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The earliest systems can be found in the neolithic period and later in some mesoamerican writing systems ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_systems Wikipedia]), e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_writing Aztec]. | The earliest systems can be found in the neolithic period and later in some mesoamerican writing systems ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_writing_systems Wikipedia]), e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_writing Aztec]. | ||
Today's systems represent constructed languages. | Today's systems represent constructed languages ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conlang conlangs]). Its best known ones were invented in the last century. | ||
== Pictographic language systems == | == Pictographic language systems == | ||
Revision as of 13:44, 14 October 2015
Introduction
A pictographic language allows people to communicate via pictograms. The content of a "sentence" typically would include a sequence of standardized pictures (pictograms, icons,...). It thus could replace more difficult to learn trade languages or International auxiliary langauges like Esperanto or Volapük.
The earliest systems can be found in the neolithic period and later in some mesoamerican writing systems (Wikipedia), e.g. Aztec.
Today's systems represent constructed languages (conlangs). Its best known ones were invented in the last century.
Pictographic language systems
Iconji
According to Wikipedia, “iConji is a free pictographic communication system based on an open, visual vocabulary of characters with built-in translations for most major languages.”. A first version was released for the Apple iOS and Web browsers in 2010.
iConji, according to its homepage, uses about 1200 colorful characters. Apps can then translate from and to several languages. i.e. Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.
Blissymbols
According to Wikipedia, Blissymbols or Blissymbolics was conceived as an ideographic writing system called Semantography consisting of several hundred basic symbols, each representing a concept, which can be composed together to generate new symbols that represent new concepts.
Bliss systems are a standardized font in ISO 15924
Related systems
There exist many other pictographic systems, e.g.,
- Ideograms, the kind of icons that are used in airports or in other public areas to signal places and objects.
- Formal languages used in computer science to model systems or workflows
- Specialized notation languages, such as Therblig, 18 kinds of elemental motions used in the study of motion economy in the workplace.
- Picture languages like Isotype that allow to convey more complex concepts through a single icon or a combination.
Links
Summaries of various languages
- IConji (Wikipedia)
- Blisssymbols
Home pages
How to
- The Language Construction Kit (meant for "real" constructed spoken and written languages, but nevertheless useful)