing method you choose. For simplified Chinese, the prevailing type method would be Pinyin, which is simply type the phonetic of the words. For trading Chinese, the prevailing typing method is 倉頡，which require you to dissect a character into different parts and type the corresponding letters to each part in the order that the characters are written. For example, the word 吉 has a 士 at the top and 口 at the bottom. When writing a character, a person write the upper part and then the lower part. The upper part 士 corresponds with the letter 土 and the lower part corresponds with the letter 口. So to type the words 吉，you type 土口.

R96 No, whether it's fast or not does not depend on the input system. Native speakers tend to prefer shape-based systems like Wubi or Cangjie, non-natives Pinyin entry. But with just a bit of practice anyone with good Chinese can be messaging away just as quickly in Chinese as someone typing English. This is not really debatable.

Yeah, it is. Chinese is ridiculous and inefficient and incredibly cumbersome to try and type or even write. It really should just be abolished. At least the Japanese introduced a phonetic alphabet.

Fun fact: all the remaining nudie video stores (the ones with peep booths) in NYC are owned and run by Sri Lankan Sinhalese people.

They’re the ethnic majority in Sri Lanka, but have a chip on their shoulders because they know they’re inferior to the Tamil minority in their country. No Tamil would EVER open a dirty video store; they become physicians and engineers instead.

Malayalam:

ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ഒരു സംസ്ഥാനമാണ് തെലംഗാണ (തെലുഗു: తెలంగాణ) (മലയാളത്തിൽ തെലങ്കാന, തെലുങ്കാന എന്നിങ്ങനെയും എഴുതാറുണ്ട്). ഇന്ത്യയുടെ 29-ആമത് സംസ്ഥാനമായി 2014 ജൂൺ 2-ന് തെലംഗാണ സംസ്ഥാനം നിലവിൽ വന്നു. മുൻകാലത്ത് ഈ പ്രദേശം ആന്ധ്രപ്രദേശ് സംസ്ഥാനത്തിലുൾപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു. വാറങ്കൽ, അദിലാബാദ്, ഖമ്മം, മഹാബുബ്നഗർ, നല്ലഗൊണ്ട, രംഗറെഡ്ഡി, കരിംനഗർ, നിസാമാബാദ്, മേഡക് എന്നീ ജില്ലകളോടൊപ്പം തലസ്ഥാനമായ ഹൈദരാബാദുംകൂടി ഉൾപ്പെടുന്ന പ്രദേശമാണിത്.[2] കൃഷ്ണ, ഗോദാവരി എന്നീ നദികൾ ഈ പ്രദേശത്തിന്റെ പടിഞ്ഞാറു നിന്നും കിഴക്കോട്ടായി ഒഴുകുന്നു.

2009 ഡിസംബർ 9-ന്‌ തെലംഗാണ പ്രദേശത്തെ ആന്ധ്രപ്രദേശിൽ നിന്നു വേർപ്പെടുത്തി 29-ാമത്തെ സംസ്ഥാനമാക്കുമെന്ന് കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാർ അറിയിച്ചുവെങ്കിലും[3] അതിനെതിരെ പ്രക്ഷോഭങ്ങൾ നടന്നുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നതിനാൽ തീരുമാനം നീണ്ടു പോവുകയാണുണ്ടായത്. തെലംഗാണ ഒരു സ്വതന്ത്ര സംസ്ഥാനമാക്കാനുളള രാഷ്ട്രീയ തീരുമാനം കോൺഗ്രസ് വർക്കിംഗ് കമ്മിറ്റി (സി.ഡബ്ല്യൂ.സി.) 2013 ജൂലൈ 30-നു എടുക്കുകയും അതിനുളള നടപടികൾ ആരംഭിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. ഒടുവിൽ 2013 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 3ന് സംസ്ഥാനം രൂപവത്കരിക്കാൻ കേന്ദ്ര മന്ത്രിസഭ തീരുമാനം എടുത്തു. 2013 ഡിസംബർ 5'ന് മന്ത്രിതല സമിതിയുടെ കരട് റിപ്പോർട്ട്‌ കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാരിനു സമർപ്പിച്ചു. ആന്ധ്രാ നിയമസഭയുടെ തീരുമാനം വിപരീതമായിരുന്നെങ്കിലും കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാരിന്റെ തീരുമാന പ്രകാരം പുതിയ സംസ്ഥാനം നിലവിൽ വരുകയായിരുന്നു

I'm not saying it's not pretty, OP, but it kind of looks like a bunch of asses.

