9) The Language Reset

Not all RESETS were huge, physical catastrophes. Some were much more subtle. And insidious – “gradually and secretly causing harm.” The last two posts about language were necessary because, to my mind, one of the greatest, invisible manipulations has been the LANGUAGE RESET. This is a subject that I intend to cover in depth (when […]

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8) Kazakhstan to Qazaqstan

What does this have to do with the Hidden History of the British Isles? Patience is a Virtue :o) Kazakhstan to Qazaqstan: Why would a country switch its alphabet? 31 October 2017 Image copyright GETTY IMAGES The Kazakh language has long been unsure which alphabet to find a comfortable home in and it’s now in […]

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7) Consonantal Alphabets

“Consonantal writing systems, as the name implies, represent the consonantal value of a syllable while ignoring the vocalic element. Such a system, therefore, would represent the syllables pa, pe, pi, po, pu with a single character. Such scripts have graphs for consonant sounds but not for vowel sounds, with the result that a certain amount of guesswork is involved in determining […]

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