Difference between revisions of "Roshar"

There are at least three Rosharan writing systems, the Alethi [[Women's script]], [[Thaylen script]] and the [[Glyphs]].{{citefile ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|Alethi Glyphs, Page 1}}{{book ref|sa1|28}}{{book ref|sa1|8}}

Vorinism teaches that it is unnatural and not masculine for men to read and write in the Alethi script.{{citebook ref|sa1|3}}

Although men being able to read Glyphs is permitted, people have a heavy prejudice towards [[Stormwarden|Stormwardens]], who have adapted glyphs into a full writing system, although this prejudice is largely due to the Vorin teachings about those who claim to see the future.{{citebook ref|sa1|60}}{{book ref|sa2|52}}

[[Glyphs]] are largely logographic, meaning writing symbols or pictures to convey ideas, rather than an alphabet like The Women's script.{{citefile ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 1.jpg|Alethi Glyphs, Page 1}}

Thaylen is an abjad, meaning it has little to no written vowels, instead, vowels are inferred. An example of this is the name of the slaver [[Tvlakv]].{{citeref|name=decryption}}

Thaylen is typically written vertically., but is sometimes read left to right {{citeref|name=decryption}}