transtic
Nov 3 2005, 02:53 AM

Japanese

Korean

Chinese

Burmese

Tibetan

Thai

Khmer

Lao

Vietnamese Quốc Ngữ

Hmong
MING-LOYALIST
Nov 3 2005, 03:10 AM
Chinese.
Krypt!c
Nov 3 2005, 04:52 AM
1. tibetan
2. chinese
3. khmer
¤Darla¤
Nov 3 2005, 05:25 AM
chinese... it's probably cuz i understand it
Jaimu-Jaimu
Nov 3 2005, 05:27 AM
Korean.
Dara
Nov 3 2005, 05:50 AM
Some scripts have better looking font fasces that could have been used (reffering to the Khmer one :P).
This is a hard pick for me. I like the look of them all.

It's like comparing apples and oranges.
toki
Nov 3 2005, 10:22 AM
chinese and korean. chinese looks elegant and korean looks organized
DetunedRadio
Nov 3 2005, 10:23 AM
1. chinese
2. japanese
the korean script looks kinda primitive no offense
it looks very feminine, very round-ish

2
dolongdao
Nov 3 2005, 10:45 AM
i wonder if you made this thread just to share the message in different languages
b/c i think they are all the same (from reading the viet one and checking out the chinese one)
its a good message in the theme of universal humanity
toki
Nov 3 2005, 11:10 AM
QUOTE (DetunedRadio @ Nov 3 2005, 10:23 AM)
1. chinese
2. japanese
the korean script looks kinda primitive no offense
it looks very feminine, very round-ish

2
primitive? lol try organized.

2
jiggyiggy
Nov 3 2005, 11:33 AM
tibetan! It looks pretty badass.
transtic
Nov 3 2005, 11:40 AM
QUOTE (dolongdao @ Nov 4 2005, 02:45 AM)
i wonder if you made this thread just to share the message in different languages
b/c i think they are all the same (from reading the viet one and checking out the chinese one)
its a good message in the theme of universal humanity
Nope, that wasn't my intention... but the message is rather nice.. All of these apart from Burmese (i think) say:
QUOTE
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
I got it from omniglot.
SCARR
Nov 3 2005, 11:44 AM
transtic
Nov 3 2005, 01:08 PM
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hmong.htmIt's not a very old script, having been invented in 1959 by a Hmong illiterate farmer Shong Lue Yang who lived in Laos. He was assinated by government troops in 1971.
The rest is in the link.
Tagalog used to have it's own script too:

which reads: Ang lahat ng tao'y isinilang na malaya at pantay-pantay sa karangalan at mga karapatan. Sila'y pinagkalooban ng katwiran at budhi at dapat magpalagayan ang isa't isa sa diwa ng pagkakapatiran.
ham_let
Nov 3 2005, 01:12 PM
obviously khmer. it looks so fuccking sexy. lol. but i thinki've said that a good 100 times on this forum.
1. khmer
2. thai
3. chinese
4. tibetan
i'd say lao looks sexy too but it's too curly looking IMO. lao can be written with more straight or rectangular looking characters, right?

and korean writing is cool because it's practical and easy to learn.
Preydominator
Nov 3 2005, 01:22 PM
Hmong and Burmese.... Because I never have seen it before. Thanks, transtic
lilasiankid
Nov 3 2005, 02:26 PM
Tibetan would make for awesome looking tatoos around the arms!
northwestern_student
Nov 3 2005, 02:37 PM
i suppose it will depend on the font.
but i like chinese and tibetan.
Tav6
Nov 3 2005, 02:39 PM
Burmese because it is different
Asian Masturbation
Nov 3 2005, 03:46 PM
QUOTE
ham_let Posted Today, 01:12 PM
obviously khmer. it looks so fuccking sexy. lol. but i thinki've said that a good 100 times on this forum.
^ How are languages sexy there just words not people
juwanFromTaiwan
Nov 3 2005, 04:04 PM
I like the Chinese 1.
bubbles20
Nov 3 2005, 05:04 PM
chinese looks most elegant n sophisticated
japanese looks most cute
SPQR
Nov 3 2005, 05:09 PM
This is biased.... the Korean and Japanese are computer font while the Chinese is stylized... if you want an accurate comparison... don't mix apples with oranges
Chinese: 你好我的名字是约瑟夫
dalawapo
Nov 3 2005, 06:12 PM
im picking the cham one..
jiggyiggy
Nov 3 2005, 09:00 PM
QUOTE (lilasiankid @ Nov 3 2005, 03:26 PM)
Tibetan would make for awesome looking tatoos around the arms!

Heh funny I was thinking the same thing. Hmm why no Sanskrit or Hindi?
transtic
Nov 4 2005, 03:28 AM
QUOTE (SPQR @ Nov 4 2005, 09:09 AM)
This is biased.... the Korean and Japanese are computer font while the Chinese is stylized... if you want an accurate comparison... don't mix apples with oranges
Chinese: 你好我的名字是约瑟夫
Tomaytoes tomaatoes. I'm sure enough have seen Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters to make themselves an accurate judgement.
Plus.... i didn't make these
iuol16
Nov 4 2005, 04:06 AM
i like...
1. khmer
2. lao
3. thai
4. tibetan
dalawapo
Nov 4 2005, 09:25 AM
transtic put up the cham writing so everyone can say woow and pick it
ham_let
Nov 4 2005, 04:13 PM
btw, tamil and sinhalese look really nice on paper.
ChinaPower
Nov 4 2005, 05:31 PM
QUOTE (SPQR @ Nov 3 2005, 05:09 PM)
This is biased.... the Korean and Japanese are computer font while the Chinese is stylized... if you want an accurate comparison... don't mix apples with oranges
Chinese: 你好我的名字是约瑟夫
the chinese one is also a computer font do you think is someone's hand writting??Even some of the words in japanese and chinese are the same just different font thats al.l i have all kinds fonts installed in my computer including that japanese font you are talking about. When i type chinese in japanese font,it still looks good .same for japanese character in chinese font because they both shares same indentical words.
transtic
Nov 4 2005, 05:40 PM
At the request of my dear friend dalawapo, I'm putting up pictures of the Cham alphabet. Actually there are two, the Eastern (Vietnamese) version and the Western (Cambodian) version. There were no examples, so I just used the picture of the alphabets.
EasternVowels

Consonants

Numerals
WesternVowels

Consonants

Numerals
ham_let
Nov 4 2005, 05:43 PM
i like balinese and javanese writing.
Dara
Nov 4 2005, 06:55 PM
QUOTE (transtic @ Nov 3 2005, 01:53 AM)

Khmer
Regular Khmer

Calligraphical Khmer

Ancient Khmer
transtic
Nov 4 2005, 07:01 PM
^ You're missing Northern Khmer :P

Although it's actually Khmer written with the Thai alphabet... lol
dalawapo
Nov 4 2005, 07:13 PM
cham looks like its basically comprised of 2 humps like an 3 faced down.
Viety Cent
Nov 4 2005, 07:18 PM
Vietnamese
Dara
Nov 4 2005, 07:20 PM
Eeek. Is that a page from the Bible?
Here's another one used in Issan.
http://www.isangate.com/word/khom.htm
bond007
Nov 4 2005, 07:27 PM
QUOTE (MING-LOYALIST @ Nov 3 2005, 04:10 AM)
I go for the original and the best Chinese though I can understand the Korean alphabet. All the others including Arabic which I believe has Chinese influence are too small and hard to read.
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