Re: "Ideographic" writing systems for the Millions

I have created an alphabetic script usable for many languages, that uses an
idea found in Korean: one letter, one recognizeable part of the glyph. You
can find it at  www.omniglot.com. I call it Alomian. There are a number of
interesting writing systems there, including those of most natlangs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Dunn" <pdunn@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 1:03 AM
Subject: "Ideographic" writing systems for the Millions


> (Yo, hi, I'm Patrick, I come, I go, I crumble under stress, I write books,
> I come back, I start dissertation, I delete lots of messages, I lurk, I
post)
>
> Has anyone made a serious effort to create a writing system like Chinese
> or Hieroglyphs for one of their conlangs?  I have toyed it with, on and
off,
> but the major problem is bookkeeping, of course.  Any technical solutions
to
> that problem?
>
> I point out that the Dongba script of the Naxi language occasionally makes
my
> beard (right handed, but gay) stand upright in delight.
>
> http://www.omniglot.com/writing/naxi.htm
>
> I also rather dig some of the native American mnemonic picture-writing,
which,
> although not technically a means of representing language verbatim, is
none-the-less
> beautiful and interesting.  Sadly, can't find an example online.
>
> Also, I have a penchant for very analytic languages, like Indonesian,
which aren't
> popular it seems among conlangers in general -- which may be another
reason
> other than the practical why logographic writing systems also aren't
popular.  Still --
> are there any synthetic natlangs that use a logographic writing system?
(well,
> with the exception of course of ancient Egyptian, which was about as
analytic
> as Hebrew, I believe)  It almost seems that logographic and analytic go
together
> well -- I'm not sure why.
>
> --Patrick
>
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