Old Hylian syllabary Origin The Hylian syllabary is a script used in the computer games, Legend of Zelda, specifically the game The Legend of Zelda; The Ocarina of time and The Legend of Zelda; Majora’s Mask. An unknown graphics artist developed the script for the Ninitendo games for the purpose of writing signs and other…
Handwritten Braille Handwritten Braille was invented by Frederico Martins as a version Braille that is relatively easy for sighted people to learn and read, and which can also be used as a form of shorthand. Frederico’s girlfriend, who works blind people, has learnt the script and now finds it easier to read Braille. Notable…
HVD The HVD was invented by Robbie J N as an alternative alphabet for English. HVD stands for horizontal, vertical and diagonal. It is designed to be a simple, phonetic way to write English using letters that can be written with a continuous stroke. Notable features Type of writing system: alphabet Direction of writing: left…
Hunzib (гьонкьос мыц) Hunzib is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in southwestern Dagestan in the Russian Federation by about 1840 people, particularly in the Tsunta and Kizilyurt districts of Dagestan and in two villages across the border in Georgia. Hunzib is closely related to Bezhta and Khwarshi, and less closely related to Tsez and Hinukh,…
Hungarian Cyrillic (маѓар цирилл) The Hungarian Cyrillic alphabet was invented by Samuel P. Bateman, who wanted to make it easier for Hungarians to learn Russian as a second language. The Hungarian Cyrillic alphabet was mostly based on the Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Azerbaijani Cyrillic alphabets, and is used for writing in the Hungarian language. Most of…
Hungarian (magyar) Hungarian is a Uralic language with about 15 million speakers in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and Slovakia. There are also many people of Hungarian origin in the UK and other European countries, the USA, Canada and Australia. Hungarian is a highly inflected language in which nouns can have up to 238 possible forms.…
Hungarian Runes / Székely-Hungarian Rovás Hungarian runes or Rovás (Székely Rovásírás) are are thought to have descended from the Turkic script (Kök Turki) used in Central Asia, though some scholars believe the Hungarian Rovás pre-date the Turkic script. They were used by the Székler Magyars in Hungary until the 11th century. In remote parts of…
Huasteco (Teenek) Huasteco is a Mayan language with about 150,000 speakers in Mexico, mainly in the states of San Luis Potosi, Veracruz and Tamaulipas. Huasteco is also known as Huastec or Wastek, and the native name is Teenek or Tének. The three main varieties of Husteco are Northwestern Huastec (Huasteco de San Luis Potosi), which…
Hotcąk Origin The Hotcąk or Winnebago alphabet was adapted from the Fox syllabary, which was invented in the 1870s. Used to write Hotcąk (Winnebago, Hocak Wazijaci, Hochank, Hochunk), a Siouan language with about 1,000 speakers in the US states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Nebraska. The Hotcąk speakers call themselves Hotcągara. Speakers of this language in…
Hopi (Hopilàvayi) Hopi is an Uto-Aztecan language spoken by approximately 5,000 people in northeastern Arizona in the USA. Although there are relatively few speakers, the language is still being passed on to children and about three quarters of the Hopi people speak Hopi as a native language. There are four main varieties of Hopi: First…
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