Unknown language #17
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Ok, let's see how easy this one will be — here's another little quiz!
— 波鴻漫錄 || Sven Osterkamp (@schrift_sprache) July 15, 2022
What do you see here? What (kind of) writing system is this, what's the language? What does it look like, is it reminiscent of anything? (Hint: It's not necessarily what part of it looks like …) 1/ pic.twitter.com/J80E42Eyj9
I see plenty of kanji and kana, but there are a lot of other things mixed in. Judging from what the Tweeter / Xer says in the parenthetical remark at the end of his introduction, it probably isn't Japanese.
Selected readings
- "Reading kanji in cursive script is devilishly difficult" (10/18/22)
- "'Collapsed' calligraphy, part 2" (9/19/22)
- "'Collapsed' calligraphy" (12/3/19)
- "Ornamental Manchu: the lengths to which a forger will go" (4/24/21)
- "Faux Manchu: Ornamental Manchu II" (6/23/21)
- "Uyghur as ornament" (9/19/13)
- "Pentalingual street signs in Kashgar" (7/12/20)
- "Gibberish Uyghur" (9/28/09)
- "Gibberish Tibetan" (10/6/16)
[h.t. Geoff Wade]
Allen Thrasher said,
March 6, 2024 @ 10:42 am
Yao in cursive script?
Ben Zimmer said,
March 6, 2024 @ 10:47 am
Spoiler: If you read through the Twitter/X thread, you'll see the language is revealed to be Vietnamese.
Victor Mair said,
March 6, 2024 @ 11:01 am
Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu, Ben
Nat said,
March 7, 2024 @ 2:11 am
A couple symbols look a bit like devanagari. And maybe some hiragana?