KryssTal: Language And Writing Links
Posted by blacklin on September 25, 2008
I’m always searching for new resource links to add to my blog. I especially like to add links about language and writing systems. Yesterday, I discovered KryssTal : Writing. This site contains many links with information about writing systems/scripts and their history. The KryssTal site discusses writing systems from around the world, ancient and modern. You can look at tables and charts for language comparisons and you can click on individual language links. For example, if you want to learn about Amharic, the writing system for languages in Ethiopia and Somalia, click the link and you will see a table of Amharic script (as well as two other writing scripts for Ethiopia and Somalia.) Amharic is not the same as Aramaic. Aramaic was the common everyday language spoken in Israel during the time of Jesus (and earlier.) Aramaic is also the language used along with biblical Hebrew in Jewish religious texts. Today in Israel, the people speak modern Hebrew which is called Ivrit.
In addition to information about writing systems/scripts, KryssTal has many, many links about the evolution and history of the various world languages. Of course, KryssTal discusses English, but you can also click on links for specific dialects of English such as Cockney English.
This Link Cataloged
KryssTal : Writing is cataloged on the History of Writing and Language page of The Reading Room.
