A script that didn't evolve naturally. The most famous example is Hangul (the script used for writing Korean) as it was invented by King Sejong the great in the 15th Century. He made up a completely new script for writing korean to try and increase literacy levels in his country - and it worked.
Whereas the latin alphabet developed gradually over hundreds of years from the Greek alphabet, who in turn developed their alphabet from Phonecian, you get the idea. Our alphabet wasn't intentionally constructed, it kind of 'evolved' into being.
~ sorry I'm not any of the famous conlangers, I'm just a conlanger that's part of r/conlangs
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A script that didn't evolve naturally. The most famous example is Hangul (the script used for writing Korean) as it was invented by King Sejong the great in the 15th Century. He made up a completely new script for writing korean to try and increase literacy levels in his country - and it worked.
Whereas the latin alphabet developed gradually over hundreds of years from the Greek alphabet, who in turn developed their alphabet from Phonecian, you get the idea. Our alphabet wasn't intentionally constructed, it kind of 'evolved' into being.
~ sorry I'm not any of the famous conlangers, I'm just a conlanger that's part of r/conlangs
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