I wonder how many people can read Cuneiform

Hieroglyphics are pretty cool:

𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓁒 𓁓 𓁔 𓁕 𓁖 𓁗 𓁘 𓁙 𓁚 𓁛 𓁜 𓁝 𓁞 𓁟 𓁠 𓁡 𓁢 𓁣 𓁤 𓁥 𓁦 𓁧 𓁨 𓁩 𓁪 𓁫 𓁬 𓁭 𓁮 𓁯 𓁰 𓁱 𓁲 𓁳 𓁴 𓁵 𓁶 𓁷 𓁸 𓁹 𓁺 𓁻 𓁼 𓁽 𓁾 𓁿 𓂀 𓂁 𓂂 𓂃 𓂄 𓂅 𓂆 𓂇 𓂈 𓂉 𓂊 𓂋 𓂌 𓂍 𓂎 𓂏 𓂐 𓂑 𓂒 𓂓 𓂔 𓂕 𓂖 𓂗 𓂘 𓂙 𓂚 𓂛 𓂜 𓂝 𓂞 𓂟 𓂠 𓂡 𓂢 𓂣 𓂤 𓂥 𓂦 𓂧 𓂨 𓂩 𓂪 𓂫 𓂬 𓂭 𓂮 𓂯 𓂰 𓂱 𓂲 𓂳 𓂴 𓂵 𓂶 𓂷 𓂻 𓂼 𓂽 𓂾 𓂿 𓃀 𓃁 𓃂 𓃃 𓃄 𓃅 𓃆 𓃇 𓃈 𓃉 𓃊 𓃋 𓃌 𓃍 𓃎 𓃏 𓃐 𓃑 𓃒 𓃓 𓃔

Hieroglyphics:

“Alright, read me back what I have so far, Mrs. Krabappelpatra.” – Pharaoh Skinner

“Bird, bird, giant eye, pyramid, bird.” – Mrs. Krabappelpatra

“Very good, uh, giant eye, dead fish, cat heat, cat head, cat head, guy doing this…” – Pharaoh Skinner

R98- As long as you don't abolish Chinese Food 🍜 it's yummy 😋

After reading this thread again, I'm going to have to say Kannada is my favorite:

ಕೆಲವು ಲಸಿಕೆಗಳು ವಿಕಸನ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೂ, ಉನ್ನತ ಸ್ತರದ ರಕ್ಷಣೆ [೨] ನೀಡುವಂತಹ ಮಲೇರಿಯಾ ಲಸಿಕೆಯು ಎಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸದ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಲಭ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ; ಸೋಂಕಿನ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆಗೊಳಿಸಲು ನಿರೋಧಕ ಔಷಧಿಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಸೇವಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ (ರೋಗ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿದ) ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಬಹುಪಾಲು ಜನರಿಗೆ ಇಂತಹ ರೋಗನಿರೋಧಕ ಔಷಧಿ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗಳು ಆಗಿಂದಾಗ್ಗೆ ಬಹಳ ದುಬಾರಿಯಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ವಯಸ್ಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋಂಕಿನ ತೀವ್ರತೆ ಬಹಳವಿದ್ದು, ದೀರ್ಘ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ಮರುಕಳಿಸುವ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ ಹೊಂದಿರುತ್ತದೆ; ಹಾಗೂ ಭಾಗಶಃ ಪ್ರತಿರಕ್ಷಿತ(ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ)ವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಈ ಪ್ರತಿರೋಧಕ ಶಕ್ತಿಯು ಕಾಲಾನಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕ್ಷೀಣಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹ ಸಮಯವನ್ನು ಕಳೆದಿರುವ ವಯಸ್ಕರು ಕೂಡ ತೀವ್ರ ಮಲೇರಿಯಾಕ್ಕೆ ತುತ್ತಾಗುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆಗಳಿವೆ. ಅವರು ರೋಗ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿದ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಮರಳುವಂತಿದ್ದರೆ, ಪೂರ್ಣಪ್ರಮಾಣದ ಮುನ್ನೆಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸಲಹೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಕ್ವಿನೈನ್‌ ಅಥವಾ ಆರ್ಟೆಮಿಸಿನಿನ್‌ ಜನ್ಯಗಳಂತಹ ಮಲೇರಿಯಾ-ನಿರೋಧಕ ಔಷಧಿಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿ ಮಲೇರಿಯಾ ಸೋಂಕುಗಳಿಗೆ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, ಪರಾವಲಂಬಿಗಳು ಇಂತಹ ಹಲವಾರು ಔಷಧಿಗಳ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಹೋರಾಡುವಷ್ಟರ ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ವಿಕಸನಗೊಂಡಿವೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ, ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಕೆಲವು ವಲಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಕೆಲವೇ ಔಷಧಿಗಳು ಮಾತ್ರ ಮಲೇರಿಯಾ ವಿರುದ್ಧದ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿವೆ.

