/r/protowriting
Writing systems that use ideograms and pictographic writing in order to communicate abstract concepts non-verbally. These writing systems were the precursors to 'proper' writing that represent spoken language.
A place to discuss writing systems that use ideograms and pictographic writing in order to communicate abstract concepts non-verbally. These writing systems were the precursors to 'proper' writing that represent spoken language.
Check out the wikipedia page for proto-writing. Topics might include such diverse topics as
Bonus points for conscripts for proto-writing systems
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/r/protowriting
Hello, I'm an HCI person and very interested in how symbolics get rendered in ways that can 'directly' represent the meaning. an 'onomatopoeia of writing', if you will.
Thanks so much for any and all ideas! Glad to talk about them.
In other words, I'm looking for a "conscript" / "neography" that does not attempt to reproduce a language, but instead reproduce actual concepts (usually relatively simple ones).
Here are a few examples I've found so far:
If you've found any other modern proto-writing systems, I'd love to hear about them!
Could this inscription possibly be read from right-to-left? Who is to fully know protowriting rules? Well if read right-to-left and, please keep up with what is to be announced, the inscriptions are pictographic by nature. If one acknowledges a mature insight to human reproduction phases please follow along to the story about to be told. First off, first character introduced resembles a penis. Yes, flat out I came out and said it. Penis. Understood automatically as man. Second character to introduce resembles a vulva. "V". Venus. Woman, different person- not man. My theory with this is this story reveals two people meeting. If first character is condition of man then what does character three relate? Possibly a phallus? This story goes that two people meet. So why is that then? No netflexing chilled moves seem to occur on this innocent vessel so what gives 1+2=3? Well what gives is that what is understood about man is that he has just a penis. Just that. Not erect like phallus character number 3? (*note also how character 1 is not erect but points down in a relaxed natural manner. Character 3 is not this case but erect plus line drawed up simulating drawn/raised energy.**note also for pentagram lovers that pentagram down represents the 'gift of God' as opposed pentagram up which represents man's 'appraisal to God' -possible euphemisms? o;) Character 4 introduced gives my theory a sound confession that possibly all introduced could be trashed but this single character"l" could be "I" as in person about to be transmitted, sperm, the one to be the gift of God. 5th character is already known in this theory as women so why introduce again "V?" Well the possibility could be to explain character 4's existence. To transmit "l,"sperm, the receiving vulva needs to be depicted again not to interpret woman as existing but in sexual act with man with the phallus character number 3. Ultimate character number 6 is the perfect result of birth. Represented by 3 "l's" or 'I's' or 3 peoples. In gematria 5 is number of man in creation. Number 6 is also number of man in perfect birth that it took 2 lll's or two different set of people to have a male and female meet. 6th place for the gift of God. The sun, wether male or female. Thus there my 2-cent theory.
Edit: My first post, I'm sorry. Here is the refence link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_symbols#/media/File%3AVinca_vessel.png