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photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_43196237263/31914214_10156333355707264_2216759469029720064_o_10156333355697264.jpg Waqas AhmadWhy the undo-European languages have no script of their own?

Except Hindustani languagesMay 04, 2018 7:35pmIvar DiederikNorthern and central Europa had runes. And in the south there were the precursors of Greek and Roman scripts.

But in the rainy north, using paper to write on was not really practical until the invention of glass windows (which allow one to regulate humidity in buildings). So it took a while before people switched from telling stories by the hearth, to writing them down.

Also, it took a sufficient development of architecture to free sufficient numbers of men to become fulltime writers (like the Christian monks were). This could commence sooner in the Fertile Crescent, i.e. around the Semitic people, and in fertile valleys like those of the first Vedic civlizations.May 05, 2018 4:10amColin HigginsDidn’t Classical Persian use an ancient script? (Farsi now uses Arabic characters). That is an Indo-European languageMay 05, 2018 10:59amWaqas AhmadColin Higgins thanksMay 05, 2018 11:00amColin HigginsWaqas Ahmad it isn’t as old as the Indo-Aryan languages though, so yes, those were some of the first to use a formal writing systemMay 05, 2018 11:03amWaqas AhmadColin Higgins I thought only Hindi and related languages have preserved their script .all indo-european languages have adopt semitic scriptMay 05, 2018 11:04amWaqas AhmadColin HigginsMay 05, 2018 11:05amCurt Doolittle@[656410309:2048:Ivar Diederik] runes post-date greek and roman, and appear only after about 100ad. As far as I know there were only two inventions of writing: sumer in 3100, and ‘mesoamerica’ in around 300ad. all other writing systems evolved from the sumerian and the general idea was spread rapidly by trade.

Numbers (tallying) predate writing by a long shot – they’ve been used for at least 40k years.

proto-writing (symbols) exist back into the neolithic. The origin of viking script, which was (I think) originally for woodcarving) ceremonial purposes, is in response to awareness of writing elsewhere, even though the script does look like a form of proto-writing. Wood carving needs and clay scribing needs, and pen-needs, are very different production costs, and this explains the differences in the scripts.May 05, 2018 11:37amGintas KamaitisWhat is the source of this graph? No data should be taken at face value without the ability to verify its source.May 05, 2018 11:51amGöran DahlAll Hindustani languages use scripts derived from Semitic ones.May 06, 2018 7:09amGabriel YbarraFree Radicals long overdue for some antioxidants.May 06, 2018 2:51pm