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   Evolution of Alphabets : Animated representations.
A fascinating look at the way languages develop over time.
URL: http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin
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   Chinese Character Genealogy
Relation of characters to basic forms, etc.
URL: http://zhongwen.com/
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   Tibetan writing
There are many different forms of the Tibetan language. There is a written version of the language, which contains 30 characters.
URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/25772/site/nojavaenglish/writing.html
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   Morse Code and the Phonetic Alphabets [extended]
List of the Morse Code and Alpha, Bravo, Charlie lists in various languages/settings.
URL: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/refer/alphabet2.html
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   Learning Hangul with Soyongdori
Learn Hangul, the Korean alphabet, in English with dynamic html, animated gifs and real audio.
URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/20746/
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   Cherokee alphabet
Cherokee alphabet and pronunciations.
URL: http://www.gbso.net/Skyhawk/Cher-Alf.htm
   Animated Chinese Characters
Click on any Chinese character to see how to draw it.
URL: http://www.ocrat.com/ocrat/chargif/
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   George Bernard Shaw's Universal Alphabet
Below is the opening page of George Bernard Shaw's play Androcles and the Lion, written in the alphabet that resulted from the contest Shaw established in his will. (A long-time supporter of spelling reform, Shaw hoped the new alphabet would be taught in schools and eventually replace the current English writing system.)
URL: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/linguistics/russell/138/sec1/shaw.htm
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   Samples of Modern and Ancient Alphabest
About 20 alphabets.
URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/6077/alefbet.htm
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   Omniglot: Writing Systems [Alphabetic] [Syllabic]
Good links to world alphabets, syllabaries, and Logographic writing systems.
URL: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/
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   Your name in ... [inuit]
Websites to write your name in various alphabets.
URL: http://www.omniglot.com/links/yournamein.htm
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   Glagolitic alphabet
Used to write: Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic, a language spoken by the Southern Slavic tribes who invaded the Balkan peninsula in the 6th and 7th century AD. These people later became known as Bulgarians, Serbs and others, so Old Church Slavonic is also called Old Bulgarian.
URL: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/glagolitic.htm

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