Writing Peace Instructional Framework for the Manual Eric Cattelain PhD in Linguistics Teacher-Researcher and Project Manager in Interculturality Associate Professor in the Department of Multimedia and Internet (MMI), University of Bordeaux-Montaigne France
Table of Contents Manual s worksheet format...3 Manual s table of contents...4 Module 1: The Dongba example. 6 Module 2: The Chinese script (then Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese)...9 Module 3 : The descendants of Phoenician (then Greek, Latin, Georgian, Armenian, Cyrillic and Tifinagh 19 Module 4 : The descendants of Brahmi (Devanagari and other Indian scripts, then Tibetan, Khmer and Thai). 34 Module 5 : On the Semitic Roads and beyond (Hebrew, Arabic, Ethipian and Mongol)... 46 Module 6 : Among the creators of writing systems (Cherokee, Braille, Inuktitut, Bamoun and Mandombe)...56 2
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4 Table of contents
The Dongba example 1 5
The Dongba Script The origins The national Naxi minority The Naxi languages Around 2000 signs A contemporary pictographic writing system WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : write the 12 signs and try to guess their meaning 6
7 كتابة لغة دونغبا Écriture dongba Dongba script
-2-5 -8 معبد نار منر مرآة ظيب رقص سرمان سيارة عائلة شجار مشط تلوين -3-6 -9-13 -11-1 -2-7 -10 8 كتابة لغة دونغبا Écriture dongba Dongba script
Once upon a time, the Chinese writing system then Japonese, Korean, Vietnamese 2 9
The Chinese Script Cang Jie the origins Tens of thousands of characters The role of radicals Writing in a square Traditional and simplified characters Chinese languages Tones of the Chinese language Latin transcription (pinyin) WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : match the 10 characters (traditional and simplified) 10
معبد نار منر مرآة -1-2 -7-10 11 الكتابة الصينية Écriture chinoise Chinese script
The Korean Alphabet The arrival of Chinese characters Hanjas systems The Sejong king The alphabet: vowels/consonants A perfect system The festivals of writing WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : match the 10 signs with their pronunciation 12
13 األبجدية الكورية Alphabet coréen Korean alphabet
The Japanese Script Arrival of the kanjis 4 systems The hiragana syllabary (symbols that represent syllables) The Katakana syllabary The romaji The Japanese language «The writing system of women» WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : match the 10 signs (Chinese characters and kanas) 14
15 الكتابة اليابانية Écriture japonaise Japanese script
The Vietnamese Script The arrival of Chinese characters The different stages of the Vietnamese writing system Alexander of Rhodes and the latin alphabet (under Portugese influence) The Vietnamese language and its tones WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : compose a table of 12 vowels with 6 accents 16
17 الكتابة الفيتنامية Ecriture vietnamienne Vietnamese script
Once upon a time, the Phoenician descendants A little reminder about the Phoenician alphabet and its descendants 3 18
The Greek Alphabet The legend of Cadmos The origine Note the vowels The choice of the Ionian alphabet The Greek language A bicameral language WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : find the corresponding capital and lower case letters 19
20 األبجدية اليونانية Alphabet grec Greek alphabet
The Roman Alphabet The Etruscan origins A variety of scripts The evolution of Latin A global alphabet the need for diacritics The Latin language- The Romance languages The Latin alphabet and the world WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : find the countries and languages that correspond with the 16 proposed words for «peace» 21
22 األبجدية الالتينية Alphabet latin Roman alphabet
The Georgian Alphabet The debate over unresolved origins The Georgian language Evolution of the system WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : find the different names of the Georgian script 23
24 األبجدية الجورجية Alphabet géorgien Georgian alphabet
The Armenian Alphabet The origins: Mesrop Mashtots The Armenian language A bicameral writing system A celebration of writing WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: Match the capitalized and lower case symbols 25
26 األبجدية األرمنية Alphabet arménien Armenian alphabet
The Cyrillic Alphabet The origins: Cyril & Methodius From Glagolitic to Cyrillic The languages that used this alphabet: Slavic, Turkish, Mongolian, others Celebrations of the writing system WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : find the items written in Cyrillic 27
28 األبجدية السيريلية Alphabet cyrillique Cyrillic alphabet
29 األبجدية السيريلية Alphabet cyrillique Cyrillic alphabet
The Tifinagh Alphabet Legends Libyan-Berber, Tifinagh, and Neo-Tifinagh scripts The Berber languages WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : figure out which languages the different scripts refer to 30
31 األبجدية البربرية Alphabet berbère Berber alphabet
Once upon a time, the descendants of Brahmi 4 32
The Brahmi Script A little reminder of the writing system in India The scripts in India: The Indus Civilization The arrival of the Brahmi The diversity of languages in India- official and constitutional languages 33
The Devanagari Alphasyllabary The origins Vowels and consonants The celebration of Vijayadashami WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: Learning how to form letters like Vijayadashami 34
35 أبجدية ديفاناجاري المقطعية Alphasyllabaire devanagari Devanagari alphasyllabary
The Khmer Alphasyllabary The origins The Khmer language among the Austro-Asiatic languages The Khmer figures WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: Find the words written in Khmer 36
37 األبجدية الخ ميرية المقطعية Alphasyllabaire khmer Khmer alphasyllabary
The Tibetan Alphasyllabary The origins: Songtsen Gampo / Thonmi Sambhota Tibetan-Burman languages Wylie transliteration Two forms : uchen and umê WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : complete a calligraphy exercise using the lines provided 38
39 األبجدية التيبتية المقطعية Alphasyllabaire tibétain Tibetan alphasyllabary
The Thai Alphasyllabary The origins: King Rama Kamhaeng Thai language / 5 tones The figures in Thai WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Find the letters within the words 40
41 أبجدية لغة التاي المقطعية Alphasyllabaire thaï Thai alphasyllabary
42 أبجدية لغة التاي المقطعية Alphasyllabaire thaï Thai alphasyllabary
Once upon a time, on the Semitic roads and beyond 5 43
The Hebrew Alphabet The origins The Paleo-Hebrew and Hebrew square An abjad- The points of the vowels (niqqoud) The meaning of the script The Hebrew language, Yiddish The work of Eliézer Ben-Yéhouda THE WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: match the letters of Hebrew cursive and Hebrew square 44
45 األبجدية العبرية Alphabet hébreu Hebrew alphabet
The Arabic Alphabet The origins: Syriac and Nabataean The formation of letters according to place An abjad the notation of vowels The meaning of the script The styles of calligraphy The transcribed languages: beyond the Semitic Basin The dissemination of Islam WORKSHOP ACTIVITY: find the forms of each of the 5 given letters 46
47 األبجدية العربية Alphabet arabe Arabic alphabet
The Ethiopian Alphasyllabary The origins The Aksum empire The ge ez and the Amharic The term «abugida» WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Match the 10 letters with their transcription 48
49 األبجدية األثيوبية المقطعية Alphasyllabaire éthiopien Ethiopian alphasyllabary
The Mongol Alphabet The origins The succession of Mongol scriptures In the time of Gengis Khan : the Mongolian bitchig Kubilaï Khan and the phagpa Soyombo Mongolian languages WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Find the words written in Mongolian 50
51 األبجدية المنغولية Alphabet mongol Mongolian alphabet
Once upon a time, among the creators of writing systems 6 52
The Cherokee Alphasyllabary The origins: Sequoyah The Cherokee language History of the sequoia WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Find the words written in Cherokee 53
54 الكتابة الشيروكية المقطعية Alphasyllabaire cherokee Cherokee alphasyllabary
The Braille System The origins: Louis Braille A system of 6 points The transcribed languages WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : In two steps, practice deciphering and writing in Braille 55
56 نظام براي Système braille Braille system
The Inuktitut Alphasyllabary The origins Ojibwe, Cree, Inuits A simple alphabet to memorize: the principle of shorthand Eskimo-Aleut languages WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Find the words written in Inuktitut 57
58 األبجدية اإلنكتيتوتية المقطعية Alphasyllabaire inuktitut Inuktitut alphasyllabary
The Bamoun Script The origins SultanNjoya The Bamoun language and shü-mom The invention of script in Africa WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Learning to write figures 59
60 الكتابة البامومية Écriture bamoun Bamum script
The Mandombe Script The origins: Simon Kimbangu Wabeladio Payi : «5» and «2» The main language of the Congo How to form letters WORKSHOP ACTIVITY : Figure out which syllables correspond with the given signs 61
62 SHS/ICD/2018/ME/H/1 15/03/2018 كتابة ماندومبي Écriture mandombe Mandombe script