5 OF THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND ENDANGERED ALPHABETS…

[HeinzG]

Sinhalese written on ancient Ola leaf.. Very pleasing to the eye

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Writing in palm leaves made sure that Sinhalese alphabet take more rounder shape.

 

[Gibbs]

Writing in palm leaves made sure that Sinhalese alphabet take more rounder shape.

Same goes for Burmese

 

[VCheng]

I find Arabic calligraphy beautiful though not all some is just plain unreadable

Please note that there is a difference between alphabets and calligraphy.

 

[The Unnamed]

david beckham got his wife's name tattooed in hindi cause he felt it looked most beautiful in devnagri script, the script of hindi. beautiful script.

 

[abjktu]

Same goes for Burmese

then same goes for Malayalam too...
Ola means leaves of palm/coconut in Sinhalam??

 

[vostok]

Ancient Slavic alphabet "Glagolitic".

 

[Bombaywalla]

I like Sinhalese only when the characters of the language are viewed independently. It starts to look not-as-nice once put together to form words and sentences. Among the languages of the subcontinent, I like the way Punjabi, Kannada, and Bengali, look. Internationally though, there is no better script than Japanese IMO.

 

[xuxu1457]

 

[Dubious]

Please note that there is a difference between alphabets and calligraphy.

I know...I just said I liked Arabic calligraphy it could mean any of the 4:

I dont like the alphabets present

I like calligraphy

I dont like Arabic alphabets

Or anything in calligraphy can look good

Then I did continue by saying I liked Chinese characters...Did you miss that bit?

 

[Gibbs]

then same goes for Malayalam too...
Ola means leaves of palm/coconut in Sinhalam??

Yep.. Do all South Indians pronounce Sinhala/Sinhalese as Sinhalam ?

 

[Kambojaric]

My personal favourites are Devnagari and Arabic. Both are very artistic.

 

[abjktu]

Yep.. Do all South Indians pronounce Sinhala/Sinhalese as Sinhalam ?

Sinhala or sinhalam,both..

 

[VCheng]

I know...I just said I liked Arabic calligraphy it could mean any of the 4:

I dont like the alphabets present

I like calligraphy

I dont like Arabic alphabets

Or anything in calligraphy can look good

Then I did continue by saying I liked Chinese characters...Did you miss that bit?

The thread topic is alphabets, not calligraphy.

 

[Gibbs]

The thread topic is alphabets, not calligraphy.

And those considered endangered

Neither Devagiri, Arab, Chinese or Japanese are

 

[narcon]

Some people were born n bred into a particular culture centuries ago, then they gave up their culture and religion under threat, coercion under the sword, brainwashed to the extent that they did not want to breath the same oxygen as others....And now, they stand isolated with scientific, cultural, even sports community of the world. They hardly count in the global map, in any field...If that is not enough, they contribute to global upheaval by beheading innocents and commit gender bias, misogyny on their own...What has script got to do here?