estutweh@aussie.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year 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-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1137
arrow-up1137message-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 · 1 year agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.