Difference between revisions of "Roshar"

Glass beads without gemstones inside are called 'Ends', and are mainly used as gambling tokens.{{cite}}

WeThere knoware ofat threeleast mainthree Rosharan writing systems, the Alethi [[Women's script]], [[Thaylen script]] and the [[Glyphs]].{{cite}}

Vorinism teaches that it is unnatural and not masculine for men to read and write in the Alethi script.{{cite}}

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.{{cite}}

[[Glyphs]] are largely logographic, meaning writing symbols or pictures to convey ideas, rather than an alphabet like The Women's script.{{cite}}

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]]. {{cite}}

Thaylen is written vertically.{{cite}}