Expert Trial: Complex World Scripts

Discover nuanced facts on diverse orthographies spanning millennia and continents.

#Cuneiform#Linear B#Abugida#Abjad#Rongorongo#Ge'ez#Brahmi#Ogham#Hangul#Hieroglyphs

Total Questions

10

Difficulty Level

hard

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Quiz Questions

Answer all questions below and test your knowledge.

1
Which is the earliest known writing system, emerging around 3200 BCE in Mesopotamia?
Question 1
2
Mayan glyphs combine what two elements in their structure?
Question 2
3
King Sejong the Great created which script for the Korean language in 1443?
Question 3
4
Linear B script, deciphered in 1952, represents which early language?
Question 4
5
Ogham inscriptions were typically carved along the edges of what material?
Question 5
6
Rongorongo, from Easter Island, remains what regarding modern understanding?
Question 6
7
The Ge'ez script of Ethiopia functions primarily as what type?
Question 7
8
Brahmi script serves as progenitor for scripts used in which region?
Question 8
9
An abjad writing system represents mainly which speech sounds?
Question 9
10
Nsibidi symbols originated among the Ekpe society in which area?
Question 10