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brahmic scripts absolutely mog all other scripts, no contest
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@georgia My 'indophilia' likely originated from.learning more about devanagari
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@meeper its so neat that the vedas are way older than the script used to write them. I love how you can write sanskrit with so many alphabets, there is no sanskrit alpabet
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@meeper by alphabet I of course mean abugida
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@georgia yeah brahmic characters were first used to record prakrits

also the alphabet technically existed before the script
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@meeper @georgia When did the Vedic texts begin to be written down and how did this influence the literary culture of India? The śākhās didn't have a monopoly on the Vedas forever.
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@Forestofenchantment @georgia not I think sanskrit started to be inscribed by around like 1bc

I suppose in the case of vedas not too much, it was an obligation for most brahmins and not for most others.

However afaik india did seem to have a naturallyndecent literacy rate (especially considerkng the sheer diversitu of scripts)
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@technicallydifficult I find hebrew easy to read
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@technicallydifficult Arabic seems much harder though
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@technicallydifficult I will youre very talented
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@technicallydifficult didnt listen to the whole thing I'm working on my hymn. my favorite so far is your racism in islam song
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@georgia tamil script looks beautiful but its a little fucked up ngl

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@lizzie its kinda crazy how much liberty the abugidas took with brahmi
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Andoryan 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 🇯🇵

@georgia *laughs in Anglo Saxon*
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I have before but not much. i pray to the Goddess sometimes but mostly I'm a no namarupa type. I dont pray nearly enough either. its mostly just "please this"
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@georgia The individual characters are beautiful but they fall apart as a coherent script, just like India as a nation state!

Son't tell me you can read that without double taking. Germanic scripts though? Both stylish and crystal clear.
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@AngelCelt I used to be able to read Devanagari but I forgot how through lack of practice.
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@AngelCelt @georgia bringing up germanic scripts as an example of script quality when Arabic exists. Smh
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@yakmacker @AngelCelt there are three different ways to write most letters man
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@yakmacker @georgia Sorry but I prefer scripts that don't require a professional certification in geometry to read and write in.
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