Michael Everson is a language dork! He’s a linguist, script encoder, typesetter and font designer. He codes rare and wonderful languages so that rare and wonderful people can write to each other on the computer. Cherokee, Hmong, Esperanto. I learn stuff. Tune the hell in.
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NOTES:
Universal Character Set
Unicode
Tahlequah
Cherokee Syllabary
Sequoyah
Durbin Feeling
Dr. Gloria Sly (no website but she has plenty of work)
Ute
Westport, Ireland
Cherokee National Holiday FB Page (why NOT?)
Franks Casket
Nicol Williamson reads The Hobbit
Sweet’s Anglo-Saxon Primer
Enigma
Robert Hurt
St. Mesrop Armenian Alphabet
Newgrange Neolithic
Lewian Language
National Print Museum Dublin
The Charm of Making
Jaynestown
Invisible letter via Unicode
Klingon Alphabet
Star Trek Porn (just the trailer)
Model Trains ep of TDF
Mwangwego Script
Tengwar
Cirth
Quenya
Sindarin
The Hobbit in Irish
Alice in Wonderland in Scots
Carrolliana
Esperanto
Volapük
Nanjiani
Christopher Plummer Alice in Wonderland
Byron Sewell
CJ Cherryh
Credits:
Audio leveling by Patrick Brady
Music is by Mike Ruekberg
Website design by Vilmos: who has his own podcast
Apps are available with the bonus contest: iPhone or Android