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Malcolm
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 Message 1 of 9
05 March 2005 at 12:39pm | IP Logged 
http://www.omniglot.com/
I've been using this site for a while as a reference on languages and their writing systems.

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/atoz.htm
The A to Z index of languages is the most helpful section in my opinion.

http://www.omniglot.com/language/learning/index.htm
The author is also into language learning and keeps a section on the languages he has studied and is currently studying. This section used to be arranged in chronological order, so it was like reading a story. The author has since decided to arrange it in alphabetical order, which is less interesting in my opinion. Still, it's a very motivating page.

http://www.omniglot.com/language/index.htm
The language learning section is not as good as this site, but it's worth reading.


Edited by Malcolm on 05 March 2005 at 12:39pm

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victor
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 Message 2 of 9
05 March 2005 at 1:24pm | IP Logged 
I have seen this web site before - but I never knew it had a "Language learning" section. I agree that this site is more interesting and detailed. But it's nice to look at other people's experiences though.

Thanks for the link.
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 Message 3 of 9
05 March 2005 at 3:20pm | IP Logged 
I like this site - the author made a huge work to present the writing system of many languages in great details. It's better than Wikipedia for those topics.

I'm not sure it was such a great idea to explain all the languages he has 'flirted' with - it's not as interesting as those he actually learned.

Anyway, a great site!
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Flori
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 Message 4 of 9
05 March 2005 at 8:32pm | IP Logged 
I Think is a good website, definitely worth the visit.
Is one of the few sites I've seen that still has the Cyrillic alphabet for Moldovan. .

There are a lot of languages I have no idea existed!! xD.

Thanks.
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Ag3nt
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 Message 5 of 9
01 July 2006 at 10:24pm | IP Logged 
ahh thanks for the links. I think on omniglot its cool how the users added their own scripts.
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lady_skywalker
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01 July 2006 at 10:29pm | IP Logged 
I've just finished reading the 'bio' of the author. Great to know he also studied Chinese at Leeds University! :D
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 Message 7 of 9
02 July 2006 at 1:02am | IP Logged 
Ag3nt wrote:
ahh thanks for the links. I think on omniglot its cool how the users added their own scripts.


I love this feature, these invented alphabets are just great!
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Mga
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06 July 2006 at 10:55am | IP Logged 
I love Omniglot almost as much as I love different writing systems. Often, when I am bored, I will go to Omniglot and learn a new writing system: to adapt for a constructed language of mine, develop an alternative English orthography, or just write my name.

Some day I hope to post some tips on learning writing systems here.

Edited by Mga on 06 July 2006 at 10:55am



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