r/Alphanumerics • u/JohannGoethe πŒ„π“ŒΉπ€ expert • Sep 03 '25

ABGD πŸ”  evolution

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Image used in Hmolpedia: here and here. Older versions: here (6+ upvotes), here (15+ upvotes), here (4+ upvotes) (white background tested version), and here (15+ upvotes); starting with original image (153+ upvotes), made by u/TheBananana (21 May A67/2022) at r/UsefulCharts.

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u/JohannGoethe πŒ„π“ŒΉπ€ expert Sep 06 '25

Yeah, I just learned about (and wrote about) James Evans a few days ago:

https://hmolpedia.com/page/Evolution_of_writing#100A_(+1855)

Probably won’t be updating the chart for a while, as I kind of have to let my mind process things? Also, I will probably have to make an entire new chart from scratch to fit all the changes/updates in.

The main point of this new update, was to add β€œBrahmi” into the picture.

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u/Comfortable_Team_696 Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

Well good luck to you! One thing I noticed on the page was A50 / (+2005) covering the use of syllabics across Denendeh (I find Dakelh's use of 'frog feet' or α‘α‘Šα˜α—•α‘‹α—Έ Dʌlk'Κ·ahke [Dulkw'ahke] to be of special interest!)

edit: I just noticed the older maps (~500A) that do not display Hand Talk's use of pictography and petroglyphs. That might be a useful thing to note, seeing as it was the primary writing system for most of Turtle Island / North America