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[auntAgonist]

حزب حیات آزاد کردستان در نامه‌ای سرگشاده‌ به‌ رئیس کومله‌، شاخه‌ی کردستانی حزب کوم

[Heidi]

1. I have no idea what it says . . .

but the calligraphy is beautiful.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I'm with Heidi, here on this one...Very beautiful...

It looks faintly Arabic...What is it, auntAgonist?

:shrug:

[Heidi]

3. Look at this, Peggy . . .

It's a copy of Sequoyah's original Cherokee syllabary. I've always thought Cherokee looks a lot like written Middle Eastern languages . . . something graceful in the forms of the characters.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I can see what you're talking about, Heidi...

There is a similarity here...these are a little more tightly drawn, I thing, though...wouldn't it be funny if they were related languages?

I wonder...

[Ladyhawk]

7. Beautiful. I am part Cherokee.

I want to learn a bit more about the people who inhabited this land before Europeans came. There is a great sense of loss when I ponder pre-Columbian times. So much history is lost because of the lack of written languages. The Cherokee developed theirs, I believe, to make sure they weren't cheated...then the trail of tears. So much for that. :( One of my great grandmothers married a white man and the culture was lost, at least to me.

This is my nickname in Cherokee:

Tsi-wo-di A-da

[Heidi]

8. Me, too.

My understanding is that the Cherokee people had a written language as far back as the 15th century, but that Sequoyah's formal 92-character syllabary made it accessible to everyone.

If you get some time, you should read Edwin Black's "War Against the Weak: America's Campaign to Create a Master Race." www.waragainsttheweak.com

:hi:

[auntAgonist]

9. I really don't know what language

but it's very beautiful indeed. I was surfing some blogs and the last one I looked at was written in this fashion.

I'm thinking Arabic (?)
maybe someone else knows though.


aA.
kesha

[Bossy Monkey]

10. See my #5 (Farsi, in short) nt

[Bossy Monkey]

5. Dunno, but it was fun as anything to google.

Results all say Persian or Iranian, but I'd always thought the language was called Farsi. Regardless, I echo the comments above about the lovely calligraphy.

[auntAgonist]

11. thanks!

[Dave Reynolds]

6. I do not think

you should call my mother such things.

tsk tsk tsk.

:P