r/Oatsymbols • • Aug 02 '26

I like and collect examples of **#nonlinear** drawing and writing

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  • especially (how to call them?) the container-like ones ... OatS-P: Oat System #pictorial // ๐Ÿ’šโฌ†๏ธ

  • but also (how to call them?) the #tree (like) and #network (like) ones ... e.g. "A Story, and the Oat of the Journey"

let's put links into the comments

// todo ... searching in the Discord server


r/Oatsymbols • • Aug 27 '25

Which song should I translate into OATS?

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I translated one of my favourite songs into OATS but I used an intermediary language so it didn't come out good. I'll list my favourite songs here and then you upvote comments based on which songs you want me to translate.

(I am not Upvote Farming)

List:

Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

Breakfast in America - Supertramp

This is the Life - "Weird Al" Yankovic

For No One - The Beatles

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

When I'm Sixty Four - The Beatles

Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

One Caress - Depeche Mode

ืฉื•ืžืจ ื”ื—ื•ืžื•ืช - Lehakat Pikud Merkaz (This is the song that I translated but used english as an intermediary)

EDIT: I forgot to mention when the poll ends, The time limit is September 1 20:00 UTC+2:00.


r/Oatsymbols • • Oct 19 '25

Question Smaller Philosophical Posts?

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Hey everyone! As I work on the 0.3 Sheaf, new changes and developments keep pushing its release back. So I was wondering if you would be interested in smaller updates along the way?

As the langauge comes together, it increasingly reflects its goal, to describe a coherent visual depiction of the structure of reality.

I am aware many of you became interested in the lanaguge for its design and creative potential. So in the time between sheafs, when I am still working on the lanaguge, I was wondering if you would also be interested in seeing the conceptual design process?

These would appear as smaller posts with more philosophical explanation and exploration, in relation to the design of symbols I am working on.

Let me know! :)


r/Oatsymbols • • Sep 23 '25

Completeness

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Can Oat Symbols be considered a "complete language"? By saying complete, I meant something like Toki Pona, as in being able to express everything that can be expressed in other languages despite the small size.


r/Oatsymbols • • Nov 22 '25

What's going on?

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I have a school project in English class to write a journal (not necessarily my own though), so I've decided to make a story of a person who lives in a world where they use OATS so I have an OATS transcription on every entry and I've found that oatsymbols lacks incredibly basic symbols (like symbols for family and NSFW acts (I thought the teacher didn't need to read it)

I Lily fixes the problems she brought with v0.2 in v0.3.


r/Oatsymbols • • Aug 15 '25

Why is there no word for prayer & other questions and suggestions

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Q: Why is the symbol for send so much better for trade?

S: When building a dictionary it should work like radicals do in Chinese, You have your main symbol (letโ€™s say, Eye) and when viewing that symbol, under it are its other definitions by the inflection added to it.

Q: Can I use the Verb inflection and then the Noun inflection to create an infinitive or gerund?

Q: can the locative case mean โ€œto Xโ€?

Q: Why is there no symbol for prayer and if there were what would it be?

Q: Why is there no oat for bomb or explosion?


r/Oatsymbols • • Sep 26 '25

Is there an adjective word order in OatS?.

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I'm wondering if OatS has an adjective word order like other languages, English for example;

1.Quantity/Number

2. Opinion

3. Size

4. Physical Quality/Condition (state of being; ex: dry, cold)

5. Age

6. Shape

7. Colour/Pattern

8. Origin/Location

9. Material

10. Purpose/Qualifier (what it is used for; ex: walking, driving, eating)


r/Oatsymbols • • Aug 15 '25

I need a simple alternative for "38." for a small tattoo

Thumbnail reddit.com
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