Ethiopian is pretty
I took a cab today and the driver was a friendly, cosmopolitan, refined Ethiopian guy who told me that he spoke four (!) languages. Then he showed me an Ethiopian newspaper, and I was struck by how attractive the script is. The script here is from the Ethiopian Embassy, where there's also an English translation.
Also, my last post about Malaysian was updated because I got a response from Jordan.
posted by mj @ 6:22 PM
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Very pretty indeed! Different writing systems have always interested me. So many ways to write languages...We've come a long way since folks were using cuneiform, I suppose! ;)
I'm a fan as well. I see a lot of signs in Amharic (and also, I presume, in Tigrigna). As a slight aside, Google has localized their search engine for Amharic and Tigrinya, but doesn't index either.
Too bad I can't read all the languages out there. I can barely find the discipline to improve my Japanese.
Just think: if I hadn't asked the taxi driver what language he speaks (after he finished a cell phone convo with someone from his language group), I would've never discovered this cool language.
Neat info, Pat--and welcome to this blog.
Yes, it's a neat script. Have you seen written Burmese? It looks like gelcaps in various stages of development. Well, to me it does.
Your gelcap description is great. A while ago I got a book about the Burmese language, so I saw that cute script. Maybe I should do a "Burmese is cute" post.
Have you seen text in Buginese? It looks a bit funny (with all respect for everyone who uses this language). Or Tibetian in handwriting? It's beautiful.
I think the most writings in the world are like beautiful ornaments...
In my language, Polish, we call such strange writings "little bushes or little worms". Is there any expresion in English for this?
We don't have a similar expression in English. I've never heard such writings described that way. I don't even know what Buginese is, so I should do a post about it.
It looks like Hebrew, doesn't it?
I think it's quite different--Hebrew looks more square and boxy.
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