1.5 Writing Systems The writing system was advanced from the time people drew symbols to depict objects, communicate with one another and portray events of the past. For example, was the symbol for sun and was used to show the mountains.
Figure 1.5.1 Agricultural information and calculations recorded on a clay tablet
These symbols have developed into different scripts around the world such as Kharoshti, Pali, Prakrit and Brahmi in India, Hieroglyphics in Egypt and Latin through which English and other European languages have risen. However basic words used in everyday life have could have developed similarly across the world. Researchers agree that Latin and Sanskrit are connected since these following basic words are evidently similar in their pronunciation, leading to the modern languages such as Hindi and Urdu being similar to western languages as well. Drawing
Symbols
Letter
Figure 1.5.2 A diagram showing how drawings have converted into the chinese script
Figure 1.5.3 A table showing similarities between the eastern and western languages
English
Latin
Greek
Sanskrit
Mother
māter
mētēr
mātár-
Father
pater
pater
pitár-
Brother
frāter
phreter
bhrātar-
Sister
soror
eor
svásar-
House
domus
do
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