Greek looks nice

Λορεμ ιπσθμ δολορ σιτ αμετ, cθ vιξ cετερο νεcεσσιτατιβθσ. Αδ δελεcτθσ σcριβεντθρ ηισ, εοσ ατ αππελλαντθρ δελιcατισσιμι. Ειθσ λαορεετ δελεcτθσ σεα νο. Vιταε cομμοδο qθο εα, λορεμ περιcθλισ ινστρθcτιορ εθμ αν, δελεcτθσ δεφινιτιονεσ cθ πρι. Σεδ ερατ δισσεντιθντ νε, τε μελ δολορ τολλιτ φαcιλισι. Ιθδιcο αετερνο εοσ εξ, ετ λαθδεμ αccθσατα qθι, cθ cθμ εραντ θβιqθε.

Cθ jθστο γραεcι πατριοqθε περ. Τε ιδqθε περσεcθτι cθμ. Μεα εα ωισι βονορθμ σαλθτανδι, νοστερ ποστθλαντ εξ προ, vισ vοcεντ περσιθσ cθ. Αδ μελ cιβο cορρθμπιτ, cθ αλιι λιβρισ qθι, αδ μελ σθασ cορπορα. Εα μθτατ ιπσθμ περφεcτο θσθ.

R98: if you know Hanyu Pinyin, typing Chinese is really a piece of cake

The down side: you’ll soon forget how to HAND write these characters, which one would have taken years if not decades to master

Manipuri:

ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ (ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯜ) ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯜ) ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ (ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯜ) ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯋꯥꯡ-ꯅꯣꯡꯄꯣꯛ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯗ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯣꯢꯅ ꯉꯥꯡꯅꯕ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯇꯤꯕꯦꯇꯣ-ꯕꯔꯃꯟ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯨꯞꯇ ꯆꯤꯡꯕ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯚꯥꯔꯠ ꯂꯩꯉꯥꯛꯅ ꯁꯛꯈꯪꯂꯕ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯲꯲ꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗꯒꯤ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ ꯫ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯁ꯭ꯇꯦꯠ ꯑꯁꯥꯝ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯇ꯭ꯔꯤꯄꯨꯔꯥꯗꯁꯨ ꯉꯥꯡꯅꯩ ꯫ ꯃꯁꯤ ꯑꯇꯩ ꯂꯩꯕꯥꯛꯁꯤꯡꯗ ꯍꯥꯢꯕꯗꯤ ꯕꯥꯡꯂꯥꯗꯦꯁ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯑꯋꯥ ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛꯇꯁꯨ ꯉꯥꯡꯅꯩ ꯫ ꯏꯪ. ꯀꯨꯝꯆꯥ ꯲꯰꯱꯱ꯒꯤ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯃꯤꯀꯣꯛ ꯊꯤꯕꯗ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟꯕꯨ ꯃꯃꯥꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯣꯢꯅ ꯉꯥꯡꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯤꯁꯤꯡ ꯂꯤꯆꯥ ꯱꯸ ꯃꯨꯛ ꯁꯨꯈꯤ ꯫

ditto on the dravidian languages.

I rather like Tifinagh--ancient alphabet, still used today by the Berbers and Tuareg in North Africa

OP, thank you for starting this thread - it's so interesting to look at and wonder if these other scripts are as easy to write as the standard 26 character 'English'.

You're welcome, r112

R92, Chinese is complex, but it is a VERY efficient way of communicating non-verbally among speakers of different languages, because everything is written in the same fashion and every ideogram reflects a concept - thus, people who would otherwise be unable to understand each other can easily communicate in writing.

