Script Questions
Rebus Principle
Guess the Script Type
Chinese Logograph Meanings
Give an Example
100

_____ principle

rebus
100

1

"i" before "e" except after "c"

100

Οἱ δὲ Φοίνιϰες οὗτοι οἱ σὺν Κάδμῳ ἀπιϰόμενοι.. ἐσήγαγον διδασϰάλια ἐς τοὺς

Greek; alphabet

100

一

"one" or "person"?

one

100

Alphabet

Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet, etc.

200

What type of script writes consonants and vowels as distinct symbols?

alphabet

200

2

economic growth

200

ყველა ადამიანი იბადება თავისუფალი და თანასწორი თავისი ღირსებითა და უფლებებით.

Georgian; alphabet

200

人

"rock" or "person"?

person

200

Abugida

Devanagari, Javanese script, Tamil script, etc.

300

The Hebrew script is best described as _____.

an abjad

300

3

head over heels

300

ቴሌቭዥን ማየት እና ቪዲዮ ጌም መቻወት ጥሩ እና መጥፎ ነዉ።

Amharic; abugida

300

口

"mouth" or "sky"?

mouth

300

Logography

Chinese, Mayan, Hieroglyphics, etc.

400

Changing writing direction every other line

boustrophedon

400

4

scrambled eggs

400

മനുഷ്യരെല്ലാവരും തുല്യാവകാശങ്ങളോടും അന്തസ്സോടും സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തോടുംകൂടി ജനിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളവരാണ്‌.

Malayalam; abugida

400

車

"car/cart" or "stove/grill"?

car/cart

400

Syllabary

Cherokee, Inuktitut, Japanese, etc.

500
Writing was invented __ times

4 (possibly 5)

500

5

miss a u-turn

500

𒀀 𒈾 𒂍 𒀀 𒈾 𒍢 𒅕
𒆠 𒉈 𒈠
𒌝 𒈠 𒈾 𒀭 𒉌 𒈠
𒀀 𒉡 𒌑 𒈠 𒋫 𒀠 𒇷 𒆪

Cuneiform; logographic/syllabic

500

山

"mountain" or "house"?

mountain

500

Part syllabic, part morphographic

Mayan

M
e
n
u