Writing Systems of the World
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Author's Game Description
Find the writing systems in use around the world. If the dot is to the left (or below left), the language is read left to right. If it is right (or below right), it is read right to left.
Map by Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) at Wikipedia/Wikimedia
Category: Linguistics Games
Created by tickman, 23 Oct, 2009
Tags: language, Linguistics, Writing
5 ratingsPlayed 34 times | 0 Fav's
greatholland 1 month ago
Wentu 1 month ago
veeery nice ! 5s !
tickman 1 month ago
There is a similar (and somewhat simpler) version of this game already on the site:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/writing-systems-quiz/info
That game is by Niklas, so you know it's good.
(And I discussed this current game with Niklas before I made it, so it is no surprise to him.)
tickman 1 month ago
More about writing systems and maps similar to this (but not this one) here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_system?uselang=en
This map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WritingSystemsOfTheWorld.png
This map:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WritingSystemsOfTheWorld.png
The file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License.
Details:
| Highscores — Writing Systems of the World | Place 1 - 10 | |||
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| Player Name | Score | Time | Date of Play | |
| 1 | asae | 100% | 0:50.6 min. | 25 Oct, 2009 |
| 2 | Kathy | 100% | 0:56.8 min. | 26 Oct, 2009 |
| 3 | emili | 100% | 1:04.4 min. | 31 Oct, 2009 |
| 4 | Wentu | 100% | 1:42.8 min. | 23 Oct, 2009 |
| 5 | Lilili | 100% | 1:47.2 min. | 25 Oct, 2009 |
| 6 | greatholland | 100% | 2:22.9 min. | 23 Oct, 2009 |
| 7 | Tonje | 68% | 1:26.8 min. | 17 Nov, 2009 |
| 8 | niillos | 57% | 3:05.6 min. | 25 Oct, 2009 |
| 9 | Daedalus | 51% | 3:05.3 min. | 23 Oct, 2009 |
| 10 | Anderson | 32% | 4:00.7 min. | 25 Oct, 2009 |
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Excellent game!