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African Writing Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 21:11:31 5ead64 No.36109

Has there ever been a non-Arab African civilization with writing on par with Phoenician or ancient Chinese writing?

The Nigerians had something close, but it seems to be closer to something like the runic alphabet than an actual system of writing.

Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 21:25:17 133f92 No.36111

>>36109

I'm guessing you're talking about how the lines overlap and all that? I can't think of anything like that but when you look at Celtic writing post-Roman invasion it is very simple, based upon straight lines but was used for writing despite its simplicity.

Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 22:00:30 70059a No.36115

>>36109

>it seems to be closer to something like the runic alphabet than an actual system of writing

>runic alphabet

>not an actual system of writing

>not a sister script to the latin alphabet

>not a phoneme to glyph alphabetic writing system

what are you even doing on /his/

also Ge'ez is technically pre-Arab :^)

Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 22:01:16 f74652 No.36116

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Besides hieroglyphs and derivates, assuming Egyptians weren't influenced by Sumerians?

The Dogon people have a system of symbols/pictographs for divination purposes, and some other groups have something similar. Not writing yet, but look at the Chinese.

Nsibidi is really curious, maybe it's an actual writing system, who knows.

>it seems to be closer to something like the runic alphabet than an actual system of writing.

What do you think runes were? Also Nsibidi is not even remotely an alphabet.

Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 22:06:27 70059a No.36118

btw, Vai syllabary is certainly a native invention but it was clearly inspired by other writing systems (likely Cherokee syllabary, via freedmen who went to Liberia)

Anonymous 03/17/16 (Thu) 22:40:20 35f00a No.36119

>>36111

You mean Ogham?

Anonymous 03/19/16 (Sat) 20:32:30 0b8738 No.36144

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>>36109

:^)

Anonymous 03/19/16 (Sat) 23:39:49 133f92 No.36150

>>36119

You are very smart anon, yeah that's the one.

Anonymous 03/20/16 (Sun) 01:54:08 fa0786 No.36154

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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/undeciphered.htm

probably just shitposting.

Anonymous 03/20/16 (Sun) 14:43:40 4423e9 No.36162

>>36109

>Runes

>Not a writing system

ᚹᚺᚨᛏ ᚦᛖ ᚠᚢᛍᚲ ᛞᛁᛞ ᚣᛟᚢ ᛃᚢᛊᛏ ᛊᚨᚣ ᚨᛒᛟᚢᛏ ᛗᛖ ᚣᛟᚢ ᛚᛁᛏᛏᛚᛖ ᛒᛁᛏᛍᚺ? ᛁ'ᛚᛚ ᚺᚨᚡᛖ ᚣᛟᚢ ᚲᚾᛟᚹ ᛁ ᚷᚱᚨᛞᚢᚨᛏᛖᛞ ᛏᛟᛈ ᛟᚠ ᛗᚣ ᚲᛚᚨᚾ ᚨᛏ ᚦᛖ ᛗᛁᛞᛊᚢᛗᛗᛖᚱ ᚷᚨᛗᛖᛊ, ᚨᚾᛞ ᛁ ᚺᚨᚡᛖ ᛒᛖᛖᚾ ᛁᚾᚡᛟᛚᚡᛖᛞ ᛁᚾ ᚾᚢᛗᛖᚱᛟᚢᛊ ᛊᛖᛍᚱᛖᛏ ᚱᚨᛁᛞᛊ ᛟᚾ ᚲᚱᛁᛊᛏᛁᚨᚾ ᛊᛖᛏᛏᛚᛖᛗᛖᚾᛏᛊ᛫

Anonymous 03/21/16 (Mon) 00:00:01 5dcc4e No.36181

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