In September when the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan declared its independence from Moscow, it scrapped the detested Cyrillic alphabet imposed by Josef Stalin. The question now: What to replace it with ...

From Latin and Chinese to Tamil and Telugu, discover the top ten most popular writing scripts used around the world ...

At the Grey Gallery, it’s as if you’re inhabiting the artist’s own brush as it hesitates between writing and drawing. By Will Heinrich There’s something thrilling about the extreme flexibility of the ...

Cambridgs, Mass. - Language Analytics LLC, an internet startup, unveiled Yamli.com, a web-based tool that empowers users to easily use and access the Arabic web. The Arab world has one of the highest ...

Clothes designers across the Middle East are increasingly using Arabic calligraphy in their designs – which some see as a way to keep their language and culture in fashion. Arabic letters inscribed on ...

The following is a partner post from EurasiaNet.org written by Uli Schamiloglu. Republished with permission. Kazakhstan’s planned transition to the Latin alphabet raises complex questions. While ...