estutweh@aussie.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoDo languages that use non-Latin alphabets (Asian, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew) have upper and lower case letters? What about serif or sans-serif? How do they show emphasis?message-squaremessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down13
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareDo languages that use non-Latin alphabets (Asian, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew) have upper and lower case letters? What about serif or sans-serif? How do they show emphasis?estutweh@aussie.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square44linkfedilink
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoThere’s also Arabic derived from the Phoenician alphabet same as Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew. And written languages descended from Sanskrit such as Hindi, Nepali, and Punjabi.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoOops, I missed that you mentioned Arabic. I stand by mentioning Sanskrit derived languages, though. Just think that’s too many people speaking and writing those to leave off the list.
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoI mentioned those too (‘any south Asian alphabet’). But it’s okay.
There’s also Arabic derived from the Phoenician alphabet same as Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, and Hebrew.
And written languages descended from Sanskrit such as Hindi, Nepali, and Punjabi.
I already mentioned those?
Oops, I missed that you mentioned Arabic. I stand by mentioning Sanskrit derived languages, though. Just think that’s too many people speaking and writing those to leave off the list.
I mentioned those too (‘any south Asian alphabet’). But it’s okay.