Re: CHAT: Happy Conlang day!

Yoon Ha Lee sikayal:

> Happy conlang day, even though we're half an hour away in California.  ;-)
Karna daril aparkelta!  Happy Conlang Day!

> What are literacy standards in any associated concultures with your conlangs?
> How is writing/reading taught, if at all?
Great question.  The Yivríndi have pretty good literacy for their level of
technology.  In the cities perhaps 75% of the people read, though fewer
know how to write correctly because that skill isn't important.  Reading
is quite important in the cities, because written notices and written
contracts are both very common.  In rural areas literacy is less
widespread, though clan leaders at least know how to read.

Reading is usually taught by someone in the clan both in cities and rural
areas.  There are professional scribes who can teach writing, though this
is only for those who need to learn calligraphy and formal writing
conventions.


Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu

"If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are
perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in
frightful danger of seeing it for the first time."
--G.K. Chesterton

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