How the World Writes
Three short lessons on the different ways writing systems record speech: alphabets and abjads, scripts built on syllables, and scripts built on meaning.
For grown-ups, from what OrthoForge teaches children at Spark & Anvil.
Write your name three ways
You'll need: paper, pens, and a printed table of kana or Hangul (from a library book or OrthoForge).
- Each person splits their name into syllables.
- Write it once with consonants only, like an abjad.
- Write it again in kana or Hangul, one syllable at a time.
- Read each other's names back and talk about which way was easiest.