Wednesday, 5 February 2014

History of writing

Writing numbers to keep records was done a long time before the invention of language. It is believed that the writing of language was invented in 3200 BC in Mesopotamia.
  • Mnemonic: glyphs primarily a reminder;
  • Pictographic: glyphs directly represent an object or a concept such as (A) chronological, (B) notices, (C) communications, (D) totems, titles, and names, (E) religious, (F) customs, (G) historical, and (H) biographical;
  • Ideographic: graphemes are abstract symbols which directly represent an idea or concept.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics were symbols which indicated messages and words.
Babylonian tablet of language.
The Romans created Latin language
After the anglo-saxon invasion the English language was introduced
In 1928 the Oxford dictionary was introduced
In 1348 English replaced Latin as the main language in English schools


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