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Matuww is a project involving linguistics, history, and art on the phylogenetic relationships of writing scripts descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs, showing how connected we are as humans. ๐ Project link: matuww.github.io https://www.ko-fi.com/matuww
Many thanks to my friend Evdoxia, who recorded herself reciting the first two stanzas of "Hymn to Liberty" in #Greek!
Very grateful to her for putting her voice behind the writing script.
Listen here and learn more about the Greek script: tinyurl.com/3rp2r49p
#writingscripts
#language
#Help needed!
#Greek and #Russian speakers - if you would like to contribute a #voice sample to the project, please PM!
#languages
#matuww
An example of #Messapic writing:
Votive inscription to #Aphrodite on an altar from #Ceglie #Messapica. #Brindisi, #Italy.
For more information: tinyurl.com/mrxb7dtr
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#Messapic was used in the Salentine Peninsula #Italy in the 6 - 2 c. BCE to write the Messapic #language, possibly related to #Albanian. This #alphabet was also derived from western Archaic #Greek alphabets.
Full page: tinyurl.com/u8ymzzkb
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
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An example of #Lydian writing:
#Marble #stele. c. 6 c. BCE. #Sardis, #Lydia.
This may be a judicial document related to the transfer of goods to the sanctuary of #Artemis.
For more information: tinyurl.com/ycmxjzds
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#Lydian was used in western #Anatolia in the 8 - 2 c. BCE to write the Lycian #language. This #alphabet was also derived from Archaic #Greek, from the western epichoric group.
Full page: tinyurl.com/umr94pb5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
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An example of #Lycian writing:
Southern relief of The #Payava #Tomb. 375 - 362 BCE. #Lycia.
For more information: tinyurl.com/yeffmd2b
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#Lycian was used in southern #Anatolia in the 5 c. BCE - 14 c. CE to write the Lycian #language. This #alphabet was derived from Archaic #Greek, more specifically the western #Doric variety.
Full page: tinyurl.com/mr2srb92
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#linguistics
#history
#map
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An example of #Greco-Iberian writing:
Greco-Iberian lead plaque from #Alcoy, #Alicante, #Spain.
For more information: tinyurl.com/2s3vwudk
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The #Iberians adopted the #Ionian variant of the #Greek #alphabet to write their #language. Thus the #Greco-Iberian #script is not immediately directly related to other #Paleohispanic scripts.
Full page: tinyurl.com/53ccxxkw
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#linguistics
#history
#map
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Image of graffiti scratched on a wall at Pompeii
Love a bit of graffiti, this one from Pompeii from a fairly bored client archaeology.org/news/2025/09... ๐บ๐งช #archaeology #pompeii
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Learn more about #Archaic #Greek #alphabets here:
tinyurl.com/mr23fzcy
#history
#map
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Here's a sneak peek of what's next on #matuww!
#Greek derived #writingscripts
Comparisons are technically on the main page but individual pages will come soon and any previously incorrect information will be updated.
Stay tuned.
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#linguistics
Final note:
There is this innate human instinct to draw connections between unrelated things - #apophenia
While satisfying, we must not forget the evidence laid before us to help us make better informed decisions.
Here's a shoutout to a very helpful resource to building #matuww:
#Mnamon - a collection of academic articles on #writing system used in the #Mediterranean
It is extremely visually orientated and concise - a good place to start for sure.
Link: tinyurl.com/4vd8dc2m
#history
#linguistics
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I will therefore not include the #Armenian,
#Georgian, and #Caucasian #Albanian #alphabets in this project because of this.
Time to move on to the other #Greek -derived scripts.
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#linguistics
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However, I am not convinced that the letter forms actually are derived from it, even from its cursive forms, as they differ too greatly, especially when drawing in comparison with other Greek-derived scripts such as #Coptic and #Cyrillic.
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A follow-up to investigating the graphical origins of #Armenian,
#Georgian, and #Caucasian #Albanian #alphabets - It seems that the numerical values of letters (based on position in alphabet) correspond to #Greek.
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#linguistics
If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!
Many thanks to Claud for depicting the southern #Slavs in the #Balkans who are still using #Cyrillc script today!
Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3
Check out Claud here: tinyurl.com/26kk7y5u
No posts lately because I'm trying to understand the graphical origins of #Armenian and #Georgian #alphabets.
It's not very conclusive and everyone seems to be disagreeing with each other :')
Snapshots of papers related.
If anyone is knowledgeable in this area please DM!
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#linguistics
D(ecimus) STATOR PRINCIPIT-I ET FELICI LIB(erto) FORTUNATUS EXSACTOR: "To the Mane Gods. To the freedmen Decimus Stator, Principi et Fรฉlix, the tax collector Fortunato (dedicates)".
Found inside the Santiago Church in the Old Town of #Coruรฑa.
๐ธ: Mine
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#Archaeology
#EpigraphyTuesday
If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!
Many thanks to Claud for depicting the #medieval #Bulgarians who used the Early #Cyrillc script and they still do now!
Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3
#Bulgaria
Check out Claud here: tinyurl.com/26kk7y5u
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If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!
It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud!
Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh
New #commission #art joins the gallery of #matuww!
Many thanks to Claud for depicting the #Manchurians who used the #Manchu script!
Learn more about the Manchu #alphabet here:
matuww.github.io/script_info/...
Shared more by a friend -
Old #Arabic #carvings in the wild. (Not to be confused with Ancient North or South Arabian)
Also at #Hegra or #Madain #Saleh, #Saudi #Arabia.
Thanks again James!
#writingscripts
#epigraphy
#archaeology
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An example of #Komi #Molodtsov writing:
The #Internationale, Gรถrd Pรถljan. A collection of #communist #revolutionary works. 1921 CE.
Full page: tinyurl.com/57hp8kp5
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The #Molodtsov #alphabet is derived from #Cyrillic to write #Komi and was used briefly in 1918-1931 CE.
It is eponymous of Molodtsov Sandrรถ Vas'รถ, aka Vasily Aleksandrovich Molodtsov, a Komi linguist and teacher.
Full page: tinyurl.com/57hp8kp5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
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