211.8yr3Microw in anthropologyDid the People of Easter Island Invent a Writing System From Scratch?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/research-reveals-the-natives-of-easter-island-invented-a-written-language-from-scratch-180983793/Smithsonian article linked about the new study: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/research-reveals-the-natives-of-easter-island-invented-a-written-language-from-scratch-180983793/ Study as published in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53063-7
Herbal Gamer - 1.8yr"from scratch" Bitch all writing systems were at some point invented from scratch 6
jordanlund @lemmy.world - 1.8yrI mean, not really. The romance languages dervived from Latin. English came from old German and old Dutch. There are a bare handful with absolutely no antecedents. 6
Microw in anthropology
Did the People of Easter Island Invent a Writing System From Scratch?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/research-reveals-the-natives-of-easter-island-invented-a-written-language-from-scratch-180983793/Smithsonian article linked about the new study: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/research-reveals-the-natives-of-easter-island-invented-a-written-language-from-scratch-180983793/
Study as published in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53063-7
"from scratch"
Bitch all writing systems were at some point invented from scratch
I mean, not really.
The romance languages dervived from Latin. English came from old German and old Dutch.
There are a bare handful with absolutely no antecedents.
gotta go back