For decades, a handful of Dead Sea fragments written in an unknown alphabet sat in scholarly limbo, legible in shape but mute in meaning. Now a researcher has finally cracked that hidden script, ...

Twenty-six years ago, two brothers decided their native language needed a new alphabet. The scripts they’d been using to read and write their native Fulani, an African language spoken by at least 40 ...

Nüshu literally means "women's writing" in Chinese, and just as its name implies, the writing system including about 500 frequently used characters has been seen as the world's only script designed ...

Communication is an important aspect of the lives of humans. Ever since humans have learnt to communicate through writing, the world of scripting has evolved like no other. Every hook and corner of ...

India is a country whose wonderful diversity stems from the richness of its past. That includes the Urdu script. Extract from a Hindustani textbook used at INALCO, Paris in 1833. Credit: Langues’O ...