The first exhibit opened by the National Museum of Language, Writing Language: Passing it on compares alphabetic writing systems and pictographic writing systems. The languages included in this exhibit include:
- Sumerian
- Phoenician
- Ge’ez
- Greek
- Latin
- Hebrew
- Arabic
- Chinese (Calligraphy Video)
- Japanese
Presentations relevant to Writing Language: Passing it On in the Marian M. Jenkins Speaker Series 2008 – 2009:
The Cherokee Syllabary
- “Presentation on Cherokee by Carrie Clarady (PowerPoint)
- Cherokee Handout (pdf)
Writing an Unwritten Language by David Weber
World Englishes by Rebecca Oxford and Rashid Jain
- Presentation in html form
- PowerPoint file
- YouTube slideshow
Arabic Calligraphy by Dr. Khaled Mohamed
See Slideshow