Chapter 1
Sounds you didn't know humans could make
Chapter 2
Grammar systems that will bend your brain
Chapter 3
Writing systems designed like puzzles
Chapter 4
Languages that change how you see the world
YOUR GOAL
Master of The wild world of human speech
Ch 3 · Writing systems designed like puzzles
duolingo Puzzle Writing Systems
Fusing the glyphs to crack the code (oh-oh!) Squeezing the sounds to hit the road (yeah, yeah!)
duolingo Bright arrows trace the looping, upside-down reading path on a wooden Rongorongo tablet.
duolingo Three colored highlights separate Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana characters on a printed page.
Fun Fact
Korean Hangul shapes: The letters are designed to mimic the physical shape of your mouth.
Quiz
What do the shapes of the consonant letters in the Korean Hangul alphabet represent?
Quiz
In what decade was the Rongorongo script of Easter Island first noticed by outsiders?
Quiz
Which of the following is NOT one of the three writing systems used in modern Japanese?
Quiz
What must a reader do to read a tablet written in the Rongorongo script of Easter Island?