If it weren't an efficient and effective way of communicating, it would have simply disappeared and been substituted by something more practical. However, the fact that it has lasted millennia would suggest that it is, in fact, an extremely effective alphabet.

Syriac has an interesting script, although it's hard to find examples: ܡܲܓ̰ܠܝܼܵܢܵܐ ܦܫܺܝܛܳܐ‎ܥܨܵܨܵܐ ܪܘܝܼܚܵܐ ܥܨܵܨܵܐ ܐܲܠܝܼܨܵܐ,ܪܒ݂ܵܨܵܐ ܐܲܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎,ܦܬ݂ܵܚܵܐ‎ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܝܵܐ‎

I like the Canadian aboriginal syllabics, in this example, Cree

ᐁᑯᓯ ᒫᑲ ᐁᑎᑵ ᐊᓂᒪ ᑳᐃᑘᐟ ᐊᐘ ᐅᐢᑭᓃᑭᐤ, ᒥᔼᓯᐣ, ᑮᐢᐱᐣ ᑕᑲᑵᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᒣᐠ ᐁᑿ ᒦᓇ ᑕᑲᑵᒥᑐᓂᐑᒋᐦᐃᓱᔦᐠ ᐊᓂᒪ, ᐆᒪ ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ ᑭᐢᐱᐣ ᑭᓅᐦᑌᑭᐢᑫᔨᐦᑌᓈᐚᐤ᙮ ᐆᒪ ᐆᑌ ᑳᐃᑕᐱᔮᕽ ᓵᐢᑿᑑᐣ, ᐁᑯᓯ ᐃᓯ ᐆᒪ ᓂᑲᑵᒋᒥᑲᐏᓈᐣ ᑮᑿᕀ ᐁᓅᐦᑌᑭᐢᑫᔨᐦᑕᐦᑭᐠ ᐁᑯᓯ ᐃᓯ ᐆᒪ, ᐹᐦᐯᔭᐠ ᐆᒥᓯ ᐃᓯ ᓂᑮᑭᑐᑎᑯᓈᓇᐠ, “ᑮᒁᕀ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐁᐘᑯ᙮ ᑖᓂᓯ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐁᐘᑯ ᐁᐃᑘᒪᑲᕽ ᐲᑭᐢᑵᐏᐣ᙮” ᐁᑯᓯ ᐃᑘᐘᐠ, ᐁᐘᑯ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐁᑲᑵᒋᒥᑯᔮᐦᑯᐠ, ᐁᑯᓯ ᐏᔭ ᐁᑭᐢᑫᔨᐦᑕᒫᕽ ᐊᓂᒪ, ᑮᒁᕀ ᑳᓅᐦᑌᑭᐢᑫᔨᐦᑕᐦᑭᐠ, ᐁᑯᓯ ᓂᑕᑎ ᐑᐦᑕᒪᐚᓈᓇᐠ, ᐁᑯᓯ ᐁᐃᓰᐦᒋᑫᔮᕽ ᐆᑌ ᓵᐢᑿᑑᐣ, ᐁᑿ ᐯᔭᑿᔭᐠ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐁᑯᓯ ᐃᓯ ᐆᒪ ᐁᐊᐱᔮᕽ, ᐁᑿ ᐯᔭᑿᔭᐠ ᒦᓇ ᐃᐦᑕᑯᐣ = ᑭᐢᑫᔨᐦᑕᒼ ᐊᐘ ᐊᓂᒪ ᐃᑕ ᒦᓇ ᐁᐊᐱᔮᕽ = ᐁᑯᑕ ᐱᓯᓯᐠ ᑫᐦᑌ ᐊᔭᐠ᙮ ᐁᑯᑕ ᐁᑿ ᐁᑯᓂᐠ ᑳᓂᑕᐍᔨᐦᑕᐦᑭᐠ, ᒣᒁᐨ ᐆᒪ ᐁᐘᑯ ᐆᒪ ᐁᑿ ᑳᓅᒋᐦᑖᒋᐠ, ᐁᑯᑕ ᐊᓂᒪ ᓂᐑᒋᐦᐃᐚᐣ᙮

Greek calligraphy...

Call me a fat whore, but this Georgian letter reminds me of an ice cream cone: წ

Beautiful r117.

Greek is among the languages I wish I had time to learn.

r98, the Japanese only use their phonetic scripts to write certain words - the hiragana for native Japanese words, and katakana for foreign (non-Japanese and non-Chinese) words. You still have to learn the kanji characters in order to read the Japanese language, which is why Japanese is regarded as having the most difficult writing system (2 alphabetic syllabaries and 1 ideographic script) in current use.

Fun fact - There was an effort during the American occupation of Japan to replace Japan's writing system with the Latin alphabet as part of an effort to break with the past. It thankfully didn't come to anything, although it would at least have been theoretically possible, unlike Chinese where the number of identical syllables (even taking tones into consideration) would have been a complete mess.

I've noticed no one has brought up the Maya script yet, which some historians say is the most beautiful script ever devised by man.

The characters (or logograms) look so cute and cartoon-like that early explorers and researchers thought they must function like Egyptian hieroglyphs. But no, it's a proper writing system, as expressive as any alphabet we have today.

Beautiful, r121. I'd never seen that.

Old Persian

r121, that is very beautiful. Are they like ideograms?

r69 = sumerian farmwife

Google Translate finally added Tibetan.

ཧེ་གྷི་ནི་ཧེ་གྷི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་གྱི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ལྟེ་བ་ཡིན་ཞིང་། དེའི་ནང་མི་གྲངས་ཁྲི་༨ལྷག་ཙམ་ཡོད། དེ་བཞིན་རོ་ཊར་ཌམ་དང་ཧེ་གྷི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་གྱི་ཆ་ཤས་ཤིག་ཡིན། མི་འབོར་ས་ཡ་༢.༦ཙམ་ཡོད་པའི་ནེ་ཐར་ལན་གྱི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ཆེ་ཤོས་དེ་ཡིན། གྲོང་ཁྱེར་འདི་ཡུ་རོབ་ཀྱི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ཆེ་ཤོས་ཤིག་ཡིན་པའི་རན་ཌི་སི་ཊེཌ་ས་ཁུལ་གྱི་ཆ་ཤས་ཤིག་ཀྱང་ཡིན། ཧེ་གྷི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་ནི་ནེ་ཐར་ལན་ཌིའི་བཀའ་ཤག་དང་། མངའ་སྡེ་སྤྱི་ཁྱབ་ཁང་། ཆེས་མཐོའི་ཁྲིམས་ཁང་། རྒྱལ་པོ་ཝི་ལེམ་ཨ་ལེག་ཟན་ཌར་གཞུང་འབྲེལ་ཐོག་ཧུའུ་སི་ཊེན་བོ་ཤི་ལ་སྡོད་ཀྱི་ཡོད་པ་དང་། རྒྱལ་མོ་མཱ་ཁི་སི་མ་དང་མཉམ་དུ་ནོར་ཌིན་ཌི་ཕོ་བྲང་དུ་ལས་ཀ་བྱེད་ཀྱི་ཡོད། ཧོ་ལན་དུ་ཡོད་པའི་ཕྱི་རྒྱལ་གྱི་གཞུང་ཚབ་ཁང་མང་ཆེ་བ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་དེར་ཡོད། ཧེ་གྷི་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་དུ་ཧོ་ལན་གྱི་ཚོང་ཁང་མང་པོའི་གཞུང་ལས་ཁང་ཡང་ཡོད། ཤེལ་ཚོང་ཁང་ལ་ཡང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར་དེའི་ནང་ཡིག་ཚང་ཆེན་པོ་ཡོད། ཧོ་ལན་གྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་དཔེ་མཛོད་ཁང་ཡང་དེར་ཡོད། ཧྥེ་གླིང་གི་མཚོ་འགྲམ་ས་ཁུལ་དུ་མཚོ་འགྲམ་གྱི་སྐྱིད་སྡུག་གྲགས་ཅན་ཤེ་ཝེ་ནིང་གྷན་ཡང་ཚུད་ཡོད།

I have to agree that r3 is correct, that arabic can be written in nearly any arrangement lends it to VERy artistic flourishes.

I don't know, r128.

I've never handed someone threatening suicide a loaded gun, and I've never texted a suicidal friend encouraging them over and over to kill themselves.

Wrong thread, obviously ....