Endangered Alphabets Press

Coming in 2023, a new private press focussed on fine hand-printing in rare and endangered alphabets and languages.

[Endangered Alphabets Press @EndangeredAlpha]

Follow the official Twitter account of the Endangered Alphabets Project (https://t.co/M0Gio9B8rH) at @EAlphabets

Follow the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project, Tim Brookes, at @Tim_the_carver

[Dr Flan @thehistoriann]

Very rare example of a statement signed in Baybayin, the Philippine script widely used in Luzon in the 16th century.

[Tiro Typeworks @TiroTypeworks]

Not sure why it has taken me so many years to realise that lithography is often more revealing than typography of how a writing system was thought about at a particular place and time. Tellicherry, 1859.

[Grigory Kessel @grigory_kessel]

There have been numerous Syriac scribes throughout history, but only a few of them ascended to the position of patriarch. In this thread, I will share some insights about one such scribe and his recently discovered manuscript. 1/10
#syriacmanuscript #syriac

[Biswajit Mandal 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀚𑀻𑀢 𐨬𐨁𐨭𐨿𐨬𐨗𐨁𐨟 @Biswaji13480606]

Alphabet chart of Onge language,Andamanese-Ongan group of language from A&N Islands, India.
@anshumanpandey_ @Aakrscht @EndangeredAlpha @Omniglossia @bhasa_indo @samopriya @SagirAhmed98 @joshuakucera @aannda @ChetanSanghi @TiroTypeworks

[Puneet Sapaliga പുനീത് സപലിഗ @puneet_sapaliga]

@TBAlphabets @EndangeredAlpha @AshwinKannadiga @savetulunaad @unicode @VaishnaviMurthy @virtualvinodh @LPaldane @SKDMTemple @HeggadeD @daijiworldnews @ShobhaBJP @jaitulunadorg @32e20633d820422 @udayavani_web @AIRMangalore @AkashvaniAIR @CHAAVADI_ @rakshit_s_ @YouTubeIndia @mkvipul #TuluScript on the entrance of a Residential building in Mangalore (kuḍla)
#ReviveTuluLipi

https://t.co/xNfEmjKeoI

[Incunabula @incunabula]

King Ibrahim Njoya was 17th in dynasty of kings that ruled over the Bamum people in Cameroon. A brilliant intellectual and renaissance man, he invented an indigenous African writing system to document the history of his people. Today, @EndangeredAlpha is helping to revive it. 1/

[Tim Brookes @TBAlphabets]

This is the poster the world has been waiting for, the result of a decade’s research and an afternoon’s scribbling on the back of an envelope. Order one quickly before the MacArthur Foundation hears of it and the price goes up.
https://t.co/dAKGTHAXju

[Tim Brookes @TBAlphabets]

Must be spring! Working outside for the first time this year, Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains as a non-CGI backdrop. This carving will be a gift to the Osage Nation. https://t.co/U7h6Bg0Fs5

[Tim Brookes @TBAlphabets]

And while we're at it, does anyone know anything about the fate of the recently-created Rma/Qiang script?

[Tim Brookes @TBAlphabets]

Someone from the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in China decided to create a script to unify his people and their linguistic and cultural ancestry. What happened next? https://t.co/5yWQYFtpVD

[Incunabula @incunabula]

Just 20 hours left now, and Tim is still short of his target. Every donation, whether large or small, will help save an endangered script from some of the worlds most marginalised indigenous peoples. Your generosity *will* make a difference - please consider making a donation.

[Endangered Alphabets Press @EndangeredAlpha]

And here is the link to make a donation directly. Please consider supporting Tim - if you care about languages, writing, and the culture of indigenous peoples, this is such a worthy cause:
https://t.co/7XPirkmbfa

[Endangered Alphabets Press @EndangeredAlpha]

Tim does simply extraordinary work in supporting the most marginalized & endangered scripts from indigenous communities worldwide. His operation runs on a shoestring, with minimal admin overhead. I just donated to his latest fundraiser - if you can *please* consider donating too.

[Tim Brookes @TBAlphabets]

Only four days left to raise $8,000 so we can track down the smallest, most marginalized, remotest script communities in the world. Explanation at https://t.co/nTu8KRACzi Please RT; please do whatever you can to support our work. Thanks.

[Endangered Alphabets Press @EndangeredAlpha]

Here is the background to this current fundraiser, in aid of the @TBAalphabets "Red List" campaign, which aims to track down every script currently in use in the world and assess just how threatened, each one is.:
https://t.co/g46DWFYXr0

[Incunabula @incunabula]

Advertising billboard for a gold merchant in Bantwal, Karnataka, written in Tigalari script. Historically used to write Sanskrit in southwest India, Tigalari is now increasingly used - as here - for the Tulu language, as a visible manifestation of Tulu culture and identity.

[Biswajit Mandal 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀯𑀚𑀻𑀢 𐨬𐨁𐨭𐨿𐨬𐨗𐨁𐨟 @Biswaji13480606]

Various writing systems of Chotanagpur Plateau, Santhal Paragana, Junglemahal and Southern Odisha region, India.🇮🇳
#Mundari #Bhumij #Ho #Santali #Sora #Kurmali #Kurux

@anshumanpandey_ @EndangeredAlpha @WarangChiti123 @NurulAlomAdor @livingtongues @_ELProject @samopriya

[Endangered Alphabets @EAlphabets]

I don’t think I ever posted a photo of the work bench I made for myself. It reads “Do good work” in Javanese. Cherry and butternut. Those lovely flowery flourishes at each end are quotation marks. Javanese script really does everything with style.

[Endangered Alphabets @EAlphabets]

The Endangered Alphabets Project is looking for volunteers to help us complete our Red List--a catalogue of every script currently in use, with an assessment of its degree of endangerment. Email [email protected] if interested. Please RT!

[Incunabula @incunabula]

This is extraordinarily interesting. There's a long Chukchi tradition of carving hunting and fishing scenes on bone, including what may well be pictographic images - very possibly these served as the underlying inspiration for Tenevil's absolutely remarkable self-invented script.

[Óscar Curros @OscarCurros]

I've just backed "Writing Beyond Writing," a book by Tim Brookes (@TBAlphabets), the creator of the @EndangeredAlpha Project, on @Kickstarter.

It's the last week to support his book.

Don't miss it!
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https://t.co/d0ZslddRmz

#l10n #t9n #writing