Virtual National Museum of Language

The Virtual National Museum of Language

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Language	Title	View online	Download file
Arabic	Calligraphy	Arabic Calligraphy PowerPoint slide show	Arabic Calligraphy Full Powerpoint
Arabic	Calligrams	Arabic Calligram: Decorative writing
Chinese	Calligraphy Video	Basics of Chinese Calligraphy	iPhone size iPod file Desktop
	Did you know that?	Did you know that? (PowerPoint or Web presentation (without audio)	Did you know that? Complete Powerpoint (22 MB zipped folder - requires uncompressing) Quicktime movie
	You Xi Quiz	Web-based flash quiz	Install the flash player for Windows if the quiz doesn't work for you.
Cherokee	The Cherokee Syllabary	Presentation on Cherokee by Carrie Clarady Cherokee Handout Page 1 \| Page 2	pdf file (requires Acrobat Reader
Ge'ez	THE POWER OF THE TEXT: Ge’ez: An Ancient Ethiopic Script in Prince George’s County, Maryland	Ge'ez Web Presentation	The Power of theText -Ge'ez Full PowerPoint
Japanese	The Japanese Writing System	Japanese Writing Web Presentation	Japanese Writing (7.3 MB) PowerPoint Japanese Writing (6 MB) pdf file
Latin	Why study Latin?	Latin Web Presentation	Latin - full powerpoint (46 MB) \| Latin Quicktime Presentation \|
Vietnamese	The History of Vietnamese Writing	Vietnamese Writing pdf file	Note: sound files are embedded in the pdf file. Mac users open in Acrobat Reader and click on speaker icons on page 2 to hear the tones.
Museum Opening Day		View photos of the opening of the Museum