Decyphering zorai pictograms (research)

[jennaelf]

In a word: Wow.

In more words, this tickles me. I found myself staring at the scripts on the Silan ruined buildings, but I'm afraid I don't have quite the drive you do. I'm content to look at them and think "Hm, I wonder".

I look forward to the outcome of this project, being someone interested in languages and deciphering and all things geeky/crazy involving communication!

[komissar]

Starting with the matis ones was indeed my intention... But alas... All the samples we have are the ones on the tower-kind trees. And there is just a 16 symbol phrase over and over again That's simply not enough...

Allthough... the matis characters look mysteriously similar to the D'ni writing from Myst series

[acridiel]

Allthough... the matis characters look mysteriously similar to the D'ni writing from Myst series

I always thought they look like Lord of the Rings Runes.

Acridiel

[komissar]

nope those ones have much more dots and downward lines...
lol anyways look here: http://www.dnidesk.com/atrusprayersm.jpg
and now here http://kasak.netfirms.com/images/tengwar.jpg
or here http://www.ucc.asn.au/~djinn/images/tengwar_script.jpg

Imho matis writing looks more like the first one - d'ni

[acridiel]

(The second Link is broken.)

But hmhmmm, If then maybe they´re inspired by the Dn´i signs. The Matis writing looks much more fluent, a bit like arabic. Dn´i is more angular, but they do have some similarities.
In an ooold Adventure "Pool of Radiance" there was an Elvish language that looked a lot more like Matisian
*g* We used to write letters during class in that language to cunfuse our teachers if the caught us
But that was over 15 years ago... I´don´t remember anything, just a bit of the looks.

Acridiel

[karmelit]

Komissar, I agree with the others that this is awsome.

(Wish I had your skills, but have to confess that even the maya pictorals is beyond me. They intrigue me because of C. Castañedas books. I even reasoned it's just artists who made them, with no linguistic training; so why bother.)

And if you can make some sense into our signs, please teach us to read and write

[d29565]

Well, really nice work Komi.

~You know you are addicted to gaming when...~

[ambika]

Whoa Komissar. Very impressive. *nods* Would be great to see this in the Atys lore on the site.

Oh oh! Imagine being able to do certain rites that enables you to learn the different languages of each race! *squeels*

[riveit]

Komissar, I agree with the others that this is awsome.

(Wish I had your skills, but have to confess that even the maya pictorals is beyond me. They intrigue me because of C. Castañedas books. I even reasoned it's just artists who made them, with no linguistic training; so why bother.)

And if you can make some sense into our signs, please teach us to read and write

Amazing work, Komissar.

Karm, the Maya hieroglyphs have been largely deciphered and read over the last thirty years or so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_script

[komissar]

Yep and i even managed to contribute a bit
Maya are really cool... love this script.

but anyways, I hate to repeat myself but...
But I would be really thankful if you could give me a bit of a hand in this: I need pictograms from male and female LA skirt (large pls )and from zorai shields and ranged weapons as well (have only rifle). I have never been inside a zorai apartment... maybe they have something special there too? I have only one screenie of a zorai GH (main hall) but maybe there is something else?