10 Interesting Fact About The history and evolution of writing systems

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• Humans have used the writing system since around 5000 BC, with Egyptian Hieroglyphic writing as one of the oldest examples.
• The earliest writing system consists of images that represent objects or concepts, as found in Egyptian Hieroglyphic writing and Chinese pictographic writing.
• Alfabetik writing system, where each letter represents a certain sound, developed by the Fenacians in around 1200 BC.
• Arabic has a very consistent and regular writing system, where each letter has a different form depending on its position in the word.
• Braille writing systems, which are used by blind people to read and write, were developed by Louis Braille in 1824.
• Morse writing system, which uses points and line codes to send messages via telegraph, was developed by Samuel Morse in 1837.
• Modern computer writing systems come from a binary system, where each character is represented by a series of numbers 0 and 1.
• The writing of the bones, also known as the writing of the Orakel, used by the Shang tribe in China in around 1600 BC to predict the future.
• Maya writing system, which is used by Maya in Central America in around 300 BC, uses complex symbols to represent numbers and calendars.
• Emoji writing systems, which are widely used throughout the world to express emotions and ideas in text and social media messages, were first introduced by Japanese company NTT Docomo in 1999.