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Some tokens of the SMS language can be likened to a rebus, using pictures and single letters or numbers to represent whole words (e.g., "i <3 u", which uses the pictogram of a heart for love, and the letter u replaces you). The dialect has a few hieroglyphs (codes comprehensible to initiates) and a range of face symbols.
Isopsephy ( / ˈaɪsəpˌsɛfi /; Greek: ἴσος, romanized : ísos meaning "equal" and Greek: ψῆφος, romanized : psêphos, lit. 'pebble' meaning "count") or isopsephism is the practice of adding up the number values of the letters in a word to form a single number. [1] The total number is then used as a metaphorical bridge to other ...
ITRANS is an extension of Harvard-Kyoto. The ITRANS transliteration scheme was developed for the ITRANS software package, a pre-processor for Indic scripts. The user inputs in Roman letters and the ITRANS preprocessor converts the Roman letters into Devanāgarī (or other Indic scripts).
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes 763 signs in 26 categories (A–Z, roughly).
The major system (also called the phonetic number system, phonetic mnemonic system, or Herigone's mnemonic system) is a mnemonic technique used to help in memorizing numbers. The system works by converting numbers into consonants, then into words by adding vowels. The system works on the principle that images can be remembered more easily than ...
Toki Pona(rendered as toki pona [a] and often translated as 'the language of good'; [b] IPA: [ˈtoki ˈpona] (listen ⓘ); English: / ˈtoʊkiˈpoʊnə /) is a philosophical artistic constructed language known for its small vocabulary, simplicity, and ease of acquisition. [5] It was created by Sonja Lang ( née Elen Kisa), a Canadian linguist ...
Ithkuil is an experimental constructed language created by John Quijada. [1] It is designed to express more profound levels of human cognition briefly yet overtly and clearly, particularly about human categorization. It is a cross between an a priori philosophical and a logical language. It tries to minimize the vagueness and semantic ambiguity ...
The Coptic script is the script used for writing the Coptic language, the most recent development of Egyptian. The repertoire of glyphs is based on the uncial Greek alphabet, augmented by letters borrowed from the Egyptian Demotic. It was the first alphabetic script used for the Egyptian language. There are several Coptic alphabets, as the ...