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Garshunography
Garshunography is the use of "the script of one language to write utterances of another language which already has a script associated with it sociolinguistically". The phenomenon has also been called allography or heterography, although both these terms have other uses, the former to denote Allography, different shapes of the same grapheme and the latter to denote Heterography, different spellings of homophones. In French, the term has also been proposed.: "" [adoption of an alphabet of foreign origin by the speakers of a language already provided with a commonly accepted alphabet]. The term "garshunography" comes from Garshuni, a term of uncertain origin that refers to the writing of the Arabic language in the Syriac script. Concept George Kiraz identifies two sociolinguistic conditions for garshunography: "the source language is associated with a script that is perceived to be its own" and "there exists readership which is either unfamiliar with the script of the source langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garshuni
Garshuni or Karshuni (Syriac alphabet: , Arabic alphabet: ) are Arabic writings using the Syriac alphabet. The word "Garshuni", derived from the word "grasha" which literally translates as "pulling", was used by George Kiraz to coin the term " garshunography", denoting the writing of one language in the script of another. History Garshuni originated in the seventh century, when Arabic was becoming the dominant spoken language in the Fertile Crescent, but the Arabic alphabet was not yet fully developed. There is evidence that writing Arabic in Garshuni influenced the style of modern Arabic script. After this initial period, Garshuni writing has continued to the present day among some Syriac Christian communities in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Levant and Mesopotamia, who commonly use the Sertâ script. Characteristics The Syriac alphabet has three principal varieties: * Estrangelâ (the Classical Syriac script), * Madnhâyâ (the Eastern Syriac script, often called "Assyria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
