The Cherokee alphabet is a notable success story. In the early 19th century, a man named Sequoyah created a script for writing his native Cherokee, which until then had only ever been spoken aloud.

The birth of writing and the first alphabet were among the world’s most vital inventions.

How the Arabic Alphabet Inspired Abstract Art At the Grey Gallery, it’s as if you’re inhabiting the artist’s own brush as it hesitates between writing and drawing.

In a digital age, learning cursive and writing by hand could easily become obsolete. New evidence-based research illuminates why it's important for us to keep writing by hand.

Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized writing system that merges the two ancient alphabets, allowing Hebrew and Arabic speakers to read the same words.

Though detaching the Arabic letters from their script may initially strike some as Westernizing an Eastern alphabet, Mirsaal also notably “orientalizes the West”: Rjeily plays with the weights ...

The Organization of Turkic States has agreed to adopt a common Latin alphabet, but it remains a sensitive topic in Kyrgyzstan, the only member state that has not decided to make the switch.

In 2020, census questionnaires may for the first time be offered in Arabic, now the fastest-growing language in the U.S. But the Census Bureau faces a challenge not only in translating the language ...

Israeli typography designer Liron Lavi Turkenich has created a stylized writing system that merges the two ancient alphabets, allowing Hebrew and Arabic speakers to read the same words.

BBC Languages - Learn in your own time and have fun with A Guide to Languages. Surprising and revealing facts about the Arabic language, key phrases to get started, details on the Arabic alphabet ...