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{{short description|Writing system wherein each symbol represents a concept}}
'''Pasigraphy''' is a ] where concepts are written instead of words or phonetics. The aim (as with ordinary numerals 1, 2, 3, etc.) is to be intelligible to persons of all languages. The term was applied to a system proposed in 1796. ''Pasi'' in ] means "to all". ] and ] are associated with the concept.
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A '''pasigraphy''' (from ] πᾶσι ''pasi'' "to all" and γράφω ''grapho'' "to write") is a ] where each written ] represents a concept (rather than a word or sound or series of sounds in a spoken language).


The aim is to be intelligible to persons of all languages. The term was first applied to a system proposed in 1796, though a number of pasigraphies had been devised prior to that; ] reviews 60 attempts at creating an ], the majority of the 17th–18th century projects being pasigraphies of one kind or another,<ref name="einstein1884">Leopold Einstein, "Al la historio de la Provoj de Lingvoj Tutmondaj de Leibniz ĝis la Nuna Tempo", 1884. Reprinted in ''Fundamenta Krestomatio'', UEA 1992 .</ref> and several pasigraphies and auxiliary languages, including some sample texts, are also reviewed in ]'s book on constructed languages.<ref name="okrent2009">Arika Okrent, ''In The Land of Invented Languages'', Spiegel & Grau 2009 ({{ISBN|0385527888}}).</ref> ] wrote about the ] and ] corresponded with ] who proposed a universal ].
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Examples of pasigraphies include ], ], ] and ].
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Writing system wherein each symbol represents a concept
Basic Blissymbols.
The Lord's Prayer in John Wilkins's Real Character.

A pasigraphy (from Greek πᾶσι pasi "to all" and γράφω grapho "to write") is a writing system where each written symbol represents a concept (rather than a word or sound or series of sounds in a spoken language).

The aim is to be intelligible to persons of all languages. The term was first applied to a system proposed in 1796, though a number of pasigraphies had been devised prior to that; Leopold Einstein reviews 60 attempts at creating an international auxiliary language, the majority of the 17th–18th century projects being pasigraphies of one kind or another, and several pasigraphies and auxiliary languages, including some sample texts, are also reviewed in Arika Okrent's book on constructed languages. Leibniz wrote about the alphabet of human thought and Alexander von Humboldt corresponded with Peter Stephen Du Ponceau who proposed a universal phonetic alphabet.

Examples of pasigraphies include Blissymbols, Real Character, IConji and Yerkish.

See also

References

  1. Leopold Einstein, "Al la historio de la Provoj de Lingvoj Tutmondaj de Leibniz ĝis la Nuna Tempo", 1884. Reprinted in Fundamenta Krestomatio, UEA 1992 .
  2. Arika Okrent, In The Land of Invented Languages, Spiegel & Grau 2009 (ISBN 0385527888).


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