Blissymbolics - Conlang Profile

Blissymbolics - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Blissymbolics
Language Author	Charles Kasiel Bliss
Year Began	1949
Site	Blissymbolics
Broken Link	No
Site Language	English
Language Type	international auxiliary language
Editorial	Included in Bibliography of Planned Languages.
Uniqueness	A unique pictographic writing system, designed as an international language.
Language Sources	The system was invented in China by Charles Bliss, when he saw that the Chinese exchanged written notes when they did not understand each other's speech.
Design Principles	120 core symbols that can be combined to form other words. There is a way to make new combinations using an aptly named "combine" symbol (that looks like our usual quotation marks - " - but with the short strokes turned into small rings).
Interest Of Others	Used for teaching language to nonverbal children.
Dictionary	Yes
Etymologies	No
Grammar	No
Sample Texts	Yes
Unique Script	Yes
Primer	No
Babel Text	No
Lexicon Size	4,000
Submitted By	Jeffrey Henning
Date Submitted	Sunday, January 25, 2004
Updated By	Mattias Persson
Date Edited	Thursday, March 18, 2004
Description Of Update	Updated language influences, design principles and lexicon size.
Date To Headline	Friday, March 26, 2004