Title:
A Rare, Isolated Script Invented From Scratch Holds Clues to The Evolution of Writing
Author:
Tessa Koumoundouros
Published:
ScienceAlert, 12 January 2022
From the article:
A rare script from a language in Liberia has provided some new insights into how written languages evolve.
"The Vai script of Liberia was created from scratch in about 1834 by eight completely illiterate men who wrote in ink made from crushed berries," says linguistic anthropologist Piers Kelly, now at the University of New England, Australia.
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