Category Archives: now ceremonial

Naxi Dongba — 600AD? S. China

Posted on March 22, 2011 by ducky

Much like Aztec and Mixtec, Naxi Dongba is a highly pictographic communication system.  Like Aztec and Mixtec, it’s almost not a writing system.  If you look at a picture of the writing, it looks more like what we think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Logograms, now ceremonial, Rating: 5 "Whoa!!" | 3 Comments

Chinese Seal Scripts — ~800BC, China

Posted on January 7, 2011 by ducky

After the Oracle Bones script, there was a long period where the script changed slowly and not totally uniformly across China.  These scripts are sort of all called “Large Seal” or “Great Seal” or “Bronze Script”. Eventually, in around 220BC, … Continue reading →

Posted in Evolved slowly from parent, government-mandated, Logograms, now ceremonial, Rating: 2 "Not all that interesting" | 1 